Early-12th Century limestone altar from the Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption d’Avenas, Eastern France [1280×851]September 13, 2024
Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood, a fresco by Paolo Uccello commemorating the English mercenary/condottiero, commissioned in 1436 AD for Florence Cathedral [800×1291]September 13, 2024
Fortunius Licetus’s book titled,”De Monstrorum Causis, Natura, et Differentiis Libri Duo”, 1634. The book examines the causes, nature, and classification of various types of “monstrosities” or biological anomalies. [4070×5277]September 13, 2024
Fortunius Licetus’s book titled,”De Monstrorum Causis, Natura, et Differentiis Libri Duo”, 1634. The book examines the causes, nature, and classification of various types of “monstrosities” or biological anomalies. [764×968]September 13, 2024
Ulisse Aldrovandi’s illustration of a ”Hippopotamus and a Nile Crocodile”,1646.[2785×4336]September 13, 2024
Jeweled egg made of gold and enamel with inset sapphire by Alexander Edward Tillander, Russian, c. 1890s. [3087×3400]September 13, 2024
A large Roman rock-crystal ring, bearing the portrait of a woman in extremely high relief; her ornate three-tiered hairstyle popular around the year 100 AD., housed at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria [1075×913]September 12, 2024
White rose carved into pillar in the Porto Cathedral, Portugal, in honor of Philippa of Lancaster [3024×4032]September 12, 2024
