Magnus Collection (page 2)

Orkney Isles - Kirkwall at Midnight
Orkney Islands - Kirkwall - viewed from Cromwells Fort (photographed at Midnight in Midsummer!). The distinctive outline form of St Magnus Cathedral can be seen back left. Date: circa 1920s

St. Magnuss Church, on the island of Egilsay, a ruined building with a most unusual tower, Orkneys, Scotland. Date: 12th century

St. Magnus Cathedral
Norman pillars inside St. Magnuss Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Founded in 1137, it was mainly built in the 12th century with later additions Date: 12th century

Gnaius Pompeius Magnus
GNAIUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS ( Pompey the Great ) Roman statesman and general, quarreled with Caesar, fled to Egypt where he was murdered by order of Ptolemy Date: 106 - 48 BC

Magnus II Ladulas
The tomb at Stockholm of Magnus I Ladulas, who is credited with establishing regular government in Sweden

Olaus Magnus Dogs
Different types of dog in medieval Scandinavia

Rabbits Magnus 1555
Rabbits on northern islands

Pigs / Olaus Magnus 1555
A group of pigs in a wood

Lynx (Olaus Magnus)
Roaming the Scandinavian countryside

Polar Bear / Olaus Magnus
A couple of bears go fishing in the cracked ice

ERYTHROTAO
A big bird which Olaus Magnus tells us he ate in 1545. Is this a self-portrait of himself shooting it ?

Siege (Olaus Magnus)
A well-protected town, skirted with multiple rows of chain-linked defences and spikes to prevent a frontal attack by cavalry

Fishing / Magnus / 1555
Crowned rock, where the author was nearly shipwrecked in 1519, but where vast numbers of fish were caught

Olaus Magnus / Navigation
Sailing by the wind

Sun / Olaus Magnus / 1555
A face is seen in the sun

London Bridge C1850
with heavy traffic crossing the bridge; the Monument and the church of St Magnus can be seen on the far right

Magnus Crusenstolpe
MAGNUS JACOB CRUSENSTOLPE Swedish historian and novelist

Triumph of Pompeius
Gnaeus Magnus Pompeius ( Pompey ) enjoys a triumph after a series of striking victories in present-day Syria

Decimus Magnus Ausonius
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS Latin poet and rhetorician of Gaul; tutor to Gratian, who later advanced him

Pompey the Great, Consul
Pompeius Magnus is elected Consul to popular acclaim

Charlemagne, King and Emperor, with Queen Hildegarde
Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus. Karolus Magnus, Charles the Great), King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping