EditorialJohann Elert Bode K?nigl. Prussian astronomer - bored to Hamburg d. Jan. 19, 1747, Portrait of Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), Signed: D. Berger sculp, frontispiece, Berger, Daniel (sc.), 1788, Johann Elert Bode: Anleitung zur Kenntniss des gestirnten H...
EditorialHypericum bored flight Devils and Ascyron, S. Johannskraut and Harthew, Fol. 317v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialBowl with a seated lady in a panel decoration, Bowl of quartz-frit ware decorated with polychrome luster on an opaque white tin-lead alkaline glaze. The outer wall is bored in scalloped compartments, each with a seated lady. Between the flower vases. T...
EditorialModel of a Gun and Carriage, Model of a cannon on a gun on a ground board with a gun gate. The wooden barrel, 37.5 cm long and painted black, is of the mantle-type with five mantles that get thinner towards the mouth, the soul is not bored. The grape c...
EditorialSpanish War of Independence (1808-1814). "Burning of the sealed French paper in the main square of Manresa", 1895. Painting by Francesc Cuixart i Barjau (Berga, 1875-Manresa, 1927). On June 4, 1808 French soldiers under Schwart's command left Barcelona...
EditorialWax writing tablet. 2nd century?. (Whole tablet) Wax diptycha or tablet, forming a schoolboy's Greek exercise book. The tablet contains two lines, written neatly above as a model and then copied twice betwen the ruled lines; the first line, and possibl...
EditorialPlaque, 12th century, Attributed to Italy, Sicily, Bone; carved and incised, H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) , Ivories and Bone, This small pentagonal ivory plaque depicts a bird set against foliage. The craftsman has carved lines on the body to indicate feather...
EditorialPlaque, 12th century, Made in Italy, Sicily, Bone; carved and incised, H. 1 5/8 (4.1 cm), Ivories and Bone, This small pentagonal ivory plaque depicts a lion set against foliage. With one paw raised, the lion tilts its head upwards, and its tail swings...
EditorialThe bored women of Longchamp racetrack. Three fashionable bored women sit among a mountain of chairs as a maid clears them away. "Where is everyone? Damn rain! Where can we meet someone to talk to, to be seen? They wear the latest hairstyles - almost l...
EditorialSpanish War of Independence (1808-1814). "Burning of the sealed French paper in the main square of Manresa", 1895. Painting by Francesc Cuixart i Barjau (Berga, 1875-Manresa, 1927). On June 4, 1808 French soldiers under Schwart's command left Barcelona...