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Couple in Bed Watched by a Tiny Man (from 'Maneemon')

Couple in Bed Watched by a Tiny Man (from 'Maneemon'), 1735 - 1790

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋

Man Smoking in Bed with Woman and Attendant, Watched by a Tiny Man (First Maneemon Series?)

Man Smoking in Bed with Woman and Attendant, Watched by a Tiny Man (First Maneemon Series?), 1735 - 1790

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋

The courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato of the Yotsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

The courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato of the Yotsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami), 1761 - 1816

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演

The courtesans Azumaya and Kokonoe of the Matsukane House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

The courtesans Azumaya and Kokonoe of the Matsukane House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami), 1761 - 1816

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演

Text of the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Text of the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), 1579 - 1638

Attributed to Karasumaru Mitsuhiro

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban) in 20 Volumes

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban) in 20 Volumes, 1566 - 1626

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu)

Story of [the] Soga Brothers (Soga Monogatari) in 12 Volumes

Story of [the] Soga Brothers (Soga Monogatari) in 12 Volumes

Japanese

Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) in 2 Volumes

Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) in 2 Volumes, 1652 - 1705

Attributed to Ichijō Kaneteru

Book XXXI.47.  Coela, site of many battles, here Romans are aided by Attalus and Rhodians against Philip and his allies {Quarte Decadis Liber Primus p. CXC}

Book XXXI.47. Coela, site of many battles, here Romans are aided by Attalus and Rhodians against Philip and his allies {Quarte Decadis Liber Primus p. CXC}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

Book VII.4.  Marcus Pomponius is threatened by Titus Manlius, son of Lucas Manlius, against prosecuting his father {Primae Decadis Liber Septimus p. LIX verso}

Book VII.4. Marcus Pomponius is threatened by Titus Manlius, son of Lucas Manlius, against prosecuting his father {Primae Decadis Liber Septimus p. LIX verso}

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1493

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

Study of a Tree

Study of a Tree, 1472 - 1517

Fra Bartolommeo della Porta

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

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

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

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

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