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Editorial Abner's Messenger before David (?); The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon; The Annunciation.
- 2020-03-20
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Editorial Annunciation. Fresco depicting the Virgin Mary kneeling before the messenger angel. 12th century. South side of the apse. From the Church of Saint Peter Ad Vincula, Lavelilla. Barbastro-Monzon Diocesan Museum. Spain.
- 2020-03-02
- 1
Editorial The Dispatch of the Messenger.
- 2020-03-02
- 1
Editorial The express messenger, and other tales of the rail : Warman, Cy, 1855-1914.
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial The king's messenger, or, Lawrence Temple's probation : a story of Canadian life : Withrow, W. H. (William Henry), 1839-1908.
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Dido at her stake, Queen Dido pierces herself with the sword of Aeneas, who leaves in the background with his ship. Dido kneels at the stake that she has had herself set up, amid the bedding she has shared with Aeneas. The female messenger of Juno, Iri...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Two kites, Two kites in the form of a crow and a falcon. The crow is seen as a messenger of the sun, a falcon as a symbol of happiness when one dreams of him at the first dream of the year. With one poem, song-birds: crow, predatory birds: falcon, Toto...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Staff of a charity's messenger, Ebony staff with a round handle, two twisted pieces underneath, under a bunch of grapes. At the top above the handle, a circular plastic of a woman with a child on her arm and one on her skirts (symbol of charity)., anon...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger. Date/Period: Ca. 1280 - 1290. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 375 mm (14.76 in); Width: 248 mm (9.76 in).
- 2019-12-18
- 2
Editorial Messenger Sent to M. Saint-Denis, by M. Belle-Isle, Prisoner, plate three from Les Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales. Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin; French, 1724-1780. Date: 1767. Dimensions: 137 ? 93 mm. Etching on cream laid paper. Origin: Fra...
- 2019-12-17
- 1
Editorial Messenger Buoy, Message Buoy, painted red and white. The buoy itself is a round copper ball with one eye on one side and three chains on the other, to which a watertight tube is attached. This can be opened and contains a blue aniline pencil and a piec...
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial The King of France Sending a Messenger to the King of Spain, Master of the Copenhagen Caesar (Flemish, active about 1475 - 1485), Bruges, Belgium, about 1480 - 1483, Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 48 x 35 cm (18 7/8 ...
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial The King of Castile Sending a Messenger to John of Gaunt to Negociate the Marriage of his Son, Unknown, Bruges, Belgium, about 1480 - 1483, Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 48 x 35 cm (18 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial The King of France Sending a Messenger to the German Emperor, Unknown, Bruges, Belgium, about 1480 - 1483, Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 48 x 35 cm (18 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger, Unknown, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, about 1280 - 1290, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Apollo l'Aventureus Killing a Woman Disguised as a Messenger, Unknown, Paris, France, about 1320 - 1340, Tempera colors, gold paint, and silver and gold leaf on parchment, Leaf: 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Book to a Messenger, Unknown, Lille, France, about 1260 - 1270, Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin, Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul and a Messenger with Books, Unknown, Tournai, Belgium, about 1260 - 1270, Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin, Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Book to a Messenger, Unknown, Tournai, Belgium, about 1260 - 1270, Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin, Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 ...
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Speaking to a Bishop and a Messenger, Unknown, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, about 1280 - 1290, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial The Messenger. U-In-Ta Utes. Living in the U-in-ta Valley, on the Western Slope of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah., John K. Hillers (American, 1843 - 1925), about 1874, Albumen silver print.
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial The Death of Teulucus's Son, Teulucus Ordering the Messenger to be Killed, Unknown, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, about 1400 - 1410, Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger, Unknown, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, about 1280 - 1290, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul with a Bishop and a Messenger, Unknown, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, about 1280 - 1290, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, Leaf: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Book to a Messenger, Unknown, Lille, France, about 1260 - 1270, Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin, Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Book to a Messenger, Unknown, Lille, France, about 1260 - 1270, Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin, Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Speaking to a Messenger, Unknown, Lille, France, about 1260 - 1270, Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin, Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Book to a Messenger, Unknown, Lille, France, about 1260 - 1270, Tempera, gold leaf, and pen and black ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with reddish-brown pigskin, Leaf: 46.7 x 34.9 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Benin Kingdom, Edo: Standing Male Figure, Unidentified artist, Benin Kingdom, Edo, 16th century, Copper alloy, This figure dates to the 16th century. It was made by an artist working for the king (Oba) of Benin, an empire that flourished in present-day...
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul; Initial P: A Bishop Giving a Letter to a Messenger. Date/Period: Ca. 1280 - 1290. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 375 mm (14.76 in); Width: 248 mm (9.76 in).
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Messenger Sent to M. Saint-Denis, by M. Belle-Isle, Prisoner, plate three from Les Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales. Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin; French, 1724-1780. Date: 1767. Dimensions: 137 ? 93 mm. Etching on cream laid paper. Origin: Fra...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger. Date/Period: Ca. 1280 - 1290. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 375 mm (14.76 in); Width: 248 mm (9.76 in).
