EditorialGampsonyx fimbritus, Print, Pearl kite, The pearl kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii) is a very small raptor found in open savanna habitat adjacent to deciduous woodland. It is the only member of the genus Gampsonyx. The scientific name commemorates the Englis...
EditorialPsalm 101. Psalter. England [Winchester]; 10th century. [Whole folio] Psalm 101, beginning with initial 'D'. The same scribe added an Old English translation between the lines Image taken from Psalter. Originally published/produced in England [Winche...
EditorialWallace executed'. Sir William Wallace, (died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. In August 1305 Wallace was captured and hanged, drawn, and quartered. Pictures of Englis...
EditorialFlame orchid or scarlet ornithidium, Ornithidium coccineum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by William Jackson Hooker from his own "Exotic Flora," Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823. Hooker (1785-1865) was an Englis...
EditorialSilver prairie-clover or two-coloured dalea, Dalea bicolor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by William Jackson Hooker from his own "Exotic Flora," Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823. Hooker (1785-1865) was an Englis...