EditorialSeven Suns, Danzig, the year 1661. On 20 February. St. n. Hor. 11 observation. by John Hevelio ; Antel, Danzig, the year 1661 On 6 Sept. Hor. 6 in the evening. observation. by John Hevelio ;, Illustration and description of a light phenomenon (halo), o...
EditorialOrbit silk with pattern of square pattern of whimsical C-volutes, birds, flowers and radiant suns, repeating itself along the length of the fabric, Orbit silk in satin weave with locally woven damask pattern. Design of a square frame of whimsical C-vol...
EditorialModel of a Boyer, Testified truss model of a single-mast flat-bottomed boat, a boatman. The model has a deck and a cabin from which parts can be removed. The cabin is fully fired on the inside and has a top deck, the cockpit has benches in the sides, s...
EditorialPart of a cannon captured at the Battle of Shimonoseki Part of a Gun, Short piece of the barrel of a bronze cannon, on which a Japanese weapon in silver is inlaid. The weapon consists of three suns above which the character for digit 1. The weapon (Mon...
EditorialModestie of crocheted lace with 'seaweed pattern' and suns, Triangular modestie of natural colored crochet lace. Along the top edge a kind of whimsical 'seaweed pattern'. In the point below a crocheted irregular mesh, with a pattern of rosettes or suns...
EditorialCoronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns), 1503, Aztec (Mexica), Tenochtitlan, Mexico, Basalt, 55.9 ? 66 ? 22.9 cm (22 ? 26 ? 9 in.).
EditorialBell-shaped female idol, from Thebes and the Theban workshop " group of oenochoes", around 700 BCE, Boeotia. Geometric period; the figure carries ritual branches, her dress decorated with suns and water-birds. Terracotta, H: 40 cm CA 573.
EditorialCoronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns), Coronation Stone of Moctezuma II ("Stone of the Five Suns"), Stone of the Five Suns. Aztec (Mexica); Tenochtitlan, Mexico. Date: 1503. Dimensions: 55.9 ? 66 ? 22.9 cm (22 ? 26 ? 9 in.). Basal...
EditorialThe Starry Messenger. The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that. London, 1645. Account of the strange appeareance of three suns in 1644. Image taken from The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that strange apparition of three suns seen...
EditorialThe Starry Messenger. The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that. London, 1645. Account of the strange appeareance of three suns in 1644. Image taken from The Starry Messenger; or an interpretation of that strange apparition of three suns seen...
EditorialCalendar page for February with a vignette at the foot showing a man catching fish; decorated borders with suns at the outer corners. Book of Hours. France (Paris), circa 1407. Source: Add. 29433, f.2. Language: Mostly Latin, partly French.
EditorialTwo Golden Suns with human faces, one depicted on a shield; borders decorated with monkeys, birds and flowers. . Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. (Whole folio) Two Golden Suns with human faces, one depicted on a shield; borders decorated with monkeys, bi...
EditorialDesign of lotus circles. c.1920. Design of lotus circles. Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a bamboo tree. Design (aide-mémoire) of lotus circles '(kamalban).' Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a 'bamboo tree'. In the four ...
Editorial(Fourth section): An orange sun with a human face; beneath, three animals: to the left, a red lion, affronté , a white eagle perching on its head and holding a horseshoe in its beak; in the centre, a red lion, affronté , a cockatrice perching on its ...
EditorialBell-shaped female idol, from Thebes and the Theban workshop " group of oenochoes", around 700 BCE, Boeotia. Geometric period; the figure carries ritual branches, her dress decorated with suns and water-birds. Terracotta, H: 40 cm CA 573.
EditorialStrange portents accompany the funeral of Prince Pereiaslav Andrei Vladimirovich: three suns appear in the sky, three columns rise from the earth. From the Radziwill Chronicle, an early history of Russia, page 179 v., 612 miniatures, late 15th.
EditorialStone bust of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec, from Mexico, 1325-1521. This sculpture represents the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. His name in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs, means Feathered (quetzal feather) Serpent. The serpent's coils of the sculpture are...
EditorialBell-shaped female idol, from Thebes and the Theban workshop " group of oenochoes", around 700 BCE, Boeotia. Geometric period; the figure carries ritual branches, her dress decorated with suns and water-birds. Terracotta, H: 40 cm CA 573.