EditorialThe princes go off to meet their other mothers in their zenana, but Kausalyā and Sumitrā, dressed in mourning saris of red and yellow, having heard of their return, have already set off to meet them. Kausalyā reproaches Bharata for having cheated R?...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.12-13 Mr Fu breaking stones. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mr Fu who was assured that if he broke stones, he could meet an immortal. he broke stones for 47 years whereupon he was visited by an immortal an...
EditorialShield tile depicting the vision of Afonso Henriques (1110-1185) in which Jesus assured him victory in the Battle of Ourique (July 25, 1139). The little shields represent the five Moorish kings defeated in battle. Castro Verde. Alentejo. Portugal.
EditorialThe princes go off to meet their other mothers in their zenana, but Kausalyā and Sumitrā, dressed in mourning saris of red and yellow, having heard of their return, have already set off to meet them. Kausalyā reproaches Bharata for having cheated R?...
EditorialAdd. 22689, ff.12-13 Mr Fu breaking stones. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Mr Fu who was assured that if he broke stones, he could meet an immortal. he broke stones for 47 years whereupon he was visited by an immortal an...
EditorialJakob II Fugger, called " The Rich" (1459-1525), merchant and moneylender to Emperor Karl V. The Fugger loan assured Karl the election by the German prince-electors. Copy after Duerer. Limewood,64 x 49,5 cm. Inv. Kat.557.
EditorialSeated Osiris-Anedjty, Ptolemaic Period, 285?246 B.C. probably, From Egypt, Central Delta, Behbeit el-Hagar (Hebyt, Iseum), Granodiorite, H. 71.5 ? W. 71.8 cm (28 1/8 ? 28 1/4 in.), The Iseum, or temple of Isis, at Behbeit el Hagar in the central Delta...
EditorialNectanebo II Offers to Osiris Hemag, Late Period, Dynasty 30, 360?343 B.C., From Egypt, Central Delta, Behbeit el-Hagar (Hebyt, Iseum), Granodiorite, H. 93.2 ? W. 170.8 cm (36 11/16 ? 67 1/4 in.), The Iseum, or temple of Isis, at Behbeit el Hagar in th...
EditorialShield tile depicting the vision of Afonso Henriques (1110-1185) in which Jesus assured him victory in the Battle of Ourique (July 25, 1139). The little shields represent the five Moorish kings defeated in battle. Castro Verde. Alentejo. Portugal.
EditorialLa Vierge du Carmel apparaissant a Saint Simeon Stock. Lived in Kent as a hermit in a tree-trunk, hence the name. General of the Carmelite order 1265. Apparition of the Virgin 1251 (?). She gave him a scapula and promised, that every wearer would be as...
EditorialJakob II Fugger, called " The Rich" (1459-1525), merchant and moneylender to Emperor Karl V. The Fugger loan assured Karl the election by the German prince-electors. Copy after Duerer. Limewood,64 x 49,5 cm. Inv. Kat.557.