Scroll Collection (page 5)

Beauty holding a calendar scroll for the year of the rat

Religious figure, probably a monk, seated, facing slightly right, reading a scroll, several scrolls are on a table in front of him. Date 1878?

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia
Elizabeth, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I, wife of Friedrich V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia. Date: 1596-1662

Clarissima Plane by Balthasar Prasberg
The title page of Clarissima Plane by Balthasar Prasberg. Date: 1504

Man in a salvage yard
A man examining architectural items of a neoclassical style in a salvage yard. circa 1940s

Anti-suffragette cartoon featuring woman and phrenologist
A fearsome-looking woman, with a scroll labelled Votes (for) Women, is having the bumps on her head examined by a man. He concludes that if she lives for a thousand years

Charles Robinson Bookplate
Fontispiece printed bookplate - design by Charles Robinson

King Alfred, Wantage
An imposing statue of King Alfred at Wantage, Berkshire: Unveiled by the Prince of Wales in 1877, it reads: " Alfred the Great, West Saxon King, born at Wantage, AD 849"

Founder of the Sorbonne
King Louis IX, King of France, founding the Sorbonne

Herodotus / Muse / Leutemann
HERODOTUS Greek historian reading his works to the Greek people

Costume / Men / Lord / 14C
An aristocrat in striped brown and yellow doublet and hat, carrying a scroll of parchment and a short sword

Polish Torah Scroll
A miniature Polish scroll of the Torah - the first five books of the Bible

Quintilian / Thevet 1584
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS Roman rhetorician and consul, born in Spain

Receipt / March Finchley
The subscription ticket for the March to Finchley

Boys / Lounge Suits 1860S
Two boys wear dark suits with narrow bowties. The jackets have collars and lapels, a top button only & the front borders rounded off

Greek Philosopher Writes
A Greek philosopher sets pen to paper, in a book rather than a scroll, as you might have expected; inkwell, sand and a knife are ready to hand

Ancient Palestine Scroll
An ancient Palestinian scroll of the Pentateuch, (the first five books of the Bible, known as the Torah to the Jews) said to have been written by Eleazar, the son of Aaron

Handel / Trumpf
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English musician

Nicolas Poussin
NICOLAS POUSSIN French painter, Master of the Classical school, painted chiefly in Rome, noted for mythological and scriptural subjects

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