Items matching handwriting, greyscale (results page 116)

Out of the World Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

“[...] The scene is one which we understand the artist witnessed years ago at the Franciscan monastery at Tivoli. In a whiewashed cell of the monastery a young monk sits playing the harpsichord—one of [...]

Keywords: monks, religion, musical instruments, pianos, music, books, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-31

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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

Robert Dudley is here seen wearing what looks like a Scottish regimental beret; he has a beard and moustache, and wears a ceremonial chain, ruff and (presumably) robe.His learned son, also Sir Robert [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, beards, men, hats, berets, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-04-06

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p. 650, showing page layout Fabrica... (1543)

Fine typography from the 16th century. This image shows use of “historiated initials” as drop caps (available on this Web site as separate images), marginalia, and careful control of the darkness and [...]

Keywords: page images, typography, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-24

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Initial letter “D” from p. 650 Fabrica... (1543)

A block initial letter “D” used as a drop cap; This decorative initial features gleeful naked children (putti) sawing through a severed human head on a table!

Keywords: initials, letterd, nudity, children, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-25

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Initial letter “E” from p. 650 Fabrica... (1543)

Here a bearded man has his left leg fastened in a wooden box with a large screw to tighten it; somenaked children (putti) are turning the winch.

Keywords: initials, lettere, torture, nudity, children, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-25

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Initial letter “L” from p. 650 Fabrica... (1543)

An old man with a beard has been suspended from a wooden frame by a rope around his chest. On the right a putto (perhaps) or a man pulls the rope, and a cowled monk carries a cross.

Keywords: initials, letterl, people, religion, bare feet, beards, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-09

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Initial letter “Q” from p. 650 Fabrica... (1543)

A group of naked boys 9cherubs orputti, perhaps) are dissecting an animal, maybe a wolf; inside its stomach they find a lamb.

Keywords: initials, letterq, people, children, medicine, bare feet, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-09

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Sir Christopher Hatton The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

Sir Christopher Hatton is usually represented as the qeen’s lover, and as distinguished through life for his vanity, idleness, dissipation, and hypocrisy, and the best dancer of his age. Perhaps much [...]

Keywords: portraits, men, beards, ruffs, elizabethan costume, courtiers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-01-17

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Gresham’s Royal Exhange The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

The original building, shown in this engraving, was opened in 1571 but was destroyed in the Fire of London in 1666.In connection with the monetary transactions of theearlier part of the reign, the nam [...]

Keywords: buildings, architecture, tudor architecture, public buildings, towers, windows, greyscale

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2015-05-15

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Heraldic Crest from the end of Revelation Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

This armorial bearing has three lions en passant and three fleurs-de-lys in quarters. The scrollwork cartouche around it includes a crown and a tudor rose.It was printed at the end of the Book of Reve [...]

Keywords: heraldry, lions, fleurs de lys, crowns, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-19

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Storming of Antioch. Ridpath’s History of the World (1897)

Drawn by Gustav Doré.The picture illustrates the siege of Antioch by Christian killers in the first Crusade in 1098. The book in front of me has a story about the towers being emptied by virtue of tre [...]

Keywords: battles, castles, nighttime, people, men, ladders, warriors, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: Antioch; Turkey

Added: 2017-10-06

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Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de Luna Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band I (1895)

Almosensammlung bei der beerdigung von don Álvaro de LunaCollection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de LunaThe picture shows a young man on one knee throwing a coin into a plate next to a bier; o [...]

Keywords: death, skulls, funerals, grief, sadness, art, paintings, people, beards, priests, almsgiving, candles, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-12-19

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Index, pointing hand, or manicule 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

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-01-13

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One of the dark cells The Leisure Hour (1896)

From a contemporary sketch.Depicting a cell in the dark and feared dungeon of Vincelles, some time between the 16th century and 18th century. The prisoner sits glumly on a rather uncomfortable-looking [...]

Keywords: prisons, punishments, people, chains, greyscale

Places shown: Vincelles; Jura; France

Added: 2007-01-20

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Decorative initial letter H with dragon La Civilizacion (1881)

This decorated initial h is inan uncial form and has a dragon resting on top of it! In the book, the bottom of the large rectangle containing the letter was aligned with the baseline of the second lin [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-05-21

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The Royal Family The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

Portraits of some of the British Royal Family in 1878...

Keywords: portraits, royalty, borders, beards, people, faces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-02

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Rustic twig and leaf border (portrait version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of theVictorian Royal Family.There is also alandscape or sideways version of thi [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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Rustic twig and leaf border (landscape, or wide version) The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

This full-page border features rustic twigs and stylized acanthus leaves at the corners. It was used to frame portraits of theVictorian Royal Family.

There is also anupright version of this border.

Keywords: borders, frames, twigs, leaves, rustic, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-04

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Rustic full-page border of twigs in four sections The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

This steel-engraved border is made up of twigs which divide the page into four areas.

The border is taken from a engraving offourteenth century costumes.

Keywords: borders, twigs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-30

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Full-page simple border of twigs The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

Full-page border of twigs; this is a single version of thefour-way rustic borderthat does not divide the page into four.

The border is taken from a engraving offourteenth century costumes.

Keywords: borders, twigs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-30

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