EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: discontinuous supplementary weft in gauze; foundation: supp. wefts interface in plain weave on the paired gauze warps; ends: bands of plain weave at top and bottom, Border of stylized interlocking birds and frets, wit...
EditorialFrieze, Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Pink or mauve floral bouquet of roses alternates with shorter bouquet enclosed in acanthus scrolls. Background shades from lighter green at top to deeper green, th...
EditorialThe Fourth Trumpet: The Darkening of a Third of the Celestial Bodies. Date/Period: Ca. 1255 - 1260. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment. Height: 319 mm (12.55 in); Width: 225 mm (8.85 in).
EditorialIlluminated miniatures of birds; partridges could be used in the treatment of various eye problems, and the eggs of ravens for darkening one's hair. Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femi...
EditorialThe Fourth Trumpet: The Darkening of a Third of the Celestial Bodies; Unknown; London (probably), England, Europe; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.).