Antique Manuscript

reconstruction of a 14th-century knighting ceremony, based on medieval manuscripts, chronicles, and visual

continuity of the relief sculpture, which is almost like reading a stone manuscript. The architecture

reproductions of paintings from manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Texts in English. This first

illuminated manuscripts. The composition features an array of rectangular and curvilinear panels adorned with

manuscripts. A rare and powerful architectural statement with timeless religious and artistic symbolism.

lateral racemes; small manuscript number “52.” at upper right), “Lotus Lybica” (a striking North-African

respective attributes — a palette and brushes, a chisel and mallet, and a large manuscript. They gaze toward

windows, various manuscript material including typescripts of articles, papers relating to the American

stories from the Shahnamah, such as the present lot, predate its earliest surviving illustrated manuscript

many rare books and manuscripts, including Antonio Pigafetta's relation of the first circumnavigation

dress, gesture, and social roles, based on monuments, manuscripts, sculpture, and archival sources. The

1760–1770. Compiled from multiple manuscript sources, as stated directly in the cartouche (“Dressée

manuscript inscription in red ink beneath the title (lower right) identifying the subjects as "Messrs Buckle

of original 19th-century chromolithographs showcases the elegance and complexity of Gothic manuscript

copperplate engraving depicting two species of wrasse fish, titled in manuscript Le labre noir (The Black

intently reading a musical manuscript. The figure wears a long, rose-colored robe with a deep crimson

by André Suarès. The publication was cancelled in 1932 after Vollard read the manuscript and decided

, manuscript illuminations, and intricate wood and metal carvings. The work is one of the finest late 19th

, temple reliefs, codices, and early colonial manuscript drawings. At the top are elaborately adorned

the Romantic poets and medieval manuscripts. He published his own books, often being responsible for

the aesthetic of early Christian wall paintings and manuscript illumination. Together, these details

capital were crafted with the sensibility of a mural or a manuscript. Department stores - Economy - Mode

manuscripts. Firmin Bouisset (1859–1925) was a renowned French illustrator and poster artist, perhaps best

, Manuscripts and Special Collections (MSS), Ne 6 1/6, ‘Inventory of the Furniture, Pictures, Plated Articles

books, manuscripts as well as other scholarly items. The multi-functional piece was also used to display

1604 and 1767. The earliest map is (upper right corner) based upon a manuscript map by Mathieu Neron

were not in the original Arabic manuscript, notable among them were "Aladdin's Lamp" and "Ali Baba and

manuscript of geometry and symbology. Its exceptional field is orchestrated around a vertical procession of

originally used by the monks in the Buddhism temple to read manuscript, features a top plank with raised

across an open book of sheet music, accompanied by a leather-bound volume, a rolled manuscript, and

leaflets with small terminal racemes; tiny manuscript number “98.” at the upper right margin), and “Genista

stellar rosettes evoke manuscript illumination, both Islamic and Mudéjar. Intended to rest on a tabletop

bold golds, reds, and greens – Interlacing geometric and foliate borders reminiscent of manuscript

personalization in Renaissance interiors or manuscripts. The central columns are densely adorned with urns, putti

, yellow blue and green pigments and gold leaf on paper An Illuminated manuscript folio from a Russian Old

plate bears a small manuscript number in the upper corner. Image areas clean and fresh. Plate marks

mosaics, enamel work, manuscript illuminations, and textile patterns typical of Eastern Roman (Byzantine

features brightly colored Celtic-style knots. These designs were intended for use in manuscript borders

from the 16th century, designed for use as architectural borders, manuscript frames, or interior

tradition seen in illuminated manuscripts like the *Book of Kells* or *Lindisfarne Gospels*, as well as in

decorative arts, primarily inspired by frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, stuccoes, and carved woodwork

examples of the “candelieri” form—ornate upright designs used in architectural decoration, manuscripts, and

panels typical of interior friezes, mural decoration, and manuscript borders of the 16th century. The

books and manuscripts in men's study. It was therefore known as a Ch'aek-Sang (book Bandaji). The chest

written in Khom script, a variant of Khmer script often used in Central Thai religious manuscripts. Phra

Greek writer or philosopher holding the a manuscript on his knees One of a kind and very large

remnants from a lost Gothic manuscript blending Jewish mysticism with Christian iconography. A rare and

stained glass, manuscripts, textiles, architectural details, and decorative panels. Each piece intricately

some sheets; tiny edge nicks and short tears confined to blank margins. Small manuscript numbers at

of High Renaissance aesthetics. It would have been inspired by illuminated manuscripts, Vatican

cartouche of rhythmic scrolls may have served as a textile or manuscript pattern. The lower section includes

manuscript embellishments. The stylistic features, especially the combination of classical and grotesque

in architectural tiling, paneling, and manuscript illumination. The designs are inspired by the

stonework, illuminated manuscripts, and wooden carvings. The intricate panels display an array of knotwork

, painted manuscripts, and marble inlay work (pietra dura) from sites like the Taj Mahal. The upper portion

, manuscript illuminations, and floor mosaics. Rendered in tones of gold, crimson, blue, emerald, and black

sheet captures the richly decorated surfaces that adorned the walls, floors, and manuscripts of the