Capitals Collection

Classical Orders
Columns, capitals and entablatures of the classical orders of architecture: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite

The Union Flag over the Lucknow Residency
On 15 August, 1947, British India ended and the two new Dominions of India and Pakistan came into being under Independence. New flags were raised at the new capitals, Delhi and Karachi respectively

Arch of Titus. Rome. Italy
Roman Art. Arch of Titus. Erected in the year 81 to commemorate the conquest of Titus against the Jews. It features carved scenes of the conquest and subsequent destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70)

Owen Jones Assyrian 14
Designs taken from columns and capitals, pilasters and mouldings, at Persepolis, Istakhr, Bi Sutoun and Ispahan

Roman alphabet, upper case A-Z. circa 1900

P&O Cruises - Sea Princess brass name plaque on an oak backing board. 34 x 6 inches. Date: 20th century

Sacramentary (Fragment)
Leaf from a liturgical text, possibly a sacramentary, parchment. The text contains various prayers and instructions. Text in black in a single column in a Caroline minuscule hand with red capitals

Liturgical Text (Fragment)
Leaf from a liturgical text, either a missal or a breviary, parchment. Text in a single column in dark brown ink in a Caroline minuscule with red capitals and rubrics. Date: circa 11th Century

Psalter (Fragments)
Parts of three bifolia from a psalter, parchment. Text in a single column in a Gothic rotunda script in dark brown ink with alternating red and blue decorated capitals and larger red

Statutes for Elections (Fragment)
Bifolium from an unidentified text, possibly a work such as book of statutes or constitution for a monastic community, on parchment

Ritual (Fragment)
Fragment of a bifolium, probably from a ritual book or Rituale Romanum, parchment. Main body text in black ink in a Caroline minuscule with red capitals and rubrics

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

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

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

Breviary (Fragment)
Two leaves, probably from a breviary, parchment. The leaves are from the same work but do not appear to be consecutive. Main body text in two columns in a Gothic textualis rotunda in dark brown ink

Biblical Commentary (Fragment)
Fragment of a leaf from a religious text, probably a biblical commentary, parchment. Contains a commentary on and text from Romans

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

Spain, Galicia, Cambre. Church of Santa Maria
Spain, Galicia, La Coruna province, Cambre. Church of Santa Maria. Built in the 12th century in Romanesque style. Detail of two capitals on the main facade. Date: 2021

The Temple of Aphaia - Aigina, Greece
The Temple of Aphaia or Afea is located within a sanctuary complex dedicated to the goddess Aphaia on the Greek island of Aigina, which lies in the Saronic Gulf

St. Georges Hall, Liverpool, Merseyside. Date: circa 1936

Nave with columns and capitals in the Cathedral of Salamanca
Nave with columns and capitals in the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, Catedral Vieja de Santa Mar??a, Salamanca, Spain. Interno della Cattedrale di Salamanca

Plan and elevation of the Erechtheion, Athens
Plan and elevation of the Erechtheion or Erechtheum A, Temple of Neptune B, Temple of Minerva Polias with Porch of the Caryatids C, and Temple of Pandrosus or Pandrosion D. Athens, Greece

House of Ariadne or the House of the Coloured Capitals, VII.4.31/51, Pompeii. Chromolithograph after an illustration by S

Ionic Columns Date: 1550

TRAFALGAR SQUARE 1950S
Two of Londons most famous landmarks, the National Gallery and St. Martin-in-the- Fields church, both in Trafalgar Square. Date: 1950s

THE NATIONAL GALLERY
An atmospheric photograph of the National Gallery, London: Three men walking into the portico on a sunny day. Note St. Martin-in-the-Fields church, in the background. Date: 1950s

Lovers between marble pillars of the Doges Palace in Venice
The shadowy silhouetted figures of lovers between the marble pillars of the Doges Palace, Saint Marks in Venice. 2013

Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - The Great Hypostyle Hall is located within the Karnak temple complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re. Date: circa 1920s

Avenue Roume in Dakar, Senegal
Two men walk on the Avenue Roume in Dakar, the capital of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: 1910s

Roman script alphabet, upper case A-Z. circa 1900

Medieval alphabet, ornate initials L-Y. circa 1900

Italic alphabet, upper case script A-Z. circa 1900

Roman alphabet, lower case A-Z. circa 1900

London Slums - White Horse Yard, Coleman Street
Boarded up buildings at White Horse Yard, off Coleman Street in the City of London - one of the capitals Victorian slum areas. Date: circa 1902

Egyptian capitals.. Example of Egyptian capitals and architectural fragments in front of a pyramid. Copperplate engraving by James Lewis from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Times newspaper headlines, Britain at War, WW1
The Times newspaper headlines for 5 August 1914, Britain at War, announcing the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 5 August 1914

Section of an Arch - Ruins of Temple of Jupiter, Damascus
Section of an Arch - Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter - Damascus, Syria. Found at one end of the 422m Al-Hamidiyeh Bazar Souk (Covered market)

Medieval alphabet, ornate initials A-L. circa 1900

Alphabet initials in floral style A-Z. circa 1900

Baalbek, Lebanon - Temple of Bacchus - Interior Decoration. Date: circa 1910s

The Temple of Venus at Baalbek, Lebanon
The Temple of Venus (Aphrodite) at Baalbek, Lebanon. A town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River, known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule

Persepolis / Architecture
Details of the capitals and column bases from the site of the citadel of Persepolis. Columned halls were characteristic of Persian architecture. Date: 1854

Statue of Vladimir II Monomakh, Vladimir, Russia
View of the equestrian statue of the founder of the city of Vladimir, Vladimir II Monomakh (1053-1125), a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus

Advertisement for Orient Line Cruises to Norway and Northern Capitals. 1937

Advertisement for Atlantis cruise to northern capitals
Advertisement for a 12-day cruise on the Atlantis to northern capitals, Royal Mail Lines. Scheduled for after the Coronation when things might be feeling a little flat. 1937

Parliament House, Helsinki, Finland
Parliament House (Eduskuntatalo) is the seat of the Parliament of Finland. Date: circa 1930

Ornamental ornate alphabet, upper case A-Z. circa 1900

Alphabet with putti, ornate initials M-Y. circa 1900

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