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Caesar Sends a Messenger to Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra. After a design by Justus van Egmont (1601-1674); Produced at the workshop of Willem van Leefdael (1632-1688); Flanders, Brussels. Date: 1675-1685. Dimensions: 310.1 ? 363.8 c...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Costume Plate: German Messenger.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso).
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Bronze statuette of Hermes.
- 2019-10-28
- 1
Editorial Burggraf von Rietenburg (12th century), Bavarian noble poet, delivering a scroll to a messenger holding a sword in his hands as a symbol of justice. Fol.119v. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. University of Heidelberg. L...
- 2019-08-02
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Editorial Messenger, costume sketch for Euripides' tragedy " Hippolyte". Watercolour, gouache, crayon and silver on paper, 29 x 21 cm.
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial The philosopher Seneca, seated in his Gothic study, hands his works to a messenger. Codex painted for the Cardinal of Amboise around 1500.
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Red-figured squat lekythos, Athens, Greece, c420-c400 BC. The elegant faces of the women in this garden scene and their fine, multi-pleated drapery are very characteristic of the style of the Meidias Painter and his associates. The names of all the fig...
- 2019-07-16
- 1
Editorial Hermes. Olympian god. Emissary and messenger of the gods. Statue. Marble. From Italy. Roman copy 150 AD) after original of about 270 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Miniature of Amour (Love) handing a letter to a messenger. . Roman de la Rose. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1490-c. 1500. Source: Harley 4425 f.94v. Language: French.
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Miniature of a messenger bringing David proof of Saul's death in the upper register, and the anointing of David in the lower register. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Naked women in a landscape. A winged messenger above them, holding a bow and arrows. Two doves. Allegorical coloured woodcut. Cy commence Ouide de Salmone?n son liure jntitule Metamorphose. Contena?t XV. liures particuliers moralisie par maistre Thom...
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Inferno: The heavenly messenger walks across the Styx. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.17v. Language: Italian, Latin.
- 2019-07-16
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Editorial Three-part miniature of scenes from the life of the Virgin, including the Assumption of Christ, the Pentecost and the death of Mary, with an historiated initial 'N'(unc) of the Presentation in the Temple. A bas-de-page scene of a messenger announcing t...
- 2019-07-09
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Editorial Inferno, Canto IX. Miniature shows Virgil shielding Dante's eyes; the Wrathful and the Sullen in Styx; Dante and Virgil kneel before the gate of Dis, as the Heavenly Messenger pursues the devils; the three Furies stand beside the tower of Dis; Dante an...
- 2019-07-09
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Editorial Hermes. Olympian god. Emissary and messenger of the gods. Statue. Marble. From Italy. Roman copy 150 AD) after original of about 270 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 2019-07-09
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Editorial The Messenger. Date/Period: 1640. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,760 mm (69.29 in); Width: 970 mm (38.18 in).
- 2019-04-09
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Editorial Messenger Sent to M. Saint-Denis, by M. Belle-Isle, Prisoner, plate three from Les Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales. Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin; French, 1724-1780. Date: 1767. Dimensions: 137 ? 93 mm. Etching on cream laid paper. Origin: Fra...
- 2019-04-01
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Editorial For Instance Now, Now There's the King's Messenger, from Through the Looking Glass. Peter Blake; English, born 1932. Date: 1970. Dimensions: 605 ? 505 mm. Color screenprint on paper. Origin: England.
- 2019-03-18
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Editorial Messenger Sent to M. Saint-Denis, by M. Belle-Isle, Prisoner, plate three from Les Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales. Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin; French, 1724-1780. Date: 1767. Dimensions: 137 ? 93 mm. Etching on cream laid paper. Origin: Fra...
- 2019-03-18
- 1
Editorial Caesar Sends a Messenger to Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra. After a design by Justus van Egmont (1601-1674); Produced at the workshop of Willem van Leefdael (1632-1688); Flanders, Brussels. Date: 1675-1685. Dimensions: 310.1 ? 363.8 c...
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial Male Figure: Court Official.
- 2019-02-22
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Editorial The Dispatch of the Messenger.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Terracotta lekythos (oil flask).
- 2019-02-22
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Editorial Terracotta lekythos (oil flask).
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial Limestone male head.
- 2019-02-15
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Editorial Fragmentary Cenotaph Cover with Qur'anic Calligraphy.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial DINAR.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Costume Plate: German Messenger.
- 2019-02-11
- 1
Editorial Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Amarna letter: Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Messenger at the Door of a Guardhouse.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Marble head from a herm.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Bronze statuette of Hermes.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Villa Angiana. A Collection of 86 plans and views of The Hague. Amsterdam, 1718. Villa Angiana, commonly known as the Park at Enghien (ca. 1685). On this title page, the arms of Enghien's owner, the Duke of Aremberg, are flanked by classical gods inclu...
- 2019-02-01
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Editorial Messenger at the Door of a Guardhouse.
- 2019-02-01
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Editorial Heavenly messenger with an announcement for a sitting man in a palace. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1400 - 1700. Place: Iran. Measurements: h 192 mm ? w 90 mm; h 253 mm ? w 175 mm.
- 2019-02-01
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Editorial Krishna and Akrura as a messenger. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1735 - 1745. Place: Mewar. Measurements: h 242 mm ? w 206 mm; h 185 mm ? w 180 mm.
- 2019-01-25
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Editorial The Starry Messenger. The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that. London, 1645. Account of the strange appeareance of three suns in 1644. Image taken from The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that strange apparition of three suns seen...
- 2019-01-24
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Editorial Runner or messenger (‘paik’). Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. 1...
- 2019-01-24
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Editorial "Little thumb was as good as his word, and returned that same night with the news." A messenger flying through the night sky. Illustration for the story, "little thumb.". The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. [The translation of Guy Mie?ge, revised by ...
- 2019-01-24
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Editorial John Mowbray, Calcutta merchant, seated at a desk piled with account books, attended by a banian or money agent and messenger. c.1790. Oil on canvas. Source: Foster 638,.
- 2019-01-24
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Editorial Khusrau’s messenger with Farhad. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.45v.
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Khusrau flirting with the female messenger sent to him by Shirin. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.85.
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Costume of an Italian messenger, 15th century. He wears a blue chlamys with yellow lining, fastened at the shoulder with a gold clasp, scarlet tunic and belt, black boots and skyblue trousers. From a miniature painting in the Duke of Urbino's Bible in ...
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial " Messenger and his girl", from a series of figures used as center pieces for banquets and depicting the man in the street. From Nymphenburg. 1755.
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Miniature of Hyngwar sending a messenger to England, with tents in the background. Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5). England, S. (probably Bury St Edmunds); between 14...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Bas-de-page scene of an enthroned Herod giving a letter to a kneeling messenger, with a caption reading, 'Cy comau[n]da herodes p[ar] ses lettres de fere venyr le mestres de la ley'. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). England, S. E.? (...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Miniature of Amour (Love) handing a letter to a messenger. . Roman de la Rose. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1490-c. 1500. Source: Harley 4425 f.94v. Language: French.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Lucius' messenger received by Pope Eleutherius. ROMANCES in French verse ... 14th century. Source: Egerton 3028 f.4.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial The Starry Messenger. The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that. London, 1645. Account of the strange appeareance of three suns in 1644. Image taken from The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that strange apparition of three suns seen...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial A bas-de-page scene of a lady and a messenger. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Royal 10 E. IV, f.306. Langu...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Miniature of a messenger bringing David proof of Saul's death in the upper register, and the anointing of David in the lower register. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Roya...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Runner or messenger (‘paik’). Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. 1...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Naked women in a landscape. A winged messenger above them, holding a bow and arrows. Two doves. Allegorical coloured woodcut. Cy commence Ouide de Salmone?n son liure jntitule Metamorphose. Contena?t XV. liures particuliers moralisie par maistre Thom...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Miniature of Offa's messenger and retinue finding Fremund and companions outside a chapel, with an illuminated initial 'B'(ut), from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund. England, S. E. (Bury St Edmunds?...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial The Mahar, or village messenger, leaning on a bamboo staff. March 1872. 1872. pencil; wash. Source: WD 1741. Language: English.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial "Little thumb was as good as his word, and returned that same night with the news." A messenger flying through the night sky. Illustration for the story, "little thumb.". The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. [The translation of Guy Mie?ge, revised by ...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial A bas-de-page scene of a messenger delivering his message to a man at a table. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Sour...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Four scenes: the author, writing, the author presenting his book to Andrea; messenger presenting letter to lady combing her hair; queen, with maidens playing instruments; text with decorated initial and borders. De claris mulieribus. Early 15th century...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Figure of a man, who is messenger, holding a walking stick or staff. A Straunge Foot-Post, with a Pocket full of strange Petitions, etc. B.L. London : Printed E.A., 1613. Source: C.27.b.4 Title page.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Inferno: The heavenly messenger walks across the Styx. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.17v. Language: Italian, Latin.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial A bas-de-page scene of a messenger kneeling before a monk, while another man holds two horses. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Bas-de-page scene of a fox dressed as a palmer, meeting another fox, acting as a messenger. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th ...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Holograph letter from Henry VIII to Thomas Wolsey, c.1519-20. This secret note to Wolsey reveals Henry's absolute trust in his minister. The King confesses that he found writing ‘somewhat tedius and paynefull’ but the matter about which he writes c...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Miniature of Philip enthroned, with a sword, receiving a Persian messenger. Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre). France, Central (Paris); c.1420. Source: Royal 20 B. XX, f.15. Language: French.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Iskandar sending a letter. Shahnama. Isfahan, Iran, 1630-1640. Iskandar sending a letter to the Indian King Fur. He is enthroned under draped curtains, whilst a vizier hands the letter to a messenger: several other courtiers, one holding a large blue a...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Alice and the liberal party. The primrose messanger "out of touch". The unkhaki messenger "out of touch". The Westminster Alice ... Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould. London : Westminster Gazette, 1902. Source: 12332.ff.15 page 24.
- 2018-12-06
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