Coin of Nikephoros III, r. 1078 - 1081
Nikephoros III
Colophon (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Solidus of Constantine VII, Constantinople, r. 945 - 959
Constantine VII
Cover with orphrey panels
Unidentified Artist
Illustrated Compendium of Loyal Persons (Sam-kang Haeng-sil To)
Korean
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}
Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493
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
Costumes of Michaelenses, Azores, Portugal (woman standing facing right, wearing full length cape, and plaid(?) skirt, scarf on head, holding hat in left hand, right hand on book sitting on stand with vase of flowers), active mid- to late-19th century
A.J. Rapozo
Untitled (seven photographs, clockwise from upper left, Alfred (2 photos); Albert Edward; unidentifed man, seated holding book; unidentified man in uniform; Edward Saxe-Weimar, center, Augusta of Saxe Weimar), 1838-1903
Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer
Two Foliate Moresque Friezes, the Lower One with an Archer Preparing to Shoot a Female Defending Herself with a Palm Frond, 1672 - 1730
Étienne-Joseph Daudet
Crucified Christ
Unidentified Artist
Seated Virgin
Unidentified Artist
Krishna encounters Kotara, the mother of the thousand-armed demon Bana (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Indian