drawing of different frontispieces; and notes:

Imprint from colophon

[6], 772 [i.e. 762], [90] p. : fol

Illustrated half title of Under the Waves showing divers in full attire coming out of the side ports of a copper helmet bearing the book title.

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera cum Seruii, Donati, e... Venice 1542

Ходила на поиски одного сокровища , в итоге нашла другое. К слову, первое сокровище тоже объявилось, но без суперобложки и следовательно было списано со счетов, как

Vol. 1 has title: El Album mexicano. Perìodoco de literatura, artes y bellas letras

Mounted HunterHunting was a truly royal pastime, as was feasting, and during the fifteenth century most court-commissioned manuscripts had double-page frontispieces of either a royal hunt or a royal feast

Mounted HunterHunting was a truly royal pastime, as was feasting, and during the fifteenth century most court-commissioned manuscripts had double-page frontispieces of either a royal hunt or a royal feast

Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818 The monk : a romance in three volumes / by M.G. Lewis. A new edition with plates. Published: Paris : Printed for Theophilus Barrois, Junior, bookseller, No. 5 Quay Voltaire, MDCCCVII [1807] 56 L58 807 Copy 1 Bound in one vol., uncut, without frontispieces; in plain brown paper wrapper…

This large-format, illuminated Timurid copy of the Qur’an is believed to have been produced in Northern India in the ninth century AH / fifteenth CE. The manuscript opens with a series of illuminated frontispieces. The main text is written in a large vocalized polychrome muḥaqqaq script. Marginal explanations of the readings of particular words and phrases are in thuluth and naskh scripts, and there is interlinear Persian translation in red naskh script. The fore-edge flap of the gold-tooled, brown leather binding is inscribed with verses 77 through 80 from Chapter 56 (Sūrat al-wāqiʿah). The seal of Sultan Bayezid II (1481-1512 CE) appears on fol. 8a. There is an erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp of Sultan ʿUthmān Khān (1027-31 CE) on fol. 3a. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.

This folio is half of what was a double-page frontispiece depicting King Solomon on the right and Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, on the left. The Calderwood painting represents Solomon and his court, including his vizier Asaf, surrounded by animals, birds, angels, and divs. This scene is not linked to the text of the Shahnama per se, but rather reflects concepts of the ideal ruler. Similar depictions of Solomon appear as frontispieces in many Safavid illustrated manuscripts, merging the image of the just king with that of a prophet who is close to God. The rich detail, bright colors, and lively composition of this frontispiece would have made it visually suitable for introducing the kingly adventures narrated and depicted in the following pages of the manuscript. The painting is surrounded by a wide band of illumination, in blue and gold with delicate floral tracery.

This large-format, illuminated Timurid copy of the Qur’an is believed to have been produced in Northern India in the ninth century AH / fifteenth CE. The manuscript opens with a series of illuminated frontispieces. The main text is written in a large vocalized polychrome muḥaqqaq script. Marginal explanations of the readings of particular words and phrases are in thuluth and naskh scripts, and there is interlinear Persian translation in red naskh script. The fore-edge flap of the gold-tooled, brown leather binding is inscribed with verses 77 through 80 from Chapter 56 (Sūrat al-wāqiʿah). The seal of Sultan Bayezid II (1481-1512 CE) appears on fol. 8a. There is an erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp of Sultan ʿUthmān Khān (1027-31 CE) on fol. 3a. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.