EditorialTitle page from a book of gospels given by Otto III to Aachen cathedral, illuminated by the monk Liuthard. "May God, clothe thy heart, emperor Otto, with this book; Forget not that you received it from Liuthard." Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's...
EditorialRobe for a statue, Medium: silk, metallic Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry) Label: silk and metallic slit tapestry (kesi), Small robe, possibly for a statue, with a tiny rounded neckline and asymmetrical closure, with yell...
EditorialGiovanni Andrea Maglioli, Sea Monster with a Water Fowl in its Mouth, 1580-1610, engraving on paper, 7 1/16 in. x 10 3/8 in. (17.9 cm. x 26.4 cm.), Maglioli's monsters impress rather than horrify the viewer. In scores of seagoing composite beasts, the ...
EditorialTitle page from a book of gospels given by Otto III to Aachen cathedral, illuminated by the monk Liuthard. "May God, clothe thy heart, emperor Otto, with this book; Forget not that you received it from Liuthard." Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's...
EditorialSCENE FROM THE NEW CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME OF "YE BELLE ALLIANCE; OR, HARLEQUIN GOOD HUMOUR AND YE FIELDE OF YE CLOTHE OF GOLDE," AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.