EditorialThe Annunciation, ca. 1435, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 30 x 17 1/8 in. (76.2 x 43.5 cm); painted surface 28 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (73 x 41 cm), Paintings, Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) (Italian, Siena or Cortona ca....
EditorialDecorated initial-word panel with gold and penwork, at the beginning of the tenth book, the Book of Ritual Purity (Sefer Tohorah) with a full foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin. Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2. Portugal (L...
EditorialPsalm 44; The Annunciation. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. Whole folio. End of Psalm 43. Psalm 44 beginning with initial 'E'; the Virgin and child enthroned, with a bird. Border decoration including a grotesque with the upper...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content by Anderson 8, Dr. Robert Hooke 9,10, Dr. Hale 11, James Ferguson 12,13, and Bradford's hydrostatical instrument for weighing coin and checking weight and purity 1-3. Copperplate engraving...
EditorialDecorated initial-word panel with gold and penwork, at the beginning of the tenth book, the Book of Ritual Purity (Sefer Tohorah) with a full foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin. Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2. Portugal (L...
EditorialPsalm 44; The Annunciation. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. Whole folio. End of Psalm 43. Psalm 44 beginning with initial 'E'; the Virgin and child enthroned, with a bird. Border decoration including a grotesque with the upper...
EditorialPsalm 102; grotesques. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia] circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] End of Psalm 101. Psalm 102 beginning with initial 'B', the head of the Lord inclined to hear the prayers of a kneeling naked figure surrounded by the strawbe...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Lotus and waterbirds, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), ca. 1300, China, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk, Image (each): 55 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. (141.6 x 67.9 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, active ca. 1300, Imported from India, the ...
EditorialAllegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso), 1650, Red chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on thick beige paper (recto); study for drapery in red chalk (verso), 11 3/4 x 8 9/16in. (29.9 x 21.8cm), Drawings, Baldassar...
EditorialWintry Plum (Han Mei), Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 14th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink and pale color on paper, Image: 41 15/16 x 9 3/4 in. (106.5 x 24.8 cm), Paintings, Ni Jing (Chinese, active late 14th century), The plum, the first flower to appe...
EditorialThe Annunciation, ca. 1435, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 30 x 17 1/8 in. (76.2 x 43.5 cm); painted surface 28 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (73 x 41 cm), Paintings, Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) (Italian, Siena or Cortona ca....
EditorialRievaulx Abbey, 1854, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 35.7 x 29.8 cm (14 1/16 x 11 3/4 in.), Photographs, Roger Fenton (British, 1819?1869), From 1854 onward, Fenton made repeated visits to the great Cistercian abbeys of Fountains and ...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content by Anderson 8, Dr. Robert Hooke 9,10, Dr. Hale 11, James Ferguson 12,13, and Bradford's hydrostatical instrument for weighing coin and checking weight and purity 1-3. Copperplate engraving...