EditorialCathedral to Ani floor plan, Floor plan of the Cathedral of Ani (also Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin), Fig. 83, p. 160, Wilhelm L?bke: Geschichte der Architektur von den ?ltesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart. Leipzig: Verlag von Emil Graul, 1855.
EditorialCathedral to Ani view, Ani Cathedral (also Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin), Fig. 82, p. 158, Wilhelm L?bke: Geschichte der Architektur von den ?ltesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart. Leipzig: Verlag von Emil Graul, 1855.
EditorialMarigold (Calendula) Goude bloeme. ankle. / Caltha Calendula simplex. / Souci à fleur simple (title on object), Marigold. Numbered top right: 235. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth of twelve albums with drawings of ani...
EditorialTulip (Tulipa), Tulip. / Tulipa. / Tulipe. (title on object), Purple and white tulip. Numbered top right: 40. Top left marked with a red asterisk. Part of the first album with drawings of flowers and plants. Eighth of twelve albums with drawings of ani...
EditorialThe Four Continents Paying Homage to Amsterdam The Four Continents Paying Homage to Amsterdam The four continents pay tribute to the city of Amsterdam. In the center, on the edge of the kogship, the Amsterdam city maiden is dressed in a Mercury hat. It...
EditorialPerch (Perca fluviatilis), Baers. / Perca. / Perche. (title on object), Baars. Numbered top right: 10. Here also the name in seven languages. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of ani...
EditorialHunter with seven dogs Different animals (series title), A hunter strokes ? One of his seven hunting dogs under the chin, a cat is sitting in the window frame on the right. The print is part of an eight-part series with representations of different ani...
EditorialCrotophaga ani, Print, The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, ...
EditorialBirgus latro, Print, The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a species of terrestrial hermit crab, also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, and is probably at the upper size limit for terrestrial ani...
EditorialCrotophaga major, Print, The greater ani (Crotophaga major) is a large bird in the cuckoo family. It is a breeding species from Panama and Trinidad through tropical South America to northern Argentina. It is sometimes referred to as the black cuckoo., ...
EditorialCrotophaga ani, Print, The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, ...
EditorialCrotophaga ani, Print, The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, ...
EditorialBirgus latro, Print, The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a species of terrestrial hermit crab, also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, and is probably at the upper size limit for terrestrial ani...
EditorialCrotophaga sulcirostris, Print, The groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) is a tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas, central Mexic...
EditorialCrotophaga ani, Print, The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, ...
EditorialCrotophaga ani, Print, The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, ...
EditorialLEGAZPI, Miguel L?pez de (Zum?rraga, h.1502-Manila, Filipinas, 1572). Navegante y conquistador espa?ol. En 1569 fue nombrado gobernador y capit?n general de Filipinas e islas de los Ladrones. Monumento al conquistador en su localidad natal. Obra de Ani...
EditorialYellow-capped pygmy parrot, Micropsitta keiensis, male and female, and groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lesson's Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838.
EditorialThe treasure of Nagyszentmiklos. The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagyszentmiklos (now Sinicolaul in Romania) consists of 23 pure gold vessels. The medallion on this gold pitcher shows a rider on a mythical ani-mal aiming an arrow at a panther.
EditorialCe qu'il faut de patience et d'abnegation pour qu'une feuille de murier devienne une robe de soie. Anthropomorphic image of birds and silkworms that are operating a weaving machine. Peines de c?ur d'une chatte anglaise.-Guide-a?ne a? l'usage des ani...
EditorialPlate 20 from the 'Tauromaquia':The agility and audacity of Juanito Api?ani in [the ring] at Madrid., 1816, Etching and aquatint, Plate: 9 5/8 ? 13 7/8 in. (24.5 ? 35.3 cm), Prints, Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746?1828 B...
EditorialApis, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.); W. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); L. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.), The worship of the Apis bull is attested as early as Dynasty I. Arguably the Apis, unlike many sacred ani...
EditorialHead of a cat, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); W. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); D. 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.), The cat was sacred to the goddess Bastet, and was offered in sanctuaries and deposited in ani...
EditorialYellow-capped pygmy parrot, Micropsitta keiensis, male and female, and groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lesson's Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838.
EditorialSmooth-billed ani or lesser ani, Crotophaga ani. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822.
EditorialJasmine flower fairy, Jasminum officinale, rubbing oil on a child's head, both in white dresses decorated with leaves and flowers. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Ani...
EditorialGarden spider, Araneus diadematus. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1797. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of ani...
EditorialBlack coral, Cupressopathes abies. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1797. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of ani...
EditorialRUINS AT ANI, ARMENIA: THE NORTHERN WALLS, SHOWING THE GATE OF KARS (LEFT); INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH, LOOKING TOWARDS THE PRINCIPAL ALTAR (RIGHT).
EditorialRUINS AT ANI, ARMENIA: THE GREAT GATE OF THE PALACE OF THE BAHLAVOUNI PRINCES (LEFT); ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH OF ABOULGHARIB (CENTRE); SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY ON THE AKHOURIAN RIVER (RIGHT).
EditorialSmooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani, and green-backed or Amazonian white-tailed trogon, Trogon viridis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illus...
EditorialThe treasure of Nagyszentmiklos. The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagyszentmiklos (now Sinicolaul in Romania) consists of 23 pure gold vessels. The medallion on this gold pitcher shows a rider on a mythical ani-mal aiming an arrow at a panther.