EditorialPsalm 30; St Augustine of Hippo. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] Psalm 30. Grotesque line-fillers, including a hooded figure playing a double pipe. In the upper margin, a bird grotesque with human head. In the ou...
EditorialSlaughter of Christians and presentation of gifts to St Peter. Text, beginning with decorated initial 'G'. Borders with foliate decoration, including birds and figures; at the foot, a coat of arms between two lions. De Civitate Dei. France; early 15th ...
EditorialFemale peasant of Lombardy, after Titian Vecellio, 1590. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippo...
EditorialPsalm 30; St Augustine of Hippo. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] Psalm 30. Grotesque line-fillers, including a hooded figure playing a double pipe. In the upper margin, a bird grotesque with human head. In the ou...
EditorialSlaughter of Christians and presentation of gifts to St Peter. Text, beginning with decorated initial 'G'. Borders with foliate decoration, including birds and figures; at the foot, a coat of arms between two lions. De Civitate Dei. France; early 15th ...
EditorialFemale peasant of Lombardy, after Titian Vecellio, 1590. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippo...
EditorialGrand Duchess of Venice, after Abraham de Bruyn, 1581. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippo...
EditorialNobleman of Switzerland, after Abraham de Bruyn, 1581. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippo...
EditorialSaint Augustine altar, around 1520, ascribed to Jan Scorel. Center panel: Saint Ambrosius (left) consecrates Saint Augustine bishop of Hippo. Photo: Garo Nalbandian.
EditorialSpanish Translation of Saint Augustine's 'City of God', 1446?82, Spanish, Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding, 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Cano de Aranda (Spanish, active Toledo), The...
EditorialUpper Part of a Hippo Goddess, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3-4, 2649?2528 BC, Country of Origin Egypt; From Egypt, Indurated limestone, plaster, paint, H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); W. 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.); D. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.), This powerful sculpture is one of ...
EditorialWhite cross-lined ware bowl illustrating a man harpooning a hippo, Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3650?3500 B.C., From Egypt, Pottery, paint, H: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); diam: 12.7 cm (5 in.).
EditorialComb decorated with a hippo, Predynastic, Late Naqada l?Naqada II, ca. 3900?3500 B.C., From Egypt; Said to be from Northern Upper Egypt, Balyana, Ivory (elephant), h. 10 x w. 5.9 x th. 1 cm (3 15/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/8 in.).
EditorialFemale peasant of Lombardy, after Titian Vecellio, 1590. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippo...
EditorialGrand Duchess of Venice, after Abraham de Bruyn, 1581. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippo...
EditorialNobleman of Switzerland, after Abraham de Bruyn, 1581. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' "Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes" (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippo...
EditorialSaint Augustine altar, around 1520, ascribed to Jan Scorel. Center panel: Saint Ambrosius (left) consecrates Saint Augustine bishop of Hippo. Photo: Garo Nalbandian.