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Leaf Collection (page 3)

Background imageLeaf Collection: Poster, Turn Over a New Leaf

Poster, Turn Over a New Leaf, eat vegetables daily to enjoy good health. circa 1945

Background imageLeaf Collection: Types of leaves of plants

Types of leaves of plants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G. Kearsley, London, 1813

Background imageLeaf Collection: Bay laurel or sweet bay tree, Laurus nobilis

Bay laurel or sweet bay tree, Laurus nobilis. Chromolithograph by E. Gunther after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Background imageLeaf Collection: Tea tree or tea plant, Camellia sinensis

Tea tree or tea plant, Camellia sinensis, Thea sinensis, the. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageLeaf Collection: The Head of Germania - Dresden, Germany

The Head of Germania - Dresden, Germany
The Head of Germania - the National monument on Niederwald Plaza (Square)- created by Johannes Schilling - Dresden, Germany. Date: circa 1909

Background imageLeaf Collection: Christmas decoration

Christmas decoration
Artificial mistletoe Christmas decoration with white plastic berries, tied with a red ribbon, manufactured c.1930-1950. Date: 1930-1950

Background imageLeaf Collection: White Star Line, Stonier OSNC lozenge dish

White Star Line, Stonier OSNC lozenge dish
White Star Line, unusual Stonier and Company Oceanic Steam Navigation Company lozenge dish decorated with green laurel leaves and a gilt rim band. 9ins

Background imageLeaf Collection: Label design, Select, Belgian cigar box

Label design, Select, Belgian cigar box, Brussels

Background imageLeaf Collection: White Star Line, Stonier OSNC sugar bowl

White Star Line, Stonier OSNC sugar bowl
White Star Line, rare Stonier and Company Oceanic Steam Navigation Company OSNC green laurel leaf and gilt Greek key pattern sugar bowl, registration number dates to 1911-12. 3ins. Date: 1910s

Background imageLeaf Collection: Schlachtschiff Bismarck lapel badge, German battleship, WW2

Schlachtschiff Bismarck lapel badge, German battleship, WW2
MILITARIA/THIRD REICH: Extremely rare enamel Bismarck lapel badge possibly a launch souvenir or an item purchased on board. Made by B. H

Background imageLeaf Collection: Poster, Austria

Poster, Austria Date: 1950

Background imageLeaf Collection: Woodpecker Tapestry

Woodpecker Tapestry
A tapestry designed by William Morris, inspired by a story from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which a sorceress transforms King Picus into a woodpecker, having refused to become here lover

Background imageLeaf Collection: Falling Leaf Aero Club by Thomas Maybank

Falling Leaf Aero Club by Thomas Maybank Date: 1920

Background imageLeaf Collection: Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets

Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Selection of Churchman's Cigarette and Tobacco Packets

Selection of Churchman's Cigarette and Tobacco Packets
A selection of Churchman's Cigarette and Tobacco Packets, with a factory scene, preparing leaf for Churchman's Cigarettes Date: 20th century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Woman in crinoline dress, getting ready to go out

Woman in crinoline dress, getting ready to go out
Woman in crinoline dress in front of her mirror, getting ready to go out Date: circa 1850s

Background imageLeaf Collection: Water lilies, 1916-1919 by Monet

Water lilies, 1916-1919 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. Water lilies, 1916-1919. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Background imageLeaf Collection: Norman W. Franks Cottage Pottery Advert

Norman W. Franks Cottage Pottery Advert
An advertisement for Norman W. Franks, showcasing a Cottage pottery breakfast set with a painted leaf pattern. Date: circa 1921

Background imageLeaf Collection: RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps

RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps
RMS Titanic - album of scraps, which were the property of Richard May, a Titanic passenger who travelled only as far as Queenstown, Ireland

Background imageLeaf Collection: Transatlantic Steam Ship Company, ironstone saucer

Transatlantic Steam Ship Company, ironstone saucer
Transatlantic Steam Ship Company, rare 19th century ironstone saucer depicting the vessel Liverpool, from the Captain Edward J. Smith Archive. 6.5 inches. Date: circa late 1830s

Background imageLeaf Collection: RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett

RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a silver cigar case of rectangular outline with rounded corners

Background imageLeaf Collection: RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's locket and brooch

RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's locket and brooch
RMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster. A 9 carat rose gold small oval locket

Background imageLeaf Collection: The Fairy Folk on Freddy Frog's Ferry

The Fairy Folk on Freddy Frog's Ferry Date: 1930

Background imageLeaf Collection: Gradual (Fragment)

Gradual (Fragment)
Fragment of a gradual, parchment. This is only a small part of a larger leaf and has been badly damaged by its use as a binding fragment. Date: 14th Century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Noted Breviary (Incunable Fragment)

