16th Collection (page 8)

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria Pita
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna against the attack of the English Armada in 1589

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Death Certificate
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna against the attack of the English Armada

Letter sent by King Philip II to City Council of La Coruna
Philip II (1527-1598). King of Spain. Letter sent by King Philip II to the City Council of La Coruna thanking the city for its resistance to the English siege

The English Armada. Statement of causes which moved the chief commanders of the Navy of Her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen of England on the Voyage and Expedition to Portugal

Ephemeris expeditionis Norreysii & Draki in Lusitaniam
The English Armada. Ephemeris expeditionis Norreysii & Draki in Lusitaniam. Account of the expedition of Francis Drake and John Norris in 1589 against the Spanish-Portuguese ports

Siege of Corunna by the English Armada, 1589
Diary and relation of the siege of Corunna by the English Armada, 1589, by Captain Juan Varela. Manuscript, facsimile of the 19th century. From the Royal Galician Academy. Maria Pita House Museum

Spain, Galicia, Santiago de Compostela. Cathedral of Santiago. Mondragon Chapel or Chapel of Piety. Built between 1521 and 1526 by Jacome Garcia

Monastery of Santa Maria. Cloister of the Porteria. Built between 1575 and 1578 in Renaissance style. It is attributed to the master Juan de la Sierra the Elder

Artefacts at the London Museum
Artefacts seen at the London Museum, which was newly opened in 1912. Head dresses of Tudor Londoners exhibited. Sandals worn by Roman Londoners and 15th and 16th century Londoners. Date: 1912

Ruins of Tintern Abbey
The ruins of Tintern Abbey situated in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye. Founded on May 9th 1131 by the Lord of Chepstow, dating back to the Cistercian monks

Table of Moveable Feasts and De Partibus Orationis
Two 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

Financial Records?
Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles

List of Names (Fragment)
Parchment leaf. A namenregister comprising a list of names in two columns, mostly men but including a few women. It has been suggested that it is perhaps a list of those who have subscribed to a

Inventory
Sheet of paper, possibly the endpaper from a book, with a handwritten list or inventory in French dated 16 February 1605. With pieces of the binding thread attached in the gutter

The Emperor Maximillian and Albrecht Durer Date: early 16th century

Timucua Indian tribe
History of the United States. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Timucua Indian tribe. Traditional architecture of the indigenous villages, with the installation of a defensive palisade

Juan Bautista Perez Rubert (ca. 1537-1597)
Juan Bautista Perez Rubert (ca.1537-1597). Spanish ecclesiastic. Bishop of Segorbe (1591-1597). Portrait. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

The Raising of Lazarus c. 1600. Painting by Andrea Vicentino
Andrea Vicentino (1539-1614). Italian painter. The Raising of Lazarus, c. 1600. Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta. Date: 2019

A Musician, 1500s, by Giovanni di Niccolo Mansueti
Giovanni di Niccolo Mansueti (ca.1465-1527). Italian painter. A Musician, 1500s. Portrait of a young man holding a musical score. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta. Date: 2019

Modern age. Spanish infantry. Fife and drum
Modern age. Spanish infantry. Fife (small flute) and drum. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Mercenary soldiers. Landsknechte. Engraving after etching by Daniel Hopfer, 1530. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Francis I (1494-1547). King of France (1515-1547). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Modern era. Mercenary soldiers: Swiss. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Spanish sallet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Combat helmet. Spanish sallet (Celada de encaje). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Falconet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration
Falconet or falcon. Light cannon developed in the late 15th century. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Turkey. Constantinople. The Sehzade Mosque. Engraving
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Exterior view of the Sehzade Mosque, 16th century. Ottoman era mosque located in the Fatih district

Turkey. Istanbul. Aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest. It is an Ottoman aqueduct bridge on the northern branch of the Kirkcesme Supply System

Malta. Siege of the Turks in July 1565
Palace of the Grand Master, 16th-18th centuries. Residence of the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John. Fresco that the decorates the walls of the Supreme Council Room by Matteo Perez de Aleccio

Take of the Fort of Saint Elmo (June 23, 1565)
Palace of the Grand Master, 16th-18th centuries. Residence of the Great Master of the Order of Saint John. Fresco of the Supreme Council Room by Matteo Perez de Aleccio (1547-1628)

Italian Sallet. School of Missaglia. Ca. 1500
Italian Sallet. Venetian or Milanese (School of Missaglia). Ca.1500. Armoury. Grandmaster Palace. Valletta. Malta. Date: 2019

Anime armour. Hungarian type. Italian, ca. 1580. Back
Anime, articulated armour. Hungarian type. Italian, ca.1580. Back. Armoury. Grandmaster Palace. Valletta. Malta. Date: 2019

Saint James the Pilgrim. Circle of Pedro Berruguete. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Maurice (1521-1553). Elector of Saxony (1547-1553). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478-1546). Ottoman admiral
Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478-1546). Ottoman admiral. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Fernando d'Avalos (1489-1525). Neapolitan military
Fernando d'Avalos (1489-1525). Italian condottiero of Aragonese extraction. Chief commander of the Habsburg armies of Charles V in Italy during the Habsburg-Valois Wars. Engraving

Modern age. Imperial artillery (from the Bologna Procession). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator and colonist of the Americas. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba (1453-1515), called El Gran Capitan (The Great Captain). Spanish general. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Diego Garcia de Paredes (1466-1534). Spanish soldier and duellist. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Rodeleros (shield bearers). Spanish troops, 16th century
Rodeleros (shield bearers). Spanish troops in the early 16th century. They were equipped with swords and steel shields or bucklers, known as rodela

Saint James the Pilgrim. Statue, 16th -17th centuries. Southern Germany. Polychromed wood. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Apostles Andrew and Peter attributed to Master of Ventosilla
Apostles Andrew and Peter. Attributed to Master of Ventosilla. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain

Apostles James and John. Attributed to Master of Ventosilla. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Luis de Requesens y Zuniga (1528-1576). Spanish military, poltician and diplomat. Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1572-1573) and the Netherlands (1573-1576). Portrait, detail. Illustration by Llanta

Fernando Nunez de Guzman (ca. 1480-1553). Spanish rhetorical, called Nunius Pincianus or Pinciano, and Greek Coomander. Professor of Greek at the University of Alcala. Portrait, detail

Fadrique Enriquez de Velasco (1465-1538). Lord of Medina de Rioseco, 4th Admiral of Castile. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Letre. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

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