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Architecture Words from "Materials Lab"

Architecture Words from "Materials Lab", born 1962

Fernanda Fragateiro

Tripartite Foliate Ornament, the Central Motif with a Helmet, Two Blazing Candles, and Tendrils Ending in Horses

Tripartite Foliate Ornament, the Central Motif with a Helmet, Two Blazing Candles, and Tendrils Ending in Horses, 1563 - 1618

Christoph Jamnitzer

Pump for Raising Water (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) of al-Jazari

Pump for Raising Water (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) of al-Jazari

Arab

Book XXIX.14.  Publius Cornelius receives the goddess, the Idaean Mother, from all the matrons at Ostia and delivers her to Rome {Tertiae Decadis Liber Nonus p. CLXX verso}

Book XXIX.14. Publius Cornelius receives the goddess, the Idaean Mother, from all the matrons at Ostia and delivers her to Rome {Tertiae Decadis Liber Nonus p. CLXX verso}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

Illustration XLVIII: the 10th figure: John beholds a mighty angel whose feet are pillars of fire come down from heaven in a cloud. John eats the little book in the angel's hand (Revelation 10:1-11).

Illustration XLVIII: the 10th figure: John beholds a mighty angel whose feet are pillars of fire come down from heaven in a cloud. John eats the little book in the angel's hand (Revelation 10:1-11)., 16th century

Anonymous England 1539

The Cowgirls Attend Krishna (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

The Cowgirls Attend Krishna (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

Jambavan Offers His Daughter, Jambavati, to Krishna, an illustration from the Bhagavata Purana

Jambavan Offers His Daughter, Jambavati, to Krishna, an illustration from the Bhagavata Purana

Indian

Coin of Michael VII

Coin of Michael VII, r. 1071-1078

Michael VII

Coin of Nikephoros III

Coin of Nikephoros III, r. 1078 - 1081

Nikephoros III

Histamenon of Romanos III with the Meter Theou

Histamenon of Romanos III with the Meter Theou, r. 1028 - 1034

Romanos III

Histamenon of John I with the Meter Theou

Histamenon of John I with the Meter Theou, r. 969 - 976

John I Tzimiskes

Tetarteron of Theodora, Constantinople

Tetarteron of Theodora, Constantinople, co-r.1042; r. alone 1055-1056

Theodora

Coin of Constantine X

Coin of Constantine X, r. 1059-1067

Constantine X

Coin of Constantine X

Coin of Constantine X, r. 1059-1067

Constantine X

Coin of Michael VII

Coin of Michael VII, r. 1071-1078

Michael VII

Coin of Michael VII

Coin of Michael VII, r. 1071-1078

Michael VII

Coin of Romanos III

Coin of Romanos III, r. 1028 - 1034

Romanos III

Coin of Constantine X

Coin of Constantine X, r. 1059-1067

Constantine X

Coin of Constantine X

Coin of Constantine X, r. 1059-1067

Constantine X

Tetarteron of John I Tzimiskes, Constantinople

Tetarteron of John I Tzimiskes, Constantinople, r. 969 - 976

John I Tzimiskes

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