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Portrait of King Henry the Eighth King Henry VIII (Henry 8th) taken from the engraving King Henry VIII and His Six Wives. I have also made two cropped versions available for use as wide-screen (8:5) screen desktop backgrounds (“computer wallpaper”): (1) The head of Henry VIII and (2) Henry The 8th Stares Back. [more...] |
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Front Cover A Victorian binding. |
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Specimen of the Würzburg Missal. Written about 1470 or 1480. This full-page plate occurs next to the discussion on the invention of printing, and the dramatic effect it to reduce the power of the Church. The plate does not appear to be mentioned in the text. [more...] |
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Timber Houses, Coventry Timber was largely used in the construction of houses, some speciments of which yet remain, the most celebrated being parts of Crosby Hall, in Bishopsgate, London. Coventry also [...] [more...] |
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Builders at Work. The view of builders at work, taken from a fifteenth century manuscript, sufficiently explains some of the mechanical appliances then in use. (p. 174) [more...] |
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Carriage of the Fifteenth Century. A woodcut based on a picture in a book from the 15th century. A cart or carriage is pulled by two horses. A man with a hat rides one of the horses and brandishes a whip; the horses are blinkered and have bits in their mouths. In the carriage ride three people, one in the front turning to look at, or talk to, two women inside. One of the [...] [more...] |
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Reading Desks. MS. Bodleian Library. (detail) The right-hand of two wooden reading desks that were depicted in a 15th century manuscript. This one has a an open book, and the stand (or lecturn) is carved with decorations. [more...] |
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The Tower of London A woodcut showing a diagram of the Tower of London and its surringings. There are boats and conttages, battlements and towers, with the keep in the middle of it all. [more...] |
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The Tower Of London Castle Diagram (wallpaper version) A version of The Tower of London woodcut with the borders and letters removed (and stretched vertically by about 5%) to make a cool wallpaper. [more...] |
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives Anne of Cleves |
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Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves A decorative full-page border used to frame an illustration in the book. Twigs and leaves. [more...] |
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Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves I coloured the border of twigs to make some colour clip-art. There is also a brown border. A rustic border or frame. [more...] |
