Colophon (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Lion Head, after Ruskin, 1840 - 1930
Charles Herbert Moore
Album of Drawings after Artists' Portraits
Unidentified Artist
Cover with orphrey panels
Unidentified Artist
Solidus of Constantine VII, Constantinople, r. 945 - 959
Constantine VII
Illustrated Compendium of Loyal Persons (Sam-kang Haeng-sil To)
Korean
The Fourth Trumpet Call: An Angel Crying Woe; The Ffith Trumpet Call: The Plague of Locusts; The Sixth Trumpet Call: Angels Kill a Third of Mankind; The Angel with the Opened Book, c. 1560 - 1618
Adriaen Collaert
Double-sided wood printing block from Book on the Process of Woodblock Printing (Hanga shūsatsu junjo chō), with a design of Compared Poems of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kuawase), active about 1780 - 1801
Designed by Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮
Double-sided wood printing block from Book on the Process of Woodblock Printing (Hanga shūsatsu junjo chō), with a design of Compared Poems of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kuawase), active about 1780 - 1801
Designed by Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮
Double-sided wood printing block from Book on the Process of Woodblock Printing (Hanga shūsatsu junjo chō), with a design of Compared Poems of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kuawase), active about 1780 - 1801
Designed by Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮
Book IV.13-15. Lucius Quinius, dictator, and Agrippa Minucius address the multitude regarding Maelius's death {Primae Decadis Liber Quartus p. XXXIII verso}
Anonymous Germany
Book XXIV.34-7. Heraclea, wife of Zoippus, who lived abroad in luxury, put to death with her children {Tertiae Decadis Liber Quartus p. CXXVIII}
Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493
Book XXVII.51. Hasdrubal defeated by Marcus Livius and Cladius Nero; his head is thrown before African prisoners {Tertiae Decadis Liber Septimus p. CLVIII}
Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493
Book XXXIV.52-3. Celebration under Titus Quintius Flaminius lasts three days, Temples are dedicated {Quarte Decadis Liber Quintus p. CCXI verso}
Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493
Book IX.24. Roman army met by a deserter from Sora who informs them how to take the city {Primae Decadis Liber Nonus p. LXXIX}