Items taken from The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878) (results page 1)

Magna Carta The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

Magna Carta wasn’t as big of a deal at the time (it only lasted a few months) as it is seen today, but it did lay the way for other treaties, and limited the power of the monarch and nobles (the gover [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, latin texts, page images, magna carta, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2015-06-15

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King John Sealing Magna Charta The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

King John sits on a throne under a huge canopy and raised up on a daïs, a large scroll in front of him which is presumably the original copy of the Magna Carta itself. He is about to press a seal into [...]

Keywords: magna carta, royalty, costumes, thrones, people, kings, bishops, ceremony, greyscale

Places shown: Ankerwick; Buckinghamshire; England

Added: 2015-06-24

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Costumes, A.D. 1200 – 1300 The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

A group of eight people stand on and around a red-carpeted raised platform or daïs, with a background of curtains or tapestries and a stone column. The king stands in front of his throne; the queen to [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, royalty, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-03-01

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Mediæval Queen The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

The Queen here is taken from the coloured plateCostumes A.D. 1200 – 1300; she wears a crown and what looks like a heavy green cape, along with other robes and a gown. She is seated on a wooden throne.

Keywords: costumes, royalty, people, crowns, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-03-10

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Mediæval King The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

The King here is taken from the coloured plateCostumes A.D. 1200 – 1300; he is standing, wearing a golden crown and a pink robe with gold embroidery of solid lines and the fleur-de-lys and cross; over [...]

Keywords: costumes, royalty, people, crowns, beards, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-03-06

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Costumes, A.D. 1380. The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

The coloured plate apears to be showing a queen, in blue satin with gold, accompanied by a young man who might be her consort and who is holding her hand, but who is on her left-hand side. Behind the [...]

Keywords: costumes, royalty, servants, people, medieval scenes, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-30

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Costume. A.D. 1302 – 1413. The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

Top row: Bishop; Countess.Lower row: Earl; Judge.Richard the Second was perhaps the greatest fop of the day. He had a coat estimated at thirty thousand marks the, value of which must have arisen chie [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, nobility, biships, clergy, clothing, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-28

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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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Male and Female Costume, Time of Richard II. The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

King Richard II of England reigned from 1377 to 1399. So this picture shows people dressed for court in the end of the fourteenth century.The picture shows two mearded men with long pointed soft shoes [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, men, women, medieval, mediaeval, shoes, pointy shoes, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2020-04-06

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Arrest of the Duke of Gloucester The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

On a grassy knoll, with trees, outside a castle, the King’s soldiers arrest the Duke of Gloucester on his horse. You can tell the King on the right by his crown and the royal coat of arms just visibl [...]

Keywords: royalty, nobility, knights, soldiers, horses, trees, boats, spears, crowns, robes, costumes, hills, castles, caparisons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-09

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Ladies’ Costume, Time of Edward I The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1) (1878)

In this woodcut a man in 13th century costume holds up a woman’s garment, a tunic perhaps although I am not certain. This is a Victorian engraving based on a thirteenth Century drawing.In the origina [...]

Keywords: clothing, costumes, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-08-29

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