EditorialPeace of Munster, Silver Medal, oval. Front: man's chest piece inside ornament border and lettering. Reverse: Peace with sun, palm branch and open book sitting on a pedestal, with a globe inside a wreath of rays and an inscription., M?nster, North Rhin...
EditorialColonel banner of one of Baden-Durlach, Ecru's regiments, in the center the coat of arms of Baden, covered by royal crown, surrounded by a white, red and black decorated band. The whole is held by two griffins (averted on the flight side), and is place...
EditorialBanner of one of the regiments Baden-Durlach (presumably), Red, in the center the coat of arms of Baden, covered by royal crown, surrounded by a white, red and black decorated band (a shattered Golden Fleece chain?). The whole is held by two griffins (...
EditorialAnd then even if the rays are transmitted through the fins city to exceed that combines water is known to be possible, Fig. 1: Measurement of the possibility of passing the water from a well into a castle or city, Fig. 2: Altimetry with a sun quadrant ...
EditorialSun Rays--Paula, Berlin. Alfred Stieglitz; American, 1864-1946. Date: 1889. Dimensions: 22.7 x 16.9 cm (image/paper). Gelatin silver print. Origin: United States.
EditorialSun Rays--Paula, Berlin. Alfred Stieglitz; American, 1864-1946. Date: 1889. Dimensions: 22.7 x 16.9 cm (image/paper). Gelatin silver print. Origin: United States.
EditorialPersonification of the Sun. An illustration relating to the Philosopher's Stone. The seated figure represents the Sun; his red robe the colour of fire. The bird on the book represents a phoenix which rises from the fire. The birds carrying bows and arr...
EditorialChrist the Sun attracts souls. Omne Bonum. England (London); 1360-1375. (Detail) Top, the divine head with rays drawing up souls. Centre, St. Benedict and St. Paul kneeling. Below, a representation of the Fall of Man in the midst of the planetary spher...
Editorial(Second section). Two lions salient , the left one red and the right one green, rearing up before a furnace (this design is absent from Ashmole Roll 53). - a green lion, affronté , with a sun with rays on the left and a moon on the right, both with hu...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of an eagle exposing its young to the rays of the sun. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.93. Language: Latin, with French image captions.
Editorial(Third section): A crowned female Bird of Hermes, biting on her left wing, and standing on an orange orb with spade-shaped rays; beneath, a blank scroll. - a sun with black and white rays and, at the centre, three orbs (green, white and red), linked by...
EditorialColoured illustrated front cover of the science/romantic fiction novel by Jules Verne. The Green Ray Translated from the French by M de Hauteville. London : Sampson Low & Co., 1883. Green flashes and green rays are rare optical phenomena that occur sho...
EditorialChalice ? soleil, 1532?33, French, Paris, Silver gilt, Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Metalwork-Silverplate, This chalice, made in the early French Renaissance, is decorated with motifs that derived from the late medieval period: wavy sun rays on the bowl ...
EditorialDesign for a Soldier's Costume with a Cuirass (front and back), ca. 1620?56 , Brown ink with a grey-blue and a light brown wash, Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/16 in. (28.3 x 20.8 cm), Baccio del Bianco (Italian, Florence 1604?1656 Escorial) (and workshop), Desig...
EditorialStanding Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand, 5th century, Made in possibly Syria, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 16 3/4 x 8 1/8 x 5 13/16 in. (42.6 x 20.7 x 14.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Standing lamps decorated with crosses and supported on f...
EditorialNecklace pendants and beads, Old Babylonian, ca. 18th?17th century B.C., Mesopotamia, said to be from Dilbat, Babylonian, Gold, L. 42 in. (3.6 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments-Inscribed, These gold pendants and beads exemplify the finest craftsmanship in gold ...
EditorialFancy dress costume for Summer, with dress of sun rays, roses, wheat and butterflies. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from "L'Art du Travestissement" (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880. Sault was a theatre and opera designer a...