EditorialReccared I (559?601). Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia (586?601). Reccared I renounced Arianism for Catholicism in January 587. The Third Council of Toledo (May 589) served to ratify the abjuration of Arianism of both the monarch and...
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialThe Pandavas and Draupadi led by Yudhishthira and accompanied by his favourite dog go off to Meru, having renounced the world. Mahabharata. Muradabad, 1761-1763. Source: Add. 5640, f.429v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialThe Pandavas and Draupadi led by Yudhishthira and accompanied by his favourite dog go off to Meru, having renounced the world. Mahabharata. Muradabad, 1761-1763. Source: Add. 5640, f.429v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe Pandavas and Draupadi led by Yudhishthira and accompanied by his favourite dog go off to Meru, having renounced the world. Mahabharata. Muradabad, 1761-1763. Source: Add. 5640, f.429v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe Pandavas and Draupadi led by Yudhusthira and accompanied by his favourite dog go off to Meru, the abode of Hindu gods, having renounced the world. The five brothers wear crowns burt are bare-chested. Draupadi,their wife, follows wearing a blue sa...
EditorialThe Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series A Pattern Book of the Year's First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs" ("Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo")".
EditorialThe Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1640, Oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm), Paintings, Georges de La Tour (French, Vic-sur-Seille 1593?1653 Lun?ville), A sinner, perhaps a courtesan, Mary Magdalen was a witness of Christ who renounced the p...
EditorialTextile with Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, late 14th century, Made in Tuscany, Italy, Italian, Colored silks, metal thread, Overall: 35 x 29 in. (88.9 x 73.7 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, According to his biographers, Saint Francis of Assisi enjoy...
EditorialYellow-Green Hexagonal Glass Bottle with a Stylite Saint, mid-5th?7th century, Made in Syria (?), Byzantine, Moulded glass, Overall: 8 9/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 9/16 in. (21.7 x 6.4 x 6.5 cm), Glass-Vessels, The stylite saints depicted on tall glass vessels mad...
EditorialRoyal Airforce Group Captain and Royal Equerry Peter Townsend, whose romance with Princess Margaret ended in 1955 when she publicly renounced him because his earlier divorce was not sanctioned by the Church of England. Paris,1979.
EditorialThe Pandavas and Draupadi led by Yudhusthira and accompanied by his favourite dog go off to Meru, the abode of Hindu gods, having renounced the world. The five brothers wear crowns burt are bare-chested. Draupadi,their wife, follows wearing a blue sa...