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Samuel Cody assorted memorabiliaEARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely important Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No.9, 1910, issued to S. F
WW1 - The Tank Bank - National War BondsWW1 - The tank Egbert which visited Wimbledon on March 14, 1918 to encourage people of visit The Tank Bank and invest in National War Bonds during a Feed the Guns campaign week. Date: 1918
Popular Rejoicings on Bastille DayA colourful illustration which depicts a joyous, celebratory scene in which figures are happily conversing and dancing at an event on the 14th of July, in commemmoration of Bastille Day
St Ethelbert's Gate, Norwich, NorfolkSt Ethelbert's Gate, The Close, near Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk
Turkey. Constantinople. Galata TowerOttoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Galata Tower or Tower of Christ. It was buit in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople
Osman I (1258-1326). 1st Ottoman Sultan (Bey). Imperial House of Osman. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Pigeot. Historia de Turquia, by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840
The Bridge At CahorsAn oil painting which looks across the Lot river, providing a view of the Pont Valentre, a medieval bridge with three towers, situated in Cahors, southern France
The Great Clock, RouenAn architectural etching of the Gros-Horloge, The Great Clock, a 14th century astronomical clock in Rouen, Normandy. The construction was started by Jourdain del Leche
Cunard liners Mauretania and Lusitania - two itemsWilliam Affleck Anderson Archive - two items. Top: rare postcard of the Cunard sisters Lusitania and Mauretania together titled Funnels of Mauretania and Lusitania Canada Dock 14 October 1909
Cunard liners Mauretania and Lusitania, Canada DockCunard liners Mauretania and Lusitania, William Affleck Anderson Archive. An extremely rare postcard of the Cunard sister ships Lusitania and Mauretania together
The British Marines Nordenfelt in action defending the legation from balcony of the British Ministers house, which overlooked the imperial canal during the Siege of Peeking
Riots at the French Elections, ParisRioters attacking the Paris office of the Gaulois during the French elections. The election, held on the 14th and 18th of October 1885
A Green at GleneaglesThe green of the fourteenth hole at Gleneagles golf course, here playing host to the Women's Open championship. Date: 1933
Gradual (Fragment)Fragment of a gradual, parchment. This is only a small part of a larger leaf and has been badly damaged by its use as a binding fragment. Date: 14th Century
Unknown Texts (Fragment)Bifolium from an unknown work or works, possibly relating to canon law, parchment. Date: 14th - circa 15th Century
Bible (Fragment)Leaf from a Bible, parchment. Main body text in a rounded Gothic script in black in two columns. No coloured pigments. Date: circa 14th Century
Liber Sextus Decretalium (Fragment)Leaf from a copy of the Liber Sextus Decretalium or Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII, parchment. Main body text in two columns in a cursive documentary script
Table of Moveable Feasts and De Partibus OrationisTwo leaves, one large and one small, both paper. The larger leaf is a Tabula des festes mobilibus (table of moveable feasts) and the smaller leaf is an explanatory note in the same hand
Legal Text? (Fragment)Two fragments from the same manuscript, parchment. Original text unknown. Text is in a cursive documentary script in brown in a single column recto and verso on both fragments
Graecismus (Fragment)Four double leaves, parchment, believed to be from a copy of Graecismus by Eberhard de Bethune, which was a popular grammatical poem dating from c.1212. Date: 14th Century
Justinian Digesta, Book XXXIII (Fragment)Double folio, parchment, from Justinian's Digesta. Main body text in black ink written in two columns with contemporary marginal and interlineal gloss
Donatus Liber de Octo Partibus Orationis (Fragments)Two double leaves (bifolia), parchment, from Liber de Octo Partibus Orationis, part of Donatus Ars Grammatica, specifically Ars Minor
Justinian's Codex, Book V. XIII (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this leaf is from Book V.XIII Dei Uxoriae Actione 1.1.a. Main body text and marginal gloss with additional minute gloss on verso
