EditorialMiniature of Cuthbert discovering three loaves of bread in a previously empty storehouse (a miracle from God in return for his kindness to a visiting angel), from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. . Prose Life of St. Cuthbert; extracts fro...
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Eighteenth night: Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and sucking the poison from the king?s daughter, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink ...
EditorialPrompted by Major Saitō’s kindness a prisoner reveals the true state of the enemy army. . Saitō Shōsa no on'ai ni unagashite horyō gunnai no jitsu o haku zu. December 1894. Source: 16126.d.2.(77). Language: Japanese.
EditorialMiniature of Cuthbert discovering three loaves of bread in a previously empty storehouse (a miracle from God in return for his kindness to a visiting angel), from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. . Prose Life of St. Cuthbert; extracts fro...
EditorialKhusrau and Shirin listening to stories told by Shirin’s maidens. (Inscription: over steps ‘O thou who art seated on the throne, O thou who art the one who controls the throne of Jamshid, may all the world be thine’. Over throne ‘The pupil of m...
EditorialTrait d'humanite de Louis XVI-Le Roi distribuant des aumones aux habitants de Versailles pendant l'hiver 1784. Canvas, 61 x 83 cm The kindness of Louis XVI-The King distributes alms to the inhabitants of Versailles during the winter of 1784. Painted 1785.