Antique Manuscript

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Arabic Calligraphy of praying is a precious manuscript reporting Islamic Sacred Verses in an ancient calligraphy style.

Drake had always been interested in history and had inherited a number of historical manuscripts. In 1729, he contacted Thomas Hearne, asking for help in compiling a history of York,...

In 1924, Monfreid published the manuscript for Paul Gauguin’s Noa Noa with 24 woodcuts inspired by Gauguin.

Numerous and dynamic examples of his set-designs, costumes, portraits, drawings, and paintings are included in the historic manuscript. Léon Samoilovitch Bakst (1866 – 1924) was a R...

This print originates from 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts'. Artists and Engravers: Published by Awnsham and John Churchill...

Letter from Louis Marcoussis to Countess Pecci Blunt is an original manuscript. The letter is addressed to Countess Pecci Blunt and it's written from Hotel Minerva, Florence Marco...

Knox took simple Celtic knot designs and turned them into complicated, accomplished designs that have spanned the test of time, directly influenced by M H Baillie Scott and inspired ...

Copying Presses were used for pressing books and manuscripts to keep onion paper and animal skin bindings in place.

On his knees he holds some pages of a manuscript with his left hand. With the fingers of his right hand he appears to be counting the meter of a poem.

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

The abstracts have been taken from the accounts of Jeffrey of Monmouth, Inigo Jones, Dr Charlton (Physician to King Charles), Camden's Brittannia, Dr Stukeley, Mr Wood (an architect ...

Today, it would make a compelling addition to a collection of Persian art, Qajar painting, Islamic decorative arts, antique photography, manuscripts or lacquerware. Displayed closed ...

This print originates from 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts others now first printed in English'.

In the right margin and in the central area of the manuscript the main script is written in bigger words.

The sliding drawers and shelfs suggest storage of accessories in the two boxes, manuscript on the lower shelf and the larger storage for costumes, believed to have been an Imperial O...

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 150 engraved, etched and lithographic 18th- and 19th-century portraits and views by various artists after Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Lawrence, Joshua Reynolds...

While the Gospels are silent on their names, they do appear in a 6th-century Greek manuscript that has been adopted into Church tradition: Gaspard, Melchior and Balthasar.

Inspired by the legendary Shah Abbas pattern, this rug is more than an artifact; it is a woven manuscript of culture, artistry, and devotion. Crafted in Sparta, Turkey, during an era...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

The handwriting of the manuscript in the back of the sheet is full of the detailed name of herbs and seeds for the cure of diseases and pains.

Its presence elevates a room the way great paintings or heirloom manuscripts do—quietly, confidently, with an aura of aristocratic refinement.

Some expert restorations (strengthenings) along flattened middle fold. A few old manuscript names and underlining, please study image carefully.

It comes from an illustrated manuscript, entitled Les Contes de ma Mère l'Oye and dated 1695, two years before the publication of Perrault's collection of eight tales Histoires ou co...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

Minimal paper loss in the left margin. A small manuscript annotation in the top right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling.

He was working on other manuscripts, which were published posthumously. The popular 'Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse' (Account of the Voyage in Search of la Perouse) ...

Gilpin's tour journals circulated in manuscript to friends such as the poet William Mason and a wider circle including Thomas Gray, Horace Walpole and King George III.

However, if this print is a representation of an earlier style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or...

Uniting Yechezkel son of Shlomo with Peril daughter of Aharon. Manuscript in Hebrew composed in square script on paper.

Ornamented inset of the Eems estuary. Based on a manuscript map of Jan Bloemaert or Johannes Florianus.

Translated from his manuscript in English, it illustrates the riding school which, in spite of the loss of a vast fortune in England during the Civil War, he managed to build up at A...

Professionally remargined at the top, with some manuscript additions in upper border. Small closed tear at lower end of middle fold. backed with thin Japanese, folding line restored.

Published in Churchill's 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts others now first printed in English', printed in 1744 for Henry Lintot.

As he had hoped, his students used his manuscripts to complete the remainder of his work. It was the largest collection of natural history illustrations to appear before the 18th cen...

As he had hoped, his students used his manuscripts to complete the remainder of his work. It was the largest collection of natural history illustrations to appear before the 18th cen...

Each botanical form features delicate stems, serrated foliage, and tulip-like blossoms, their graceful silhouettes evoking the floral studies that adorned Mughal manuscripts, marble ...

Its subdued palette of antique golds, burnished sand, and oxidized rose reads like faded script from a gilded manuscript, murmuring stories of timeless refinement.

Repubblica Romana is a beautiful historical manuscript embellished by meticulous decorations concerning the Roman republic: the wolf with the twins, a Roman view on the Imperial Foru...

He was an academic scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography (the study of old handwriting and texts so that ancient manuscripts can be deciphered, read and studied). He is ...

It is usually found highlighting the portrait of the king or as an embellishment of the cross, so it may serve the same purpose as gold tesserae in church mosaics and gold leaf on ma...

Spanning over fifteen by twenty-four feet, its vast field unfolds like a royal manuscript—each signature motif, hue, and contour a tribute to divine order and regal harmony.

From the early 1950s to the 1970s Matthews operated as a dealer in prints, drawings, rare books and manuscripts. Scroll down for more information. In this drawing Turner of Oxford d...