EditorialA round ebony-framed plaque in gilded pewter, showing the 260 m long front of the Tuileries, Paris, residence of the rulers of France from Louis XV to Napoleon III. Palace is seen from Pont Royal, Pavillion de Flore in foreground. Ebony, pewter (late 1...
Editorial'An example of the rulers or chiefs in Virginia.' A Weroan or great lord of Virginia. America. Frankfurt, 1634. Source: G.6627.(1), plate III.
Editorial'A weroan or great Lorde of Virginia'. An example of the rulers or chiefs in Virginia'. Engraving of a figure wearing a single apron-skirt of fringed deer skin, with a [puma?] tail hanging at the back, and a four-string necklace round his neck. He is e...
Editorial'The tombe of their Werowans or Cheiff Lordes'. Tomb of the Weroans, their rulers. The bodies of their dead chiefs are placed on a platform. Near the bodies sits the idol Kiwasa. Under the platform, one of the priests says prayers, and he is kep warm b...
EditorialThe tombe of their Werowans or Cheiff Lordes'. Tomb of the Weroans, their rulers. The bodies of their dead chiefs are placed on a platform. Near the bodies sits the idol Kiwasa. Under the platform, one of the priests says prayers, and he is kep warm by...
Editorial'A Weroan or great lord of Virginia'. Two rulers or chiefs of Virginia, holding large bows. [America.-Part I.-English.] A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabit...
EditorialHomer deifie-The deification of Homer. Assembled around Homer are 82 figures of important philosophers, painters, poets and rulers, among them Francois I, Louis XIV, Ingres' teacher Jacques-Louis David and many others. Paper, brush, gouache, grey wash ...
EditorialJade portrait head inscribed with glyphs, Maya, Comayagua, Honduras. Claassic period, 600-800 CE. The head was carved from a single block of jade, the eyes probably inlaid with shell or other materials. Such heads were mounted on a belt worn by maya ru...
EditorialMosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca, one of the Aztec creator gods, also the god of rulers, warriors and sorcerers. Alternate bands of turquoise and lignite cover a human skull. The jew is moveable and hinged with leather. The eyes are made of two disks of iro...
EditorialA ballgames player. Kneeling on one leg, he throws the rubber ball with his right arm, his rump protected by a wide girdle. The ballgame symbolized the war of the Heavenly Twins against the rulers of the Underworld. Limestone (600-900 CE), 27.6 x 18.1 ...
EditorialLetter to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) from Burnaburias, a king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylonia. It is written in Mesopotamian Akkadian, the diplomatic language of the period. This clay tablet is one of 382 cuneiform documents discovered in 1887 in Egy...
EditorialBronze mace head, Geometric, 8th century B.C., Cypriot, Bronze, Overall: 6 3/4 x 3in. (17.1 x 7.6cm), Bronzes, The finned form of mace head represented by this example is considerably rarer than the cylindrical, scepter type. It is not known whether th...
EditorialPersia. Soltaniyeh, Zanjan Province. The capital of the Ilkhanate rulers of Persia during the 14th century. Camp in Soltaniyeh. Engraving by Ale_s. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851.
EditorialTiraz with Medallions, 8th?9th century, Attributed to Egypt, Wool; tapestry weave, Textile: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Textiles-Woven, Inscribed textiles are called tiraz, from the Persian word for 'embroidery.' Many were produced in royal workshops and prese...
EditorialManesse Codex (sheet 17r): Heinrich I Duke of Askanien and Prince von Anhalt (around 1170-1252), nephew of Heinrich III of Meißen. The Manesse Codex or Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Library, Cod....
EditorialThe Calakmul Temple at the ancient Maya city of Calakmul, in the southern Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, on July 18, 2022. (Adrian Wilson/The New York Times)