Sanctus Collection

Sanctus Benedictus
Saint Benedict of Nursia

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

Portrait of Roman Emperor Nero
Roman Emperor Nero, 37AD-68AD, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697

Sacred kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus (Sacred kings-fisher, Alcedo sacra). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Exotic beetles
Ectrichodia barbicornis 1, Cerbus falx 2, Diactor latipes 3, Hammatocerus purcis 4, Cerbus sanctus 5, Raphigaster validus 6, Cerbus umbrosus 7, and Hammatocerus conspicillaris 8

Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher
Ff. 59. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Alcedo cyanea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

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