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Life and Martyrdom of the Apostles, Including those of Saint Christopher,...
This manuscript is illustrated with a complex cycle of paintings of the life and martyrdom of the Apostles and of Saint Christopher. Each text is typically accompanied by two full-page illustrations...
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Aratus’s “Phenomena,” Cleomedes’s “On the Circular Motions of the Celestial...
This manuscript contains three works by ancient Greek authors relating to astronomy and mathematics. The first (folios 2−33) is the famous poem “Phainomena”(Phenomena) by Aratus of Soli (310–245 ВС)...
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The Kharkiv Democritus: The Thousand and First Magazine, Number 2, February 1816
The Kharkiv Democritus was a Ukrainian magazine, published in six monthly issues in Kharkiv (in present-day Ukraine, at that time part of the Russian Empire) between January and June 1816. Its...
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The Kharkiv Democritus: The Thousand and First Magazine, Number 6, June 1816
The Kharkiv Democritus was a Ukrainian magazine, published in six monthly issues in Kharkiv (in present-day Ukraine, at that time part of the Russian Empire) between January and June 1816. Its...
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The Kharkiv Democritus: The Thousand and First Magazine, Number 3, March 1816
The Kharkiv Democritus was a Ukrainian magazine, published in six monthly issues in Kharkiv (in present-day Ukraine, at that time part of the Russian Empire) between January and June 1816. Its...
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Synopsis of the Art of Rhetoric
Synopsis technēsrhētorikēs (Synopsis of the art of rhetoric) by Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1636−1709) is a rhetorical “catechism" consisting of three books. The first book, Ti esti rhētorikē (What is...
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Passover Haggadah
This manuscript is a Haggadah. This Hebrew term is derived from a Hebraic root meaning a tale, particularly an edifying tale or story. Jewish law commands its followers to retell each year, from...
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The Kharkiv Democritus: The Thousand and First Magazine, Number 4, April 1816
The Kharkiv Democritus was a Ukrainian magazine, published in six monthly issues in Kharkiv (in present-day Ukraine, at that time part of the Russian Empire) between January and June 1816. Its...
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The Kharkiv Democritus: The Thousand and First Magazine, Number 5, May 1816
The Kharkiv Democritus was a Ukrainian magazine, published in six monthly issues in Kharkiv (in present-day Ukraine, at that time part of the Russian Empire) between January and June 1816. Its...
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The Princess of Montpensier
This first edition of La Princesse de Montpensier (The Princess of Montpensier)by Madame de La Fayette was published anonymously in 1662. Taking place during the religious wars of the previous...
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“Amadis of Gaul.” Book One
Amadis de Gaule (Amadis of Gaul) is a chivalric romance novel by Rodriguez de Montalvo, who based it on stories that had been circulating on the Iberian Peninsula since the 1360s. The original, in...
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Portraits of the Royal Family
Shown here is a bronze engraving, on which ten miniatures are attached, each of which contains the portrait of a different individual who was a member of or associated with the French royal family....
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Map of France’s Post Offices
Drawn by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (circa 1632−1712) in 1690, the Carte particulière des postes de France (Particular map of the post offices of France) was preceded by the work of geographer Nicolas...
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Cameo with a Portrait Bust of Charlemagne
This small cameo is engraved with a portrait bust of Charlemagne, from his right side, with the inscription “Carolus Magnus” (Charles the Great). The long-haired emperor, with his imposing beard, is...
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Cameo with a Portrait Bust of Francis I
This small cameo is engraved with a portrait bust of Francis I, from his right side, presented like a Roman emperor, wearing a crown of laurels, body armor, and a paludamentum (emperor’s cloak)....
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Cameo with Portrait of Louis XIV
This cameo, in a red-tinged onyx in three layers mounted on gold and colored enamel, represents King Louis XIV as a teenager. The triumphant crown on his head is a direct reference to ancient Rome and...
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Portraits of Louis the Great at Various Ages
Shown here is a bronze engraving on which ten medallions are attached, each of which contains, behind a glass plate, a portrait of Louis XIV (the Sun King) at a different stage of his life. The...
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A Sequence of Twenty-Six Additions to the Admonitions
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan missionary who arrived in Mexico from Spain in 1529 and stayed until his death in 1590. He worked with the indigenous peoples of the area to document their...
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A Sequence of Sermons for Sundays and Saints’ Days in Nahuatl
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan missionary who arrived in Mexico from Spain in 1529 and stayed until his death in 1590. He worked with the indigenous peoples of the area to document their...
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Exercises in Nahuatl Taken from the Holy Gospel
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan missionary who arrived in Mexico from Spain in 1529 and stayed until his death in 1590. He worked with the indigenous peoples of the area to document their...
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