EditorialSampler, Mary Ann Howard, Medium: silk on wool Technique: cross, stem and satin stitches on plain weave foundation. Counted stitches., Memorial verse with a curving floral border. Verse reads:, 'Take holy Earth:, All that my soul holds dear:, Take that...
EditorialBasin, marble. Montfort. Roman period, 1st century CE. This imperial Roman vessel was found in a Crusaders fortress and use of the baptismal fount or a receptacle for holy water. Detail. Head. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel.
EditorialBronze water spout in the form of a lion mask (one of a pair), Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, 5 1/8in. (13cm), Bronzes, Impressive water spouts such as this must have adorned a monumental public fount...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a sword-wielding angel leading the devil before the Virgin Mary, with a caption reading, ‘Cy comaunde n[ost]re dame a langle de fere venyr devaunt ly ly diables quout ensi menee lermite que soleit estre sun servaunt a dolorouse h...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a sword-wielding angel leading the devil before the Virgin Mary, with a caption reading, ‘Cy comaunde n[ost]re dame a langle de fere venyr devaunt ly ly diables quout ensi menee lermite que soleit estre sun servaunt a dolorouse h...
EditorialBronze water spout in the form of a lion mask (one of a pair), Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, 5 1/8in. (13cm), Bronzes, Impressive water spouts such as this must have adorned a monumental public fount...
EditorialBronze water spout in the form of a lion mask (one of a pair), Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, 5 1/8in. (13cm), Bronzes, Impressive water spouts such as this must have adorned a monumental public fount...
EditorialBasin, marble. Montfort. Roman period, 1st century CE. This imperial Roman vessel was found in a Crusaders fortress and use of the baptismal fount or a receptacle for holy water. Detail. Head. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel.