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Sutton Hoo Sword"Iron pattern-welded sword blade, heavily corroded. The blade is broad and tapers slightly towards the pointed tip. [...] The Sutton Hoo sword was not…
A fifteenth-century latin Coutumier de Normandie of 290 leaves. 10.7 by 7.2 cm.
Sultan Sanjar and the Old WomanManuscript leaf from the Baysunghur Shahnameh Manuscript. The illustration depicts a scene from Mahsan al-Asrar (Treasury of Secrets) with an…
St. Jerome’s Prologue on Hosea - Hermann Composite, Fol, 3rThe Hermann Composite begins with St. Jerome’s prologue on the Hosea. It contains a sizeable illuminated capital depicting abbot Hermann holding a…
Spieghel Historiael - MS. KA. XX - fol. 213vA "book for aristocrats" manuscript on vellum, 258 leaves, 320 x 233 mm. (Koninklijke Bibliotheek 2019) A Middle Dutch translation of Vincent of…
Solomon takes advice from the animals, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i-Suhayli)Illuminated manuscript taken from the 13th century copy of the "Anvar-i Suhayli", (The Lights of Canopus). In this illustration, the wisdom of King…
Solomon Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama)Illuminated manuscript illustrating Solomon enthroned at the top centre of the illustration. The illustration of the wise and powerful king features…
Silk Roads (World History)
Ship burial from Sutton HooView of the excavation of the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo. Black and white photograph centering the impression of the Sutton Hoo ship in the ground,…
Royal Brocade Coat, Iran"A member of the Iranian royal household wearing a brocade coat"
(Allsen 1997, 119)