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Troilus and Criseyde Exchange tokens The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This woodcut is from page 483; Troilus and Criseyde, a young man and a young woman respectively, are shown on either side of a hexagonal table; there are plates of fruit and a flagon of drink. There i [...]

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Added: 2009-02-15

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41: Servica, Carnorum Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

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Apteryx Mantelli. From a Photograph. The Leisure Hour (1896)

TheApteryxis the name given to the genus of birds moer commonly known as thekiwi; they are native to New Zealand. The Apteryx Mantelli is the north Island Brown Kiwi bird.

Wikipedia on the Kiwi Bird

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Added: 2008-07-17

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42: Lusatica, Livonica Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

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Page 501: A Chaste Kiss – Troilus and Criseyde Liber II The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

From book two ofTroilus and Criseyde, a 14th century poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer and here illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones and published in 1896 by William Morris. The picture shows Troilus, a T [...]

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The lovers, wallpaper edition, from page 501 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

A man and a woman stand together in a bedroom; one kisses the cheek of the other. They are dressed in medieval costume. Although Troilus and Criseyde is set in ancient Greece, Chaucer was writing in [...]

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Leafy Border from page 501 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This is the inner leafy border that surrounds the picture onpage 501.Images frompage 501: theouter decorative page border, theinner leafy border, and two wallpaper images, the picture of thelovers wit [...]

Keywords: borders, arts and craft movement, floriated borders, vines, leaves, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Decorative initial L The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

Decorative initial letter “L”Images frompage 501: theouter decorative page border, theinner leafy border, and two wallpaper images, the picture of thelovers with the border, andthe loverswithout the b [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, arts and craft movement, floriated initials, criblé, greyscale

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Page 501: the vine-leaf page border The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

A vine-leaf border with grapes; it is from a right-hand page 9a recto), page 501. If you use it for a left-hand page you should flip it so that the thicker side is towards the edge of the page. It’s [...]

Keywords: borders, arts and craft movement, asymmetrical, floriated borders, vines, grapes, greyscale

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The Kiss: the two lovers in the bedroom, a woodcut from page 501. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

A man and a woman stand together in a bedroom; one kisses the cheek of the other. They are dressed in medieval costume. Although Troilus and Criseyde is set in ancient Greece, Chaucer was writing in [...]

Keywords: romance, people, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, arts and craft movement, greyscale

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Completely Mesmerized Safe Counsel: Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners (1896)

A man, with rather dark and creepy eyes, touches a blindfolded woman on the shoulder; they are both wearing somewhat formal Victorian costumes.

The wood-engraving is signed W. Bertram.

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Added: 2010-01-07

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Odysseus und Polyphem Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Odysseus and Polyphem

In English I think this is Oedipus and Polypheme; Polypheme was a Cyclops, whome Odysseus blinded after getting him drunk.

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Chapter-end Ornament: diagonal Safe Counsel: Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners (1896)

A small ornment at the end of the text.

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43: Esthonica, Lituanica Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

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Index, manicule, or pointing hand Typographic Ornaments (1850)

Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest.This hand, index, or m [...]

Keywords: manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale

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44: Finnonica, Lapponica Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

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Stock block: two dancing harlequins Typographic Ornaments (1850)

This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one o [...]

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St. Lawrence and St. Vincent Sacred and Legendary Art (1890)

Saint Lawrence here is standing holding an open book which the young and beautiful Saint Vincent is reading through half-lidded eyes. Saint Vincent is shown seated on a bench, one bare foot protruding [...]

Keywords: saints, men, bare feet, religion, books, reading, romance, christianity, iconography, colour

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Winged fairy boy sitting in wreath Little Folks Magazine Vol 64 (1906)

A naked boy with butterfly wings sits smiling in a large wreath of leaves and flowers; his bare feet are together and his hands reach out beside his ankles, his knees almost up aganst his chest. He ha [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, people, nudity, bare feet, wings, fairies, mythological creatures, boys, wreaths, christmas, xmas, greyscale

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stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance. Typographic Ornaments (1850)

In an equal arm balance like this one you can compare the weights of things in the two pans; often you use a set of standardized weights in one pan and add them until the lever at the top is level, in [...]

Keywords: scales, scientific instruments, diagrams, balance, balancing, stock blocks, libra, zodiac, astrology, greyscale

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Added: 2019-04-28

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