Topic: engravings

[Christ crowned with thorns] / MS.

[The Angel of the Annunciation] / MS.

[Christ praying on the Mount of Olives] / M.S.

Bartsch, 9. Leher (?), 19.

Man of sorrow

Print shows Jesus Christ on the cross.

[Medieval depiction of earth as wheel encircled by ocean; and surround...

Aristotellis stragiritae de historia animalium liber primus

Decorative border and text in: De natura animalium [...] / Aristotle. Venice : Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1492. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C... more

[World map by Ptolemy]

[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monste...

Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Magenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 79.

[Medieval universe, with heaven above, bands containing stars, and ear...

[Life of the Virgin. Angel appearing to Joachim] / AD.

[Roman soldiers bearing the trophies in triumph]

[Pietro da Montagnana, a Paduan medical teacher surrounded by Greek an...

Illus. in: Fasciculus medicinae / Johannes de Ketham. Venice : J. and G. de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 130.

[Remondino de Luzzi overseeing assistant in dissection of cadaver as s...

Two nude men: one standing, one reclining / Micarino, fec.

[St. Cecilia surrounded by four saints]

[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or bo...

Simone, Sanese, Pittor, Simon Memmi / DL.

Simone Martini, half-length portrait, facing right.

[The Triumph of Time]

Allegorical representation of Time, winged man, on chariot pulled by two deer.

[St. Eustace] / AD [monogram].

16th century mechanized warfare

Photograph shows reproduction of engraving of mechanized catapult.

[The visitation]

Print after Albrecht Dürer's woodcut Visitation, no. 8 in his Life of the Virgin series, shows the Virgin and St. Elizabeth, both pregnant, greeting each other as Zacharias stands in a doorway. Dürer's pet dog ... more

[St. George on horseback] / AD [monogram].

[Susanna and the elders]

[The knight, Death, and the Devil] / AD [monogram].

[St. Jerome in his study] / AD [monogram].

[Dancing peasant couple] / AD [monogram].

Bradley Collection (Library of Congress). Meder, 88

[Blood-letting guide, with phases of moon and points from which blood ...

[Halberdier on horseback]

[Madonna with the pear]

[Architectural elements, floor plan, and elevation from handbook on cl...

[Bird's-eye view of a large scale water supply system showing tunnels ...

Saint Christopher facing left AD monogram

Print shows Saint Christopher crossing a river carrying infant Jesus on his shoulders. Title devised by Library staff. Trimmed to plate mark. Print no. 53 from Marsh Collection.

[St. Christopher, facing right] / AD [monogram].

Saint Christopher walking across river with child on his back, hermit in background.

[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bor...

[Milan Cathedral, plan, elevation, and architectural elements from han...

[Title page of De arte supputandi, book four; with decorated border in...

[Portrait of Lucas van Leyden] / L [monogram].

[Self-portrait, aged 28]

[Telescoping siege machine]

Print shows a telescoping tower raised from beneath by a screw mechanism manipulated by two men, used during siege warfare to gain an advantage of height by those perpetrating the siege.

[Air mattress made from animal skins]

Print shows two soldiers resting on an air mattress made by sewing together and inflating animal skins.

[Underwater breathing apparatus]

Print shows a device with a long tube for breathing, worn over the head, to allow a soldier to walk underwater; also shows the device being used in the background. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Fl.... more

[Jan van Leyden]

Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 182. Hubbard Collection.

[Saint Benedict presenting his monastic regulations to r. padre frate ...

Haec est forma vivaque torqueti mago suis, et numeris, ...

Print shows a torquetum, a 16th century measuring device. Title from item. Illus. in: Astronomicum cæsareum. [Ingolstadii : 1540]. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ...... more

[The story of the first men]

Print shows 6 small scenes. Each measures ca. 8.8 x 6.5 cm.

Pictores operis, Heinricus Fullmaurer, Albertus Meyer, sculptor Vitus ...

Portraits of the three men who created the illustrations for this botanical book. Heinrich Füllmaurer transferring drawing to woodblock, Albrecht Meyer drawing the plant on the table, and Veit Rudolph Speckle, ... more

The Birth fygures

Woman's stool (birthing chair), fetus in uterus, feet down, and fetus in uterus, head down, latter marked "This is the naturall and best way of birth".

