Centuries Collection (page 6)

Viking Ship
Eric the Red sails to Greenland, 983

CLOCK
Swedish Wall Clocks

Satire on gender equality
Equality At Last! A satirical cartoon, showing how women have at last achieved equality, based on the way the man and woman on the left are dressed

Lambeth Palace, 18th Cen
The palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury, seen across the Thames: first erected in 1197, but substantially altered through the centuries Date: in the 18th century

Winchester House London
The London palace of the Bishop of Winchester for more than five centuries

Arab Man Eating at Home
Arab men eating at home

Norsemen at Banquet
Norsemen at table in medieval Scandinavia

Greek Lady Eats Snack
A lady enjoys a light snack

A Byzantine Banquet
a Byzantine Banquet

Merovingian Woman
A woman of Merovingian France

Roman-British Woman
A young woman of high rank

Romans Leave Britain
Roman troops board ships taking them away from Britain, ending over four centuries of occupation

Duchess of Lancaster
CONSTANCE OF GAUNT (married in 1369) depicted wearing a horned headdress with veil. In this later image she is shown in costume of both the 15th & 16th centuries

Early Christians Harassd
Early Christians in Rome, holding their services in the Catacombs, are discovered and harassed by soldiers

Pocket Sun Dial
The POCKET SUN-DIAL - a precursor of the pocket watch - let the suns light pass through a small hole to reach a dial marked on the inside rim

C18th Century Revival
Fine feathers in wartime: dress designers attempt to counter the practical move of wearing shorter, fuller skirts by employing impractical styles of previous centuries

Costume C16 & C17 / Strutt
Examples of English costume of the 16th and 17th centuries according to a later source

Saracens Attack Constan
SARACENS ATTACK CONSTANTINOPLE An early attempt to seize the city fails : the city will not be taken by the Moslems until seven centuries later

Racial / France / Peasant
Labouring peasant returning from the fields with a basket of turnips

Japan - Feudal Battle
During this period Japan is the scene of constant rivalry between powerful feudal clans - this battle scene is from a print of the period

Nazareth Fountain
This is the actual fountain at Nazareth where Mary, mother of Jesus, came to fetch water for drinking, laundry and washing the dishes

Jain Statue
This colossal statue (note the human figure) stands in a Jain temple at Madras, and (presumably) depicts Mahavira, the founder of Jainism

Early Indian King
In the early years of the Common Era, Brahma is the prevailing focus of worship. This artifact depicts a king of the period, riding an elephant with his retinue

16th Century Bishop
Bishop Bell in his robes, which are pretty well the same as those worn by his successors four centuries later : he carries the crozier, his staff of office

CARL Vs INTERIM
Carl V presents his Interim proposals in an attempt to reconcile Catholics and Protestants. A brave try, but the two are still at odds five centuries later

Hohenzollern Fam Tree
Family tree of the Hohenzollern family, commencing (at the roots) with Friedrich I elector of Brandenburg

Vikings on French Coast
A Drakkar from Scandinavia off the Normandie coast

Vikings Set Out
Viking ships setting out on an expedition

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