Noted Breviary (Incunable Fragment)
Fragment of a leaf from an incunable breviary, parchment. Includes printed 4-line staves but the musical notation has not been added

Background imageLeaf Collection: Noted Hymnal (Fragment)

Noted Hymnal (Fragment)
Leaf from a hymnal, parchment. Text in a gothic script in two columns interspersed with musical notation in a German gothic hufnagel style on a 4-line stave with C marked. Date: 13th Century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Noted Breviary (Fragment)

Noted Breviary (Fragment)
Leaf from a noted breviary, parchment. The text is a series of lessons based on the Gospel of John (identified passages include John 7)

Background imageLeaf Collection: Noted Missal (Fragment)

Noted Missal (Fragment)
Parchment leaf, probably from a missal, cut to about 1/3 of its original size. The liturgical text on this fragment is from the Second Book of Kings, featuring the widow visiting the prophet Elisha

Background imageLeaf Collection: Epistles of St Augustine

Epistles of St Augustine
Fragment from the Epistles of St Augustine, parchment. This is a long strip that has been cut from a folio-sized leaf, there is approximately half a column of text plus the edge of another column

Background imageLeaf Collection: Arator De Actibus Apostolorum (Fragment)

Arator De Actibus Apostolorum (Fragment)
Parchment leaf containing several texts in different hands. Probably originally from a copy of Arator's Acts of the Apostles or De Actibus Apostolorum

Background imageLeaf Collection: St Jerome's Commentary on the Prophet Amos (Fragment)

St Jerome's Commentary on the Prophet Amos (Fragment)
Half of a leaf from a copy of St Jerome's Commentary on the Prophet Amos (Commentariorum Sancti Hieronymi In Amos Prophetae), parchment

Background imageLeaf Collection: De Libero Arbitrio (Fragments)

De Libero Arbitrio (Fragments)
Two fragments of leaves from a copy of De Libero Arbitrio (On Free Choice of Will) by St Augustine. Both are from Book 3 although not from the same leaf. Date: circa 9th Century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Justinian Institutiones (Fragment)

Justinian Institutiones (Fragment)
Leaf from a copy of Justinian's Institutiones, parchment. Main body text in two columns in black in a protogothic hand with alternating red and blue decorated initials and red

Background imageLeaf Collection: Sacramentary (Fragment)

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

Background imageLeaf Collection: Liturgical Text (Fragment)

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

Background imageLeaf Collection: Bible (Fragment)

Bible (Fragment)
Leaf from a Bible, parchment. Main body text in a rounded Gothic script in black in two columns. No coloured pigments. Date: circa 14th Century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Calendar (Fragment)

Calendar (Fragment)
Leaf of a calendar, possibly from an obit book. The leaf is for the month of November. Date: circa 15th Century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Liber Sextus Decretalium (Fragment)

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

Background imageLeaf Collection: Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by Merula

Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by Merula
Two attached folios, paper, probably the endpaper and first leaf of a volume. Folio 1, which would have been the endpaper

Background imageLeaf Collection: Table of Moveable Feasts and De Partibus Orationis

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

Background imageLeaf Collection: Gregory Homilia in Evangelia (Fragment)

Gregory Homilia in Evangelia (Fragment)
Single leaf of parchment, cut to size for use as a binding cover. The text is from Homilia in Evangelia by Pope Gregory I

Background imageLeaf Collection: Categoriae Decem (Fragment)

Categoriae Decem (Fragment)
Single quarto sized leaf, parchment, with text from the Categoriae Decem, a summary of the categories of Aristotle, originally attributed to St Augustine. Text in a minuscule script in dark brown

Background imageLeaf Collection: Decretales Gregorii IX (Fragment)

Decretales Gregorii IX (Fragment)
Leaf fragment, parchment, from a copy of Decretals of Gregory IX (Decretales Gregorii IX, also known as the Liber Extra). The text on this leaf is from Book III.XVII

Background imageLeaf Collection: Psalter (Fragment)

Psalter (Fragment)
Fragment of a psalter, parchment double leaf, quarto size. Text on f.1r begins at Psalm 46:7 Psallite deo nostro psallite: psallite regi nostro psallite: Quonia(m) rex omnis terre deus

Background imageLeaf Collection: Justinian's Codex, Book V. XIII (Fragment)

Justinian's Codex, Book V. XIII (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this leaf is from Book V.XIII Dei Uxoriae Actione 1.1.a. Main body text and marginal gloss with additional minute gloss on verso

Background imageLeaf Collection: Missal (Fragment)

Missal (Fragment)
Fragment from a Missal, parchment. A double leaf that has been cut in half horizontally so the bottom of each folio is missing. Date: Mid 15th Century

Background imageLeaf Collection: Philosophical Treatise (Fragment)

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

Background imageLeaf Collection: Biblical Commentary (Fragment)

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



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