Latin Collection (page 4)

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

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

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)

Gospel of St Mark: Summaries of Chapters (Fragment)
Fragment of a leaf, parchment, with text from the Capitula to the Gospel according to Mark. Date: Late 7th Century

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

Ex Libris Bookplate, Joan Silvester Horne, woman reading a book with a tennis racket under her arm

Cecilio Acosta (1818-1881). Venezuelan writer and historian
Cecilio Acosta (1818-1881). Venezuelan politician, historian and writer. Illustration by Badillo. Engraving by Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1881. Date: 2018

Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578). Andromeda
Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578). Italian astronomer and humanist. Constellation of Andromeda. De le stelle fisse (The sphere of the world and The fixed stars). Edited in Venice in 1540

Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578). Italian astronomer and humanist. Draco constellation. De le Stelle Fisse (The sphere of the world and The fixed stars). Edited in Venice in 1540. Engraving, 1559

Music cover, La Bota, sung by Monica Lewis
Music cover, La Bota, words by Haven Gillespie II, music by Charles Wolcott, sung by Monica Lewis in MGM film The Strip Date: 1951

Sydney Grammar School
An etching of Sydney Grammar School, established in 1857, with work done by architect, James Barnet. The motto of the Sydney university feeder school is Laus Deo, Latin for Praise be to God

Quartier Latin
An etching of Quarter Latin, a French area known for its plentiful bookshops, home to landmarks including Sorbonne University and Shakespeare and Company. Date: circa 1930

Roman Catapult, Siege of Carthage - Carthage must be destroyed is carved into the wood in Latin. Date: 146 BCE

Music cover, Tango Lady, that lovely tango with a lilt, music by A Croome Johnson, words by Peter Maurice. Date: 1931

Saint Luke Painting the Crucifixion, by Zurbaran
Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664). Spanish painter. Saint Luke Painting the Crucifixion. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain. Date: circa 1650

The city of Alexandria. Liber chronicarum. 15th century. Col
Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. The city of Alexandria. 15th century. Latin edition. Colored engraving. Episcopal Library. Barcelona. Spain

Engraving depicting the city of Alexandria. Liber chronicaru
Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. Engraving depicting the city of Alexandria. 15th century. Latin edition. Episcopal Library. Barcelona. Spain

Initial. Missal
Missal. Initial detail. Friar near death. Latin. Codex 9. 1524. Printing Rosenbach (Barcelona, Spain). Chapter Archive of Tortosa. Catalonia. Spain

Cartoon, Bread and Circuses, WW1
Cartoon, Bread and Circuses. The figure of Death kneels by his broken sword. He says he's done enough now, and would like some bread to eat. Date: 1916

Art Nouveau design, Nemo Ante Mortem Beatus
Art Nouveau design with the Latin proverb: Nemo Ante Mortem Beatus (No-one can be called happy before death). Date: circa 1920s

Insurance companies memorial with the Latin motto: Non Omnis Moriar (not all will die). The sculpture shows firefighters on a horse-drawn fire engine, rushing to fight a fire. (2 of 3)

John Donne, poet and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral
John Donne (1572-1631), poet and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral -- monument in the Old St Paul's, which he commissioned for himself before his death

Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and communist politician
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), Chilean poet and Communist Party politician, previously named Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Date: circa 1960s

Daniel Ortega with Archbishop Robert Runcie
Daniel Ortega (Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra, b 1945), member of the Nicaraguan Junta of National Reconstruction 1979-1985, then 79th President of Nicaragua 1985-1990 and 83rd President 2007-present

DEATHLY SUNDIAL
An unusual sundial head in a niche over the church porch at Sheepstor, Devon, England, dating from 1640. It reads (in Latin): Life is but an Hour, Death is the Gate to Life'. Date: 17th century

Delores Del Rio - Mexican actress, dancer and singer
Delores Del Rio (1904-1983) - Mexican actress, dancer and singer. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood

Faraglion, Capri, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Faraglion, Capri, Italy. In Italian, faraglioni are stacks, a coastal and oceanic rock formation eroded by waves

Art Deco drawing of Creole by Sam Otis, 1930 of a dark skinned latin lady doing a Spanish dance Date: 1930

Temple Bar, Paviors and Westminster Abbey. The old city gate at Temple Bar 49, Paviors at work with pick and hammer paving the streets with Scottish stone 50

Illuminated calendar for August 1846
Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for July 1846
Calendar for July with figures of Sophomas and St. Philip, quote from Colossians, disciples, lion, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for June 1846
Calendar for June with figures of Amos and St. James the Less, quote from Philippians, disciples, crab, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for May 1846
Calendar for May with figures of Olee and St. Thomas, quote from Ephesians, disciples, Adam and Eve, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for April 1846
Calendar for April with figures of Zechariah and St. John the Evangelist, quote from Galatians, disciples, castles, bull, birds and foliage. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou

Illuminated calendar for March 1846
Calendar for March with figures of Elias and St. James the Greater, quote from Corinthians, disciples, lamb, castles, birds and foliage. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for February 1846
Calendar for February with figures of David and St. Andrew, quote from Romans, disciples, birds, fish and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Title page from illuminated calendar for 1846
Title page with calligraphy and decorative design with foliage, birds. angel and mythical creature with lance and shield. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for December 1846
Calendar for December with figures of Daniel and St. Matthew, quote from Epistle to the Hebrews, disciples, man slaying a boar with an axe, goat, dog, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for November 1846
Calendar for November with figures of Ezekiel and St. Jude, quote from Epistle to Philemon, disciple, centaur with bow, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for October 1846
Calendar for October with figures of Malachi and St. Simon, quote from Tyrus, disciples, boar, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for January 1846
Calendar for January with figures of Jeremias and St. Petrus, quote from Paul, musicians, disciples, mythical creatures and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Pine beauty and latin moth
Pine beauty, Panolis flammea 1-6, and latin moth, Callopistria juventina 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Barred sallow and clay moth
Barred sallow, Tileacea aurago 1-4, and clay moth, Mythimna ferrago 5, 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Motto frontispiece in a bound volume of The British Workman, an improving magazine aimed at the industrial classes, advocating temperance and education. Laborare est Orare - To Work is to Worship

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