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Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval Birds Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-17

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Frontispiece: The Ostrich. Bible Animals (1877)

“What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider”—Job xxxix. 18.

The engraving shows an ostritch fleeing from a group of men on horses brandishing spears.

Keywords: birds, ostritches, people, horses, biblical scenes, greyscale

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2010-07-06

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Fox and Goose Decoateive Element The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

A decorative motif, or page element, from the imprint page, shpwing a fox and a goose (or a duck maybe) reading a book.

Keywords: ornaments, animals, birds, books, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-27

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Hollingbourne, Kent Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A half-timbered cottage in Kent. The steep tiled roof was probably once thatched. From a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham, R.W.S. The image is also marked “by permission of Mrs. Lionel Beddingt [...]

Keywords: cottages, flowers, moss, rooves, gardens, houses, colour, people, birds, colour, christmas

Places shown: Hollingbourne; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-31

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85.—Roman Eagle. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The cavalry and the war-chariots of the active Britons met the invader on the beach; and whilst the soldiers hesitated to leave the ships, the standard-bearer of the tenth legion leaped into the water [...]

Keywords: symbols, birds, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-06

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Decorative initial “K” on scroll with owl and roses Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This ornamental letter “K” was used as an 8-line drop cap initial. It featuers an owl, two rose flowers, leaves, and a German Fraktur letter “K” on a scroll.

Keywords: initials, letterk, birds, owls, flowers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-06-23

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Page 151. Birds of the Air. Buch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

Eagle and duck, peacock and rooster, jackdaw and goose! (what else?)

The page has only this illustration, no text.

Keywords: birds, paintings, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-10

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Partridges. The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

“Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest [the forest of Wolmer, mostly in the parish of Selborne], into which they love to make excursions; and in particular, i [...]

Keywords: birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-12

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Partridge Wallpaper The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A desktop background (wallpaper image) picture; it’s a version of the Partridges engraving with most of the background removed.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-12

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The Black Grouse The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

The Black Grouse. This bird is now [2006] close to extinciton in the United Kingdom.

RSPB Black Grouse Web Page

Keywords: birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-10

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Decorative initial letter “M” – Roman military standard South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

This decorative initial letter “M” was used sa a drop cap at the start of the chapter; it is in the shape of a Roman standard that might have been carried by a legion of soldiers, and contains various [...]

Keywords: letterm, initials, people, symbols, birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-28

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230.—Hawking. From Cotton MS. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“All ranks of the Anglo-Saxons delighted in the chace. The young nobles were trained to hunting after their school-days of Latin, as we are told in Asser’s ‘Life of Alfred.’ [...] The illumination of [...]

Keywords: sports, people, birds, falconry, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-28

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