Translated Collection

Illuminated Wenzelbibel manuscript
A page from the illuminated manuscript known as the Wenzelbibel (or Wenzelsbibel), named after King Wenzel (Wenceslaus) IV of Bohemia

Anna May Wong in The Circle of Chalk
Miss Anna May wong as Chang-Hi-Tang dancing before the tea-shop keeper in The Circle of Chalk, an ancient Chinese lay translated into English by James Laver

Margaret Roper
MARGARET ROPER (nee More) eldest daughter of sir Thomas M. educated in classics and philosophy : corresponded with Erasmus and translated his work. She had five children

Play / Feydeau / Flea in Ear
Translated as The Flea in the Ear, this farcial confusion was written by the French novelist Ernest Aimee Feydeau

Henry Martyn
HENRY MARTYN English missionary and orientalist; translated the New Testament into Hindustani and Psalms into Persian

Comic Postcard - Oxford - A Run with the Man-pursuing Hounds
A Run with the ανθρϖπο θηρϖμενοι Hounds has sketches of the proctors and bulldogs (Oxford University constables)

The Mother Fish
This illustration shows a mother fish teaching her children about the worm bait on a hook, accompanied with a caption translated from French, The worm, my children, is generally good only so far

La Batterie Des Hommes Sans Peur
This illustration shows an array of French military men preparing for battle behind a bank, with grooves slotted out for cannon barrels, cannonballs scatter the ground as a man sits beside a sign

The Foreigner
A sketch of a woman standing beside a stout man, was accompanied with a caption translated from French, You're hiding something from me, Zephyrin! Alas

A La Suite d'un Article Signe: Boulimy
This sketch shows a group of four gentlemen interacting, visually representing the following caption, translated in English. Mr

La Vertu Dedaignant Les Presents De L'Amour
This illustration, translated as Virtue Disdaining Love's Gifts portrays an old man wearing a bath robe, closely inspecting a little green book

La Fete Bat Son Plein
This illustration depicts a party in full swing, with a host or supervisor graciously welcoming a fashionably dressed young lady, accompanied with an older gentleman

Corporal Instructing His Men
An illustration depicting a corporal shouting as his organised unit of men, accompanied with the following translated caption

Au Temps Des Aieux
This painting, translated as In The Time Of Our Ancestors, depicts a series of figures, including an armoured knight standing amongst a pair of horses and a dog

Fleurs Et Choses
This still life oil painting, title translated to Flowers And Things, includes some plates of apples, grapes and a banana, to each side of a large vase of flowers. Date: circa 1920

Doorway, Sydney University
This etching shows an ornate arched doorway to the University of Sydney, established in 1850, their motto is sidere mens eadem mutato, translated as The stars change, the mind remains the same

French and German caricature soldiers face off
The splendidly drawn uniformed figures are divided by the German's boast of the strength of his armed forces and the Frenchman's literally translated reply So what? Clear off'

The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, Belgium
Talbot House, a rest house for soldiers and officers, was started by Padre Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton and was officially opened on 11 December 1915

SHAKESPEARE / BOTTOM
Act III, Scene I Bottom translated: O Bottom, thou art changd/What do I see on thee? Date: 1773

VERSAILLES FONTAINE
MONTAGNE DEAU (which can be loosely translated as : Mountain of Water) with mythological figures in the skies and on the ground Date: 1688

Works of Homer, First Edition translated by Chapman
Title page of the First Edition of The Whole Works of Homer translated into English by George Chapman, the main two works being The Iliad and The Odyssey. Date: 1616

78 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Engraved brass decorated with vignettes of Rachels Tomb and Absoloms Tomb, with animals, grapes and vine leaves

Cover design, Pinocchio, the Tale of a Puppet by C Collodi, translated from the Italian by M A Murray, illustrated by Charles Folkard. Showing three wooden puppets framed by theatrical curtains

