Pen and ink sketch with grey wash on vellum. Edward Somerset, second Marquis of Worcester , was an English aristocrat who invented the steam-operated...
This miniature telescope is a instrument that has been variously called an opera or prospect glass. It is a small Galilean telescope that provides a...
Selection of four miniature telescopes, a type of instrument that has been variously called an opera or prospect glass. These are small Galilean...
Shown on the left is a non-achromatic prospect opera glass made by Nairne & Blunt, c 1780. On the right is a collapsible, 6-draw opera glass with a...
Pietro Patron in Milan, Italy made the smallest telescope with its ivory mounted lenses and decorated green vellum tube. The larger telescope with...
Vellum binding from �The Almagest� by Ptolemy which was one of the most influential scientific works in history. It described the Ptolemaic system of...
From the Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the northwest coast of Africa- World map drawn on an oval projection地中海, 非洲 - 地理位置, 葡萄牙文化
Ferns, Brambles and Flowers, Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470
Reseda, Euphorbia and Dianthus, Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470
Red clover and Aube. Bottom row: Bellidis species, Onobrychis and Hyssopus nemorum, illustration from 'The Book of Simple Medicines', by Mattheaus...
Marshmallow and Hastula Regia. Bottom row: Asarabacca and Speedwell, illustration from 'The Simple Book of Medicines' by Matteaus Platearius c.1470
Herba Victoria, from 'Liber Herbarius una cum rationibus conficiendi medicamenta' by Orgione Rizzardo
Herba Poleximas, from 'Liber Herbarius una cum rationibus conficiendi medicamenta' by Orgione Rizzardo
Herba Nastrusio, from 'Liber Herbarius una cum rationibus conficiendi medicamenta' by Orgione Rizzardo
Herba Antollas Lupanas, from 'Liber Herbarius una cum rationibus conficiendi medicamenta' by Orgione Rizzardo
Facsimile edition of the Magna Carta, English charter, 1215 . Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum, limited the rights of the monarch and...大憲章 - 歷史文件, 法律
Tournament Scene, from the 'Histoire des Nobles Princes de Hainaut', by Jacques de Guise騎士 - 人的角色, 注視, 文藝復興
Aeneas hangs the armour of Mezentius from an oak tree, from 'The Aeneid' by Virgil with a commentary by Servius, 1469
Historiated initial 'U' depicting an interlacing pattern and fantastical animals, from the Bible of Saint-Andre aux-Bois
Building the Foundations of the Monastery of the Minors at Valenciennes, from the 'Histoire des Nobles Princes de Hainaut', by Jacques de Guise
Young knight stands before a gravestone while his servant sleeps near their horses, from 'Livre du Coeur d'Amours Espris' by Rene d'Anjou, 1465
Presentation of the book to Philippe Le Bon, from 'Chroniques et Conquetes de Charlemagne' by David Aubert, 1458