16th Collection (page 68)

Early Fishing America
Landing and curing fish at a North American port

Vegetable Seller, Paris
A working class woman in Paris, selling vegetables from a basket balanced on her head

Don Rodrigo & Lucia / C19
I PROMESSI SPOSI : Set in 16th century Milan; Don Rodrigo & Lucia on their wedding day

Austria / Salzburg 1565
Salzburg in the 16th century

Limoges Enamel C16
Enamelled dish from Limoges, France - not the sort of thing to entrust to your dishwasher

Ghana Elmina
Important trading centre founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century

Mathematicians
Two scholars use a mathematical device, perhaps to help them in some surveying or astronomical calculations

A Nun Takes the Veil
a Nun Takes the Veil

Goddess Hathor
Pillar depicting the Egyptian goddess HATHOR, in the Hathor Chapel of the Hatshepsut (or Hashepsowe) Temple - Deir el- Bahri - Thebes (Luxor), Egypt

LUKE WRITES ACTS
The first page of Acts in an English edition of the early 16th century : Luke, to whom the book is attributed, is shown writing it, with the usual bull in his study

Hands-On Education
To learn the rules of grammar, pupils use the parts of their hands as aids to memory - from Wynkyn de Wordes printing of Lac Pueororum, or Mylke for Chyldren

Staking Plants, C15
A 16th century husbandman plants a stake for climbing plants - illustration to Richard Pynsons printing of The Kalender of Shepardes

C16 Schoolroom
A schoolmaster, birch in hand, instructs three pupils : title page to an unidentified book of grammar

Different Kinds of Snow
Every Scandinavian knows there are many different kinds of snow - as true in the 16th century as it is today

Leper (Munster)
A 16th century leper walks with a clapper, to warn people of his approach

Peacock Displaying
A peacock (Pavo cristatus) in 16th-century Scandinavia

School at Lisbon
A primary school at Lisbon - the older boys learn their alphabet, while their younger companions engage in a wrestling match

Classroom / C16 / Woodcut
A classroom scene

Dove Cote 1555
An elaborate dovecote in 16th century Scandinavia

Coining in Germany C16
Coining in Germany

Scandinavian Arachnids
The people of 16th century Scandinavia are only slightly bothered by spiders in their webs and enormous flying insects; also some weird worms with heads

Plants / Crescentia Cujete
The CALABASH-TREE, found by the conquistadors in the West Indies, depicted with other flora and fauna

Owen Jones Renaiss 80
Ornaments copied from enamelled earthenware, glassware, a carved wood panel and silk embroidery, mostly of the 16th and 17th centuries

Owen Jones Medieval 68
Diapers on walls, from miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, from the 12th to the 16th century

HARROW FOURTH FORM
The famous Fourth Form, the oldest part of Harrow public boys school, was built in 1572, when the school was founded. Winston Churchill was one of the schools old boys

Willie Lotts House, Flatford, Essex, England, a picturesque 16th century cottage on a backwater of the River Stour, the subject of a famous (1810) painting by John Constable

Harrow Old Schools, the oldest part of Harrow public boys school, was built in 1572, when the school was founded. Appropriately, it contains the History Dept.!

Florida Athletics
Athletic and gymnastic feats of the natives of Florida, as recorded by the visiting Europeans

16C Scandinavian Bakers
Baking in progress in 16th century Scandinavia

Woman of Nurnberg
A 16th century woman of Nurnberg, from a picture by Durer

Turkish Noblewoman
A Turkish woman of quality in the 16th century

Venetian Gondolier
A Venetian gondolier of the 16th century, from a picture by Carpaccio (most gondolieri were doubtless older and less dishy !)

Polish Noblewoman
A Polish princess, looking pretty much like princesses from anywhere, but wearing warm clothes of velvet and fur

German Country Fair / C16
Drinking & dancing at a country fair

English Gentlemen C15
Four gentlemen - one walking, one exclaiming at the view, one supplicating, one disdainfully rejecting his supplication

French Housekeeper
French servante of the 16th century

Loseley House, Surrey, a fine Tudor manor-house

Party in Haddon Hall / C16
A wild party in the banquetting hall, Haddon, Derbyshire. A band plays in the balcony, while mummers dance and others display their fancy dress

Theatre / Masque / Strutt
A masque theatre performance

16th C Yeoman of Guard
A Yeoman of the Guards during the reign of Elizabeth I is depicted on horseback

Santorios Balance C16
Santorio (b.1561) weighed himself for 24 hour periods and proved that weight gain or loss varied according to the type of food consumed

C16 German Village Life
A wide variety of activity in a German village

Ottoman C16 Koran Page
A fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Blue and gold roundels mark the name of ALLAH

Serving Goose at Banquet
Serving the Christmas dinner in a grand mansion - the dance of the fools accompanies the second course of pheasant

Christmas Banquet C16
Trumpeters announce the arrival of the Boars Head, brought in procession to the Christmas diners in an Elizabethan hall

16th Century Koran
A fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Blue and gold roundels mark the name of ALLAH

16th Century Koran Page
A fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Reverse of page

Puritan Family, 1563
A Puritan family - father sits separately, while his pregnant wife sits with their 4 children nestled around her. One child holds a stick surmounted by a horses head

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