Coat by Vionnet 1923
Simple tailored costume & matching scarf by Madeleine Vionnet translated into a sketch with futurist / cubist aplomb

Amos Cottle
AMOS COTTLE English poet who translated much Icelandic verse, not especially well, but it is to his credit that he did it at all. Date: 1768 - 1800

Sir Henry Savile
SIR HENRY SAVILE Scholar and Greek tutor to Elizabeth I, Savile translated Tacitus and edited Authorised Version of the Bible Date: 1549 - 1622

Alexander Pope / Stanton
ALEXANDER POPE Stanton Harcourt, near Oxford, where the English poet translated part of Homers Iliad: his study was in the upper room of the tower Date: 1688 - 1744

W, M Carey (Brocas)
WILLIAM CAREY - English Orientalist and Missionary. Also translated the scriptures into a number of Indian languages. Date: 1761 - 1834

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

Bunyan with the Bible
JOHN BUNYAN English preacher and writer depicted with the Holy Bible recently translated into the english language Date: 1628 - 1688

RECESVINTUS, Flavius ( -672). Visigoth King (653-672). Visigothic Code, also known as Forum iudicum, Liber Iudiciorum or Lex Visigothorum

85 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Engraved brass with silver and copper damascene work including five branched lamp and floral patterns

Notables at Rouen
Henri IV summons an Assemblee des Notables (roughly translated as assembly of notables) at Rouen, chiefly because he needs money and hopes they will agree taxes. Date: November 1596

Alfred Saker
ALFRED SAKER - English missionary in the Cameroons, translated bible into Duala : Livingstone considered him the most influential missionary in west Africa. Date: 1814 - 1880

Stefano Egidio Petroni
STEFANO EGIDIO PETRONI Italian writer who translated the Proverbs of Solomon into verse, having nothing better to do with his time... Date: circa 1815

Francis Hawkins
FRANCIS HAWKINS precocious jesuit youth depicted at age 8, at which age he translated Youths Behaviour. Date: 1628 - 1681

Illustration of the novel Julia takes the opportunity
" Illustration of the novel " Julia takes the opportunity" by Concordia Merrel. Spanish edition translated from English by Isabel de Palencia (1925-1930). Engraving."

Bible translated by Guyart des Moulins (14th c.). Building of Noahs ark. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Troyes. Biblioth豵 e Municipale (Municipal Library)

LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546). German religious reformer. First edition of the Bible translated into German by Luther (1534)

VITRUVIUS, Marcus Vitrubius Pollio (1th century BC). De Architectura (The Ten Books of Architecture), translated

BOSCAN Y ALMOGAVER, Juan (1495-1542). Spanish
" BOSCAN Y ALMOGAVER, Juan (1495-1542). Spanish Renaissance poet.; CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529). Italian Renaissance writer and politician. " The Book of the Courtier"

Entre Chats Six
A male ballet dancer demonstrates a entre chats six move. Literally translated as between six cats. He crosses and uncrosses 2 feet 3 times! Date: 1930s

Music cover for Wavering Sea Waltzes by J [Isabella] Scales. The words of the song are from the Swedish of Baroness Barnekow, translated by Margaret Elenora Tupper

Mr George Smith of The British Museum
George Smith had explored the site of ancient Nineveh adding to our knowledge of the Assyrian Empire. He also translated the Gilgamesh epic

Noco-shimatt-tash-tanaki, Chief of the Seminole, c. 1858
Portrait of a Seminole native American Indian chief, Noco-shimatt-tash-tanaki, translated as Grisly Bear, c.1858. The Chief is seen wearing a magnificent short jacket, headscarf and tasselled belt

Marine telephone
A telephone or marine alarum being used by a sailor. This worked on the principle of sending air through a series of valves and pistons to make various notes

Works of Homer, First Edition translated by Chapman
Title page of the First Edition of " The Whole Works of Homer" translated into English by George Chapman, the main two works being The Iliad and The Odyssey

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