Scholars Collection

Science Allegorised
Philosophy enthroned, surrounded by the sciences - Grammar, Rhetoric, Linguistics, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy, with Socrates and Plato and scholars writing

Alexandria Library
Scholars examine the scrolls of the library of Alexandria, the greatest collection of the ancient world, burnt in 47 and finally destroyed by Moslem general Amrou 22 December 640

Greek-Latin Dictionary
Johann Scapulas Greek-Latin Lexicon is a contribution to Renaissance studies of classical literature when Roman borrowings from Greek are important to scholars

Samuel Johnson / Oxford
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writers room over Pembroke College Gateway in Oxford, where he studied

Rugby School - Photo 2
Scholars in front of one of the school buildings 2 of 4

Beating the Bounds Boats
ENGLAND - BEATING THE BOUNDS Choirboys and dignitaries sailing down the Thames in rowing boats, en route to St. Clement Danes for the beating the parish boundaries ceremony Date: early 1930s

Beating Bounds, 1930
ENGLAND BEATING THE BOUNDS Cheerful choirboys pose with rods prior to beating the parish boundaries at Lincolns Inn, London Date: 1930

Luther Translates Bible
Martin Luther gathers scholars around him to complete the great task of translating the Bible into German Date: circa 1530

Boy Jesus with Scholars
The young Jesus discusses theology with the scholars in Jerusalem

Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Masjid Al-Kazimiyyah) or Al-Kadhimayn Shrine (Ḥaram Al-Kazimayn) - a Shi'ite Islamic mosque and shrine located in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq

CORONATION LEGEND
The Legend of the Coronation Stone. Jacob sleeping on the Stone at Bethel. Edward I dedicating the Stone to the Confessor. The wanderings of the Stone. A Westminster scholar's freak in 1801

STUDENTS & SPIRIT
Two scholars, dabbling in the occult as scholars will, invoke a spirit of the dead - and are alarmed when their invocation is successful ! Date: circa 1850

Students at university in Italy. Italian scholars with their tutor. Date: 15th century

Baghdad, Iraq - Entrance to the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
Date: early 1950s

Christs Hospital 1843
Christs Hospital dinning hall. Date: 1843

THE OLD BULL AND BUSH
Dating back to 1645, when it was a farmhouse, the building received its license to sell ale in 1721. A haunt for literary scholars and artists, including William Hogarth. Date: 1960s

COURT OF CHARLES V
The court of Charles V, known as le Sage, who liked to surround himself with scholars and learned folk Date: 1380

COURTOF CHARLES LE SAGE
The Royal Court of Charles V, le Sage; an educated fellow, he liked to surround himself with scholars Date: circa 1370

Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholars
Three schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt
Students at work in the courtyard ( heart ) of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Mosque is directly associated with Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975

Christs Hospital - Main Entrance in Newgate Street. The schools Tudor uniform consists of belted, long blue coats with knee-breeches, yellow socks, and bands at the neck

English Cathedrals - Angl Choir -Lincoln - main Pillar (foreground) look beyond to arched space, stained glass windows back and side. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals

Two Turkish Professors from Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1902

Ancient Arab Library
Arab scholars at work in a library; probably in Istanbul Date: circa 16th century

Catherine of Alexandria
CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA Saint Catherine in discussion with the scholars of Alexandria. Date: 3RD CENTURY?

The Ogham Stone / Ireland
An Ogham Stone, found at Fortwilliam, Kerry. Ogham stones were covered in strange runic scripts, translated by scholars as possible Christian writings or even Norse text. Date: mid 19th century

Students at university in Italy. Italian scholars in an Italian city. Date: 15th century

Paris, France - College des Quatre Nations. Date: circa 1800

Sir Norton Knatchbull
SIR NORTON KNATCHBULL scholar, in an age when even scholars carried a sword... Date: 1602 - 1685

Egyptian Fantasy card - State Telegram and Al-Azhar Mosque
Egyptian Fantasy card - featuring an Egyptian State Telegram and an inset photograph of the Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt (founded in 975) all on a faux papyrus background

Thessaloniki, Greece - Schoolchildrens parade. The White Tower can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1920

Northern Tartar Manchu woman, in a Chinese scolars studio. Calligraphy is on the wall, and she is standing in front of a desk, there is a vase with a landscape painting on it

Royal wedding procession through Windsor
Enthusiastic reception of royal newly weds Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901) the Princess Royal and Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia(1831-1888) at Windsor

The Kaza Main Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
The Al-Kadhimiya Mosque - a shrine located in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. The shrine contains the tombs of the seventh Twelver Shi ah Imam Musa al-Kadhim

Doctor Faustus was a good man, he whipped his scholars now and then. When he whipped them he made them dance, out of Scotland into France, out of France into Spain

Bardic Scholars Ca 600
Bardic scholars, one carrying a dove, the other a piglet Date: 1st century BC ?

Iraq - The Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, The Sahan
Iraq - The Al-Kadhimiya Mosque in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. The Mosque contains the tombs of the seventh Twelver Shi ah Imam Musa al-Kadhim

Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975. The chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the worlds second oldest surviving degree granting university

Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar on board H. M. S. Vic
In commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, the current Lord Nelson distributes prizes to the scholars of the Portsmouth Church High Schools, on 21 October 1886

Greek Learning
After the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, Greek scholars flee to the west : the Medici family of Firenze (Florence) are particularly welcoming

Charlemagne & Scholars
He confers with scholars and clerics : he is a great patron of learning

Mathematicians
Two scholars use a mathematical device, perhaps to help them in some surveying or astronomical calculations

Sphinx (Denon)
A head-on view of the sphinx as it was found by the French army during Napoleons Egyptian campaign, and recorded by scholars

Library at Istanbul
The library of Raghib Pasha at Istanbul : scholars study the ancient arab manuscripts

Schliemann in London
Heinrich Schliemann gives an account of his discoveries at Mycenae before the Society of Antiquaries at Burlington House

Scholars at a Lecture
Scholars at a lecture display various symptoms of boredom

French Utopia of 1850
A French Utopia, with harmony between colours, creeds, scholars and labourers, young and old, male and female, the arts and the sciences amid the joy of nature & new technology

ERASMUS MONTANUS
Holbergs satire Erasmus Montanus derides the intellectual pretensions of college-educated scholars. It is still produced today, its mockery as apposite as ever

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