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folio 4/recto, illumination, woman writing Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A woman is writing in a book; perhaps she is a scribe, or a nun in a monastery. She is wearing mediaeval [medieval]-style blue dress and a white headdress. She is seated at a table with a small open b [...]

Keywords: illumination, people, books, writing, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-05

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116.—Roman Victory. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the quiet advancement of their civilization, until Claudius (Fig. 118) was stirred up to the hazard of an invasion. In the sonorous prose of Milton—“He, who wai [...]

Keywords: symbols, art, writing, statuary, roman remains, shields, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-12

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Decorative initial letter “B” with boy and book Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This decorative initial letter B was used as a drop cap alongside a poem. It features an open book with a quill pen, old-fashioned spectacles scrollwork, roses, fruit, a styilized su with rays shoning [...]

Keywords: romance, cherubs, nudity, letterb, initials, books, pens, writing, sun, roses, flowers, cartici, frames, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-10-14

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Evangelist with lion Book of Hours, Ms. Library of Congress. Rosenwald ms. 10 (1533)

A bearded man, perhaps in his thirties or forties, sits holding a book in his lap; to his left is a writing stand with an open manuscript; he holds a quill pen to his eye. There is a lion behind him, [...]

Keywords: colour, people, art, animals, windows, writing, pictures of books, religion, scholars, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-29

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The late Philip Bailey in his study at the Rope Walk, Nottingham The Leisure Hour (1904)

An elderly gentleman with white hair and a white beard sits at a writing desk, pen in hand, gazing out of the window, lost in thought. “Seldom has a poet come as near to absolute greatness, as Bailey [...]

Keywords: people, scholars, interiors, writing, greyscale

Places shown: Nottingham; Nottinghamshire; England

Added: 2006-05-13

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28.—XII. Century No. 1 The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Almost a complete gothic (blackletter or old english) alphabet; I have supplied some rather grotesque monstrosities for “K” and ”V” at the foot of the page. The description in the book is a little con [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, alphabets, writing, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-02-20

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Letter Writing: Pen and Ink Safe Counsel: Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners (1896)

a quill pen sits in a glass ink bottle; writing paper and books in the background.

Keywords: writing, pens, books, pictures of books, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-07

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How to write a love letter Safe Counsel: Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners (1896)

A lady, wreathed with laurel in her hair, sits by a brick wall with vines and flowers holding a large sheet of paper in one hand and a pen in the other: she is about to write. She wears a loose dress [...]

Keywords: people, romance, writing, bare feet, women, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-07

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St. John in the Isle of Patmos. Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

Saint John the Evangelist is shown writing onto sheets of paper with a large eagle behind him; a staff and pouch are at his side, and he wears animal skins and sandals. He hasa long white beard. May [...]

Keywords: people, saints, religion, beards, writing, greyscale

Places shown: Patmos; Greece

Added: 2009-12-12

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1146.—Chair (Royal M.S. 14 E, iii.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The square-backed chair (Fig. 1146) was frequent in the mansions of the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth, they, and other articles combining household utility and elegance, were modified by the [...]

Keywords: furniture, chairs, people, writing, royalty, monks, scholars, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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A Guid Gangin’ Plea Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character (1911)

A Guid Gangin’ Plea, From a water-colour drawing by Henry W. Kerr, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. An older gentleman sits at a writing desk with a quill pen in his mouth; he is holding what appears to be an opened [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, writing, colour

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2009-02-07

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