Legend Collection (page 8)

The Mole. Skin. Leon Cathedral. Spain
The Mole. Skin of a mole who, according to legend, destroyed the foundations of the cathedral during construction. Leon Cathedral Chapter. Castile and Leon. Spain

Turkey. Archaeological site of Troy. Stratum I. 3000-2600 B.C. Metal Age. Ruins

Coronation of Garci Ximenez (724 �758?)
Coronation of Garci Ximenez (724 � 758?). Considered, according to legend, the first king of Sobrarbe in the current Huesca, Aragon (Spain). Colored engraving

Greek Art. Archaic Age. Bronze griffin. Second half of the 7th century, early 6th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Aeneid. Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC-19 AC). Latin poet. Aeneid. Engraving. 1729

Shield tile. Castro Verde. Portugal
Shield tile depicting the vision of Afonso Henriques (1110-1185) in which Jesus assured him victory in the Battle of Ourique (July 25, 1139)

The Mouth of Truth. Rome. Italy
The Mouth of Trurh. Marble. 1st century A.D. Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin. Rome. Italy

Statue of Kusunoki Masashige outside Tokyos Imperial Palace
Statue of Kusunoki Masashige (a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo) outside Tokyos Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), legendary French actress, described here as: Actor, author, painter, sculptor, universal genius, creation-whipper and wholesale fascinator

St Susanna / Epinal Print
SAINT SUSANNA Roman martyr about whom an extensive but largely fictitious legend was composed Date: 3rd century

Lancelot Storytelling
Lancelot relates his adventures

Lion of Nemea /
The LION OF NEMEA, which, according to ancient legend, fell to the Peloponnese (Greece) from the MOON

The sword excalibur returned by Sir Bedivere
Sir Bedivere returns the magic sword to the Lady of the Lake

Saint Sola, Anglo-Saxon monk in Germany
Saint Sola (-794), an Anglo-Saxon monk who left England for Germany, where he studied under Saint Boniface. He lived as a hermit, and later founded an abbey at Solnhofen, where he died

Tintagel Castle, Tintagel, Cornwall
Stone archway at Tintagel Castle, Tintagel, Cornwall, associated with the legend of King Arthur. Date: circa 1980s

Booklet cover, Our Goose, a Christmas Legend. Date: circa 1880s

Mesa Encantada, New Mexico, USA, a sandstone butte, thought by some to be haunted. Date: circa 1910s

Hassans Garden by Fortunino Matania. Date: c.1950s

Illustration, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by Kupka. Date: early 20th century

Cupid ringing foxglove bells in a garden. Date: circa 1910s

Glastonbury Thorn, Glastonbury, Somerset
The Glastonbury Thorn, a legendary tree at Glastonbury, Somerset. A flowering hawthorn, it is associated with Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain

Greek church window, Nazareth, Northern Israel
A window of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation (the Church of St Gabriel, St Gabriels Greek Orthodox Church), Nazareth, Northern Israel

Women at Marys Well, Nazareth, Northern Israel
Women at Marys Well in the city of Nazareth, Northern Israel. It is reputed to be where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary (the Annunciation). Date: 1920s

Mount Precipice, Nazareth, Northern Israel
Mount Precipice (Mount of Precipitation, Mount of the Leap of the Lord and Mount Kedumim), Nazareth, Northern Israel. According to biblical legend

Josephs Well, Holy Land
The supposed location of Josephs Well. According to biblical legend, Josephs jealous brothers threw him into a pit or empty well before going home

Switzerland - Lucerne and Pilatus
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Lucerne, Switzerland with Mount Pilatus in the background. Mount Pilatus was named after a local legend that Pontius Pilate was buried there

AW H Goss horseshoe adapted for WWI patriotic sale
A W. H. Goss horseshoe adapted for First World War patriotic sale together with the badge of the Liverpool Regiment. Also has a poem and a legend.. Commemorative Ware

Cream pottery pin tray - WWI - Bairnsfatherware
Cream pottery pin tray with black striped rim. With transfer What time do they feed the sealions, Alf No trademark legend on reverse. Bairnsfather Ware

Poster advertising Royal Dutch Air Lines (KLM) -- the Flying Dutchman, Fiction becomes Fact

A scene from Paris-New York at the Casino de Paris
A scene from Paris-New York (La Legend de la Cloche de bronze) at the Casino de Paris from Paris Plaisirs number 67, January 1928 Date: 1928

Football dribbled by the East Surreys to German trench, WW1
The actual football dribbled by Captain Neville (who was killed in action) towards the German trenches during the attack on Montauben by the East Surreys, fixed by Lt.-Col. H. P. Treeby, D.S.O

Silhouette portrait of Jack Hobbs, English cricketer
Silhouette portrait of Jack Hobbs (1882-1963), legendary English cricketer. Date: circa 1920s

The Flotsam & Jetsam of the Sea by Charles Robinson
Beautiful illustration by Charles Robinson showiong a sailor and a lady friend peering over the edge of a ship to see a bevy of beautiful mermaids in the sea below. Date: 1939

A statue of Joan of Arc. French female folk hero

Illustration telling the story of Chance the Fire Dog: Stop me not, but onward let me jog, For I am the London Firemens Dog. Date: 1834

Diogenes and Alexander
The story of Diogenes (who lived in a barrel) and Alexander, acted out by a monkey (as Diogenes) and a Mastiff Dog (as Alexander)

Monastery of the Cross
The Monastery of the Cross, Jerusalem, Israel. Legend has it that the monastery is built on the burial spot of Adams head. Date: 11th century

Goron Photo
MARIE-FRANCOIS GORON French police chief, director of the Surete, whose innovatory methods made him a legend in his lifetime, photographed in 1895. Date: 1847 - 1933

Christ Disputing with the Doctors. Master of the Legend of St Catherine fl.1475-1500

Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

A rather tall tale of the largest fish ever caught
" My Father e once caught a fishas big -as our street!" " Well, then, it must ave bin a Whale." " Garn, e were baitin wi Whales!" Date: 1901

Corneville-les-Cloches, Eure, France - The Bells. Date: 1914

Arch - Crowland Abbey (Croyland Abbey), Lincolnshire
Crowland Abbey (Croyland Abbey), Lincolnshire. Legend tells us that St. Guthlacs hermit cell was here, when the area was a desolate island in the fens

The Drummer of Tedworth - Glanville
The tale of the Drummer of Tedworth (told by Thomas Glanville) recounted that local landowner, John Mompesson of Tedworth (now Tidworth, in Wiltshire)

Hydra
Illustration of the Hydra, a Greek mythical beast that had seven serpent heads. Plate 82 from Thesaurus, Vol 3, by Albertus Seba, 1758

Sea-serpent attacking a vessel
Fig 67 from Mythical Monsters, 1886 by Charles Gould

Odontoceti (suborder), toothed whale
Sailors throwing barrels from a ship to conciliate two whales. Page 217 from Curious Creatures in Zoology (1890) by John Ashton

Legend of Argonauts. Jason and Medea on the bed
" Legend of Argonauts. Jason and Medea on the bed. Illustration of the " Historia destructionis Troaie" by Guido delle Colonne (Sevilla: Jᣯ me Cromberger, 1545). Gothic art

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