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Image for Leaf from a Book of English Heraldry: Arms of Elizabeth Regina

Leaf from a Book of English Heraldry: Arms of Elizabeth Regina

English Artist
ca. 1589 CE
W.847.91V
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Image for Kunstliche und wolgerissene figuren der furnembsten Evangelien, durchs ganze Jar, sampt den Passion und zwolf Aposteln, dergleichen vorniein druck aufsgangen. Allen und jeden der Kunstliebhabenden zue besondern nutz und wolgefallen: Durch Jost Amman, Burgern zu Nurenberg.

Kunstliche und wolgerissene figuren der furnembsten Evangelien, durchs ganze Jar, sampt den Passion und zwolf Aposteln, dergleichen vorniein druck aufsgangen. Allen und jeden der Kunstliebhabenden zue besondern nutz und wolgefallen: Durch Jost Amman, Burgern zu Nurenberg.

Book: 1579; Binding: 19th century
92.9
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Two Works on Precious Stones

989 AH/AD 1581 (Ottoman)
W.589
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Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shah Abbas I

Indian Artist
Painting: 18th century; Calligraphy: 1582-1583 (Safavid)
W.713
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Dogale of Francesco della Rovere Mamiami

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Dogale, Undecorated

Venetian Artist
1585-1595
W.492
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Sacellum Exquilinum

Venetian Artist
circa 1610 (High Renaissance)
W.473
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Book of English Heraldry

English Artist
1589
W.847
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Poems (tarji'band)

998 AH/AD 1589-1590 (Safavid, Qajar)
W.651
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Youth with a Falcon

Iranian Artist
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
W.682
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Image for The Tale of the Man in the Well from the 'Iyar-i Danish (Touchstone of Wisdom) of Abu al-Fazl

The Tale of the Man in the Well from the 'Iyar-i Danish (Touchstone of Wisdom) of Abu al-Fazl

late 10th century AH/AD late 16th century (Mughal)
W.692
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Single Leaf of Plowing and Selling Produce

late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
W.749
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Image for De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diuerse parti del mondo libri dve / fatti da Cesare Vecellio ; & con discorsi da lui dichiarati.

De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diuerse parti del mondo libri dve / fatti da Cesare Vecellio ; & con discorsi da lui dichiarati.

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16 pen drawings

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Three Short Sufi Works

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Image for Theatrum Orbis Terrarium

Theatrum Orbis Terrarium

1592
92.104
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Image for Evangelicæ historiæ imagines : ex ordine euangeliorum, quae toto anno in missae sacrificio recitantur, in ordinem temporis vitae Christi digestae / auctore Hieronymo Natali ...

Evangelicæ historiæ imagines : ex ordine euangeliorum, quae toto anno in missae sacrificio recitantur, in ordinem temporis vitae Christi digestae / auctore Hieronymo Natali ...

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Binding for Gospel Lectionary

1594-1596 (Ottoman)
W.535.binding
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Image for Vol. 2 of Mercator/Braun and Hogenburg/Blaeu Composite Atlas

Vol. 2 of Mercator/Braun and Hogenburg/Blaeu Composite Atlas

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Dogale, Undecorated

Venetian Artist
1595-1605
W.489
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Five Poems (Quintet)

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Image for Two Folios from the Akbarnama

Two Folios from the Akbarnama

late 10th century AH/AD 16th century (Mughal)
W.684
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Leaf from Five Poems (Quintet)

1597-1598 (Mughal)
W.624.60B
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Image for Les Deux Plus Grandes, Plus Celebres…Resiouissances de la Ville de Lyon.  La Premiere pour L'entrée de…Henry IIII…La Seconde, pour L'heureuse Publication de la Paix.

Les Deux Plus Grandes, Plus Celebres…Resiouissances de la Ville de Lyon. La Premiere pour L'entrée de…Henry IIII…La Seconde, pour L'heureuse Publication de la Paix.

1598
92.443
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Ancient and Modern Costumes of the Whole World

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Image for Esther Scroll (Hebrew, Undecorated)

Esther Scroll (Hebrew, Undecorated)

Venetian Artist
early 17th century
W.730
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800 colored coats of arms;

Venetian Artist
1600
W.501
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Ragini Bhairavi

Indian Artist
1600-1625
W.875
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Calligraphy specimen

1600-1700
W.706
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Undecorated

French Artist
1600
W.496
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Esther Scroll

Jewish Artist
early 17th century
W.729
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Page from an Unidentified Buddhist Text

Nepalese Artist
17th-18th century
W.846
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