Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Bartending--Technological innovations; Block diagrams; Quadratic assignment problem
Typically bartenders will arrange liquor bottles in a bar based on their own preferences. This research project describes an alternative way to arrange the bottles on the speed rail more efficiently. This will allow bartenders to make drinks...
Rabbit playing flute sitting on a pink egg. Chicks dance around the bottom of the egg. A couplet is printed on the egg: "Hope and gladness, peace and rest / Make your Easter truly blest." Message dated "Easter 1911" on verso....
Former Soviet republics--Politics and government; Youth movements--Former Soviet republics; Georgia (Republic)--Politics and government--1991-; Kyrgyzstan--Politics and government--1991-; Ukraine--Politics and government--1991-
In 1991, as democratic ideals spread through the former Soviet sphere, newly independent nations and satellite countries began engaging in the truly challenging, albeit hopeful task of dual state- and democracy-building endeavors. After twenty...
The thesis deals with the political career of John Marshall Harlan prior to his appointment in 1877 as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Throughout the majority of those twenty-three active years in Kentucky politics, Harlan...
Sculpture; Figurines; Human body; Heads (Anatomy); Animals; Lions
"One of the earliest sculptures discovered to date is an extraordinary ivory statuette, which may be as old as 30,000 BCE, from a cave at Hohlenstein-Stadel in Germany. Carved out of mammoth ivory and nearly a foot tall - a truly huge image...
Full-length character portrait of actors Alphonse (sometimes spelled Alphonz) Ethier and Mae Burgess in costume for their roles as Ben Hur and Iras, respectively, which they performed at Macauley's Theatre in the March 1905 production of "Ben...
Character portrait of performer C. A. McManus wearing a fur hat, overcoat, suit jacket, and striped tie with stickpin. Inscription on mount, lower right: Yours truly C. A. McManus. Inscription on mount verso, upper center: Your old friend with best...
Character portrait of actor, director, and stage manager Thomas Coffin Cooke in a costume consisting of a helmet with mail and plush robes. Cooke was born in Montgomery, Alabama, ca. