EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...
EditorialCandlestick with Lighted Candle from: Insigne Ac Plane Novum Opus Cratero graphicum; Ein new kunnstbuch (...) von allerley trinnckgeschiren Credenntzen unnd Bechernn (...), 1551, Engraving, Sheet: 11 x 6 1/8 in. (28 x 15.5 cm), Matthias Z?ndt (German, ...
EditorialNecklace pendants and beads, Old Babylonian, ca. 18th?17th century B.C., Mesopotamia, said to be from Dilbat, Babylonian, Gold, L. 42 in. (3.6 cm), Metalwork-Ornaments-Inscribed, These gold pendants and beads exemplify the finest craftsmanship in gold ...
EditorialForked Staff of Harmose, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, burial of Singer Harmose, at left side of coffin, 1935?36, Wood, bronze or copper alloy, L. 145...
EditorialForked-petaled flower de luce, Iris dichotoma. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A. Bailey after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
EditorialA. Asplenium Ruta-muraria. B. A. germanicum. C. A. septentrionale. The wall rue, or spleenwort. The alternate-leaved spleenwort. The forked spleenwort, Bradbury, Henry Riley (1821-1887), (Illustrator), ferns of Great Britain and Ireland.
EditorialForked iris, Iris furcata (Iris aphylla). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London, 1822.
EditorialCape-pondweed, Aponogeton distachyos (Forked-flowered aponogeton, Aponogeton distachyon). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810.
EditorialAmaury VI de Montfort, 1195?1241. He wears a helmet, suit of chainmail armour, cuisses, tunic. His blazon or coat of arms (lion rampant forked tail on red field) is displayed on his escutcheon, banner and horse caparison. From his epitaph in Saint Pete...
EditorialForked comb fern, Acrostichum elegans. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Engraved by Corsi, drawn by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (...
EditorialEgypt. Temple of Edfu. Ancient temple dedicated to Horus. Ptolemaic period. It was built during the reign of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy XII, 237-57 BC. Relief depicting two was-sceptres, symbol of power and dominion. Stylized animal head at the top of a l...