EditorialColumba leuconota, Print, The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey, black, pale brown and white birds, and two races are recognised; C. l. l...
EditorialColumba leuconota, Print, The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey, black, pale brown and white birds, and two races are recognised; C. l. l...
EditorialSidewall, M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, Embossed paper, hand-rubbed oil finish, Imitation leather. Textured green paper imitating embossed leather. Darker brown pigment rubbed into crevices., Buffalo, New York, USA, 190810, Wallcoverings, Sidewall.
EditorialToad, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, Silver, In the shape of a toad, its feet folded up against body, its belly smooth, the back textured with bumps, some green patination in crevices. Hinge attached to top o...
EditorialFishing Basket, Brass, In the form of a fishing basket, with raised, simulated woven straw on canted lid and body, small loop of twisted straw at front of lid, longer twisted loop at basket back, some green patination in crevices. Flat lid hinged on ba...
EditorialForms of rock columns_1, Tectonics, wide and deep rock crevices growing in the depth or in the interior of the mountain, woodcut, p. 48, (Liber tertius), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus...
EditorialForms of dykes_2, Tectonics, straight, indirect and curved rock crevices and dykes, woodcut, p. 41, (Liber tertius), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac o...
EditorialExtended tunnels_3, A naturally decaying rock cleft is extended and supported by narrow crossways and crevices created, woodcut, p. 51, (Liber tertius), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus ...
EditorialExtended dykes_2, A naturally decaying rock cleft is widened by artificially created crossways and crevices, woodcut, p. 45, (Liber tertius), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, in...
EditorialColumba leuconota, Print, The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey, black, pale brown and white birds, and two races are recognised; C. l. l...
EditorialMold for Bes-image Amulet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1353 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, S. Magazines or Factories, 1910?12, Pottery, H. 4.3 ? W. 3.2 ? D. 1.5 cm (1 11/16 ? 1 1/4 ? 9/16 in.), This mold was used to make an amule...
EditorialTHE GREAT BANYAN, OR SACRED TREE, OF INDIA (Ficus indica). A banyan (also banian) is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte (a plant growing on another plant) when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree (or on structures like ...