Tag: "pennlibraries"

John Spencer Smith, 1769-1845

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Italian lute tablature for two dances ('Romanes[ca?]' and 'Gaglia[rda?]') to be played on an instrument in six courses

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

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Harrow School prize certificate awarded to Harry Amyas Leigh Herschel Wade (1873-1959) by Edward E. Bowen in 1888

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

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

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Woodcut printer's device of Andreas Wechel

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Woodcut illustration of Ceres

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Woodcut illustration of Leaena

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Illustrations of four barons of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Freiherr von Limpurg, Freiherr von Thusis[?], Freiherr von Westerburg, Freiherr von Alwalden[?]) and their insignia, used by Peter Jor...

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Illustrations of 4 margraves of the Holy Roman Empire and their insignia (from left: Margrave of Moravia, Margrave of Meissen, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Margrave of Baden) used by Peter Jordan of M...

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Woodcut illustration of God joining man and woman (or possibly Adam and Eve, specifically) in marriage, used by Heinrich Stayner of Augsburg

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Woodcut illustration of Jupiter and Europa

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Illustration of four towns of the Holy Roman Empire (clockwise from top left: Bamberg, Sélestat, Ulm, Haguenau) with their insignia, used by Peter Jordan of Mainz

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Illustration of four towns (Bauern) of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Cologne, Regensburg, Konstanz, and Salzburg) with their insignia, used by Peter Jordan of Mainz

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John King Van Rensselaer (1847-1909)

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

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Illustrations of four burgraves of the Holy Roman Empire (from left: Burggraf von Nürnberg, Burggraf von Magdeburg, Ritter von Stromberg, and Burggraf von Rieneck[?]) and their insignia, used by Peter...

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Woodcut of scorpions

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Woodcut printer's device of Christoph Froschauer of Zurich

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Woodcut illustration of Pyramus and Thisbe

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Woodcut arms of Ludolf König (hand-colored) used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad]

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Portion of a parchment leaf from a liturgical ms., probably an antiphonary, containing text and music for the first words of the antiphon for the first psalm sung at vespers on the vigil of the solemn...

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Woodcut illustration of Olympias, wife of Philip II of Macedon, and the deaths of Pausanias and of Cleopatra and her daughter

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