Medical Text (Pietro D'Abano?) (Fragment)Six folios from a medical text, parchment. The text has yet to be positively identified but has been suggested as Pietro D'Abano's adaptation of the Universal Canons of Johannes Mesue
Justinian's Codex, Book VI. XXXXI (Fragments)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI.XXXXI. Comprised of main body text and a marginal gloss with an additional minute gloss
Justinian's Codex, Book V. XXXVIII (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI. XXXVIII De Uerborum Et Rerum Significatione 4.1
Justinian's Codex, Book IIII. XX (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book IIII.XX De Testibus 20. Comprised of a main body text and a marginal gloss with additional minute gloss
Justinian's Codex, Book III. XVIII (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book III.XVIII, De Probationis 7. Main body text with a marginal gloss and additional minute gloss
Philosophical Treatise (Fragment)Half of a leaf, paper. Text in black in three columns in a cursive documentary script. It is heavily abbreviated but appears to be a philosophical text. The top half of the leaf is missing
Biblical Commentary (Fragment)Fragment of a leaf from a religious text, probably a biblical commentary, parchment. Contains a commentary on and text from Romans
Justinian Digesta, Books V and VI (Fragment)Bifolium from a copy of Justinian's Pandects, or Digesta Justiniani Augusti, parchment. Containing part of the end of Book V (De Judiciis) and the beginning of Book VI (De Rei Vindicatione)
Der Sachsenspiegel (Fragment)Fragment of a copy of Der Sachsenspiegel or Sassen Speyghel, which is a compendium of German law notable for having been written in Middle Low German (rather than Latin) in about 1220
Leven Van Jesus (Fragment)Leaf from a manuscript of Leven Van Jesus (Life of Christ), parchment. The text is a verse in Middle Dutch based on Matthew 26:2-5 and 14-16, Matthew 27, and Luke 12:9-15. Date: 14th Century
Charter (Fragment)Fragment of a charter, parchment, apparently recording the sale of a house by (-) Wingartman and his wife in the neighbourhood of Trier in the year (13-)
The Burghers of Calais, 1885-1895. Sculpture by RodinAuguste Rodin (1840-1917). French sculptor. The Burghers of Calais, 1885-1895. Bronze. Detail. Garden of Sculptures. Rodin Museum. Paris. France. Date: 2008
The Burghers of Calais, 1885-1895. Sculpture by Auguste RodinAuguste Rodin (1840-1917). French sculptor. The Burghers of Calais, 1885-1895. Bronze. Garden of Sculptures. Rodin Museum. Paris. France. Date: 2008
14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Later colouration14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020
Soldier of the Crown of Aragon. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Ribauldequin. Late medieval volley gunRibauldequin or rabauld. Late medieval volley gun with many small-caliber iron barrels set up parallel on a platform, used during the 14th and 15th centuries. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Armour. Gauntlet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883Armour. Gauntlet. Gloves of metal plates which protected the hand. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Knight of the Order of Santiago. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Christian Knight. Engraving from a codex of the 14th centuryMiddle Ages. Christian Knight. Engraving from a codex of the 14th century. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Martin of Aragon (1356-1410). King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Iberian Peninsula. Castilian soldiersIberian Peninsula. Castilian Soldiers. Medieval period. Engraving after a devotional book of the 14th century. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Aragonese warriors (1390). Engraving from a tryptichMiddle Ages. Aragonese warriors (1390). Engraving from a triptych of the Academia de la Historia. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Peter IV of Aragon (1319-1387). Engraving. Later colourationPeter IV of Aragon (1319-1387), called the Ceremonious. King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica (as Peter I), King of Valencia (as Peter II)
Spain, Balearic Islands, Majorca. Bellver Castle. Gothic style. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Almogavars. 13th-14th centuries. EngravingThe Christian Kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula. Almogavars. 13th-14th centuries. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019