EditorialStrip of bobbin lace with swans and carnations, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a symmetrical composition with two swans, flanked left and right by a detached carnation between two rosette flowers....
EditorialCarpet with the arms of Rogier de Beaufort, Turenne and De Comminges (fragment), Fragment of a tapestry. On blue ground a pattern of diamond-shaped figures formed by four storks has been applied in white, red, yellow, light and dark brown and black, al...
EditorialLibythea, Print, Libythea is a widespread genus of nymphalid butterflies commonly called beaks or snouts. They are strong fliers and may even be migratory.
EditorialTanygnathus gramineus, Print, The black-lored parrot (Tanygnathus gramineus) also known as the Buru green parrot, is a parrot endemic to the Indonesian island of Buru. It is a 40 cm (16 in) long green parrot with black lores, and a turquoise crown. Mal...
EditorialCiconia alba, Print, The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100?115 cm (39?45 ...
EditorialCiconia alba, Print, The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100?115 cm (39?45 ...
EditorialCiconia alba, Print, The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100?115 cm (39?45 ...
EditorialPardalotus uropygialis, Print, Pardalote, Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in...
EditorialPardalotus affinis, Print, Pardalote, Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in one...
EditorialPardalotus luctuosus, Print, Pardalote, Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in o...
EditorialPardalotus, Print, Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species in one genus, Pardalotus,...
EditorialLibythea, Print, Libythea is a widespread genus of nymphalid butterflies commonly called beaks or snouts. They are strong fliers and may even be migratory.
EditorialPardalotus melanocephalus, Print, Pardalote, Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks. This family is composed of four species...
EditorialPendant in the Form of Four Double-Headed Figures with Long Beaks, Possibly Ducks. Cocl?; Venado Beach, Cocl? province, Panama. Date: 500 AD-1000. Dimensions: L. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). Cast gold. Origin: Panama.
EditorialGold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods whic...
EditorialTwo vultures perched on a branch. With food in their beaks. Birds of prey or scavengers. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd q...
EditorialTwo parrots or exotic birds with long green feathers and short curved beaks. Perched on a tree. A pair. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Iri...
EditorialOpening of St John's Gospel. Text beginning with initial 'I', acanthus leaf pattern with interlace knotwork terminals adorned with birds heads holding leaf-sprays in their beaks. Borders of 'Winchester' type acanthus with corner bosses and two roundels...
EditorialBirds hanging from branches by their beaks. Roosting. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source:...
EditorialReliquary in the Shape of a Stupa, ca. 4th?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Bronze, H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, The stupa sits atop a Corinthian capital bracketed by four felines with wings and beaks. ...
EditorialReliquary in the Shape of a Stupa, ca. 4th?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Bronze, H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, The stupa sits atop a Corinthian capital bracketed by four felines with wings and beaks. ...
EditorialTwo Tengu Carrying a Parcel, Meiji period (1868?1912), second half 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Netsuke, The tengu were originally thought to take the form of birds of prey and were depi...
EditorialMedicine man of the Blackfoot nation, in yellow bear skin adorned with snake and frog skins, bird beaks, deer hoofs, etc. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialGold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods whic...