Tag: "illustration"

Anaphora of Mary (Mass book), Virgin and Her Beloved Child flanked by the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Walters Manuscript W.829, fol. 1v

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Woodcut illustration of a Protestant preacher used by Heinrich Stayner of Augsburg

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Illustrations of four knights of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Ritter von Andlau, Ritter von Strandeck, Ritter von Meldingen, Ritter von Frauenberg) with their insignia, used by Peter Jordan of Ma...

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Woodcut illustration of the sacrifice of Polyxena by Neoptolemus at the tomb of Achilles

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Woodcut printer's device of Johann Knobloch of Strasbourg

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Illustrations of four counts of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Graf von Cleve, Graf von Schwarzburg, Graf von Cilli, Graf von Savoyen) with their insignia, used by Peter Jordan of Mainz

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Woodcut illustration (possibly representing the devil as a bird-catcher?) used by Heinrich Stayner of Augsburg

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Illustration of the Holy Roman Emperor with the insignia of the Habsburgs and of four dukedoms (from left: Schwaben [or Swabia], Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein [or Palatinate], Braunschweig, Lorraine [or L...

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Woodcut illustration used by Georg Merkel of Nuremberg.

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Woodcut illustration of Sappho

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Austin Lamont (1905-1969); Hugh Tempest Sheringham

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Woodcut illustration of a verse retelling of the parable of Dives and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) by Jacob Locher. Used by Silvan Otmar of Augsburg.

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Woodcut arms of Heinrich von Plauen (hand-colored) used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad]

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Album of Persian calligraphy, Incipit page with illuminated headpiece, Walters Manuscript W.673, fol.1b

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tete 2

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Album of Persian and Indian calligraphy, miniatures, and prints, Man and animals in the shape of an elephant (composite animal), Walters Manuscript W.670, fol. 13b detail

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Woodcut ('Sauritt des Papsts') after Lucas Cranach the Elder, used by Christian Rödinger the Elder of Magdeburg, of the pope riding a sow, holding steaming excrement

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Woodcut illustration of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), cardinal, theologian and envoy of Pope Eugene IV, holding a girdle book. Used by Georg Rhaw of Wittenberg

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Woodcut (hand-colored by a reader) featuring emblems of various Swiss cantons (among them, Basel, Berne, Uri, Zug and Glarus) around central Habsburg arms. Used by Pamphilus Gengenbach of Basel.

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Title page of a book from the library of Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini (1635-1701)

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Woodcut arms of Gottfried von Hohenlohe (hand-colored) used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad]

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Woodcut illustration of Chiomara, wife of Orgiagon of Galatia

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Woodcut illustration of Hercules (dressed as both a man and a woman) and Iole

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Woodcut of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven with the Christ Child, with artist's(?) monogram at foot of image. Used by Wolfgang Stoeckel.

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