Cucumis sativus vulgaris, cucumern

Illustration shows a Cucumber plant.

Quarta musculos commonstrantium figura, omnes in posteriori corporis

Anatomical rare view of cadaver standing on skull holding head sections, with bones and musculature keyed to surrounding text.

[Man's head, showing anatomy of brain; and surrounding text]

[Page in Opera, quae Quidem extant, omnia; with mathematical diagram k...

[Apocalypse]

[Mathematician Girolamo Cardano, half-length portrait in oval, facing ...

[Architectural plan and elevation of a bridge showing piers, arches, a...

[Illustration of ballistics showing cannon with Tartaglia's gun quadra...

[A folding, pocket-sized sundial]

[Eagle with prominent claws; and surrounding text]

Exemplum balistæ quadrirotis

Print shows two soldiers with a horse-drawn ballista. The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications. The horses are well covered with armor.

Expositio liburnæ

Print shows an oxen-powered paddle-wheel ship used for military purposes.

Expositio thoracomachi

Print shows a soldier wearing a cuirass, a leather tunic or breastplate, used as protective armor during battle. Also shown are leather helmets, leggings, and footwear. Title from item. Illus. in: Notitia vtraq... more

[Sickbed with pox victim and text with decorated initials]

[Title page of Quesit et inventioni diverse; with half length portrait...

[Method of raising sunken ship with five ropes and ships, diagram of c...

Portraict des of de l'oyseau

Bird skeleton with bones lettered for comparison with human skeleton; partial key at bottom.

Portraict de l'amas des os humains, mis en comparaison de l'anatomie d...

Human skeleton with bones lettered for comparison with a bird skeleton.

[Male and female mandrake roots]

Justicia

Justice stands blindfolded as people around her are being tortured.

[A horizontal sundial]

[Ornate title page illustration for I qvattro libri dell'architettvra ...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: I qvattro libri dell'architettvra, ... / Andrea Palladio. Venetia : D. de' Franceschi, 1570, title page. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Weste... more

[Floor plan and elevation of a classical style house]

[Illustrations of 16th century knives, forks, and other utensils]

[Interior view of large, spacious kitchen with cooks preparing a meal]

[First chapter of Spiritalium liber; with decortated initial C. in whi...

[A man operating a lathe with fixed cutting tool driven by the action ...

[Allegorical representation of Time rewarding Industry and punishing I...

Bradley Collection. Inscription: Praemia virtutum .. Pigritiae.

Strabon geographe

Strabo, half-length portrait, facing right, holding world globe.

[Philip II of Spain] / Ieronimus W. fe.

Head-and-shoulders portrait facing slightly right.

[A standard bearer holding the banner of his regiment] / H. Goltzius f...

Maria Regina Scotiae--Mortis at Horrendam Faciem [...] / PM.

Mary, Queen of Scots, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.

Titiani Vercellii pictoris celeberrimi ac famosissimi vera effigies

Titian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.

[Aged eagle bathing in fountain, in an animal allegory of renewal by b...

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...

[Folding bridge - two views, top extended across moat, bottom folded p...

Far che con un dracone ...

An automatic theater run by a water siphon system, moving Hercules, with club, a dragon, and a fountain; surrounding text and decorated initial V.

[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...

[The dances at their great feasts]

Native men and women dancing around a circle defined by posts with carved faces, three Native women stand together in the center of circle.

[Obelisk erected at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome following its re...

[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...

[Map of the coast of Virginia in 1585] / autore Ioanne With ; sculptor...

[The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform.

[How the chief ladies of the town of Dasamonquepeio dress and carry th...

Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native woman of Dasamonquepeio showing manner of dress and way of carrying a child on her back; view of river and landscape in the background.

[How they cook their fish] / T.B.

Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... more

[Obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of S...

[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B.

Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background.

[How they build boats] / T.B.

Native men making dugout boats by burning and scraping with seashells.

[A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]

Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten de... more

[The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]

Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river.

[How they catch fish]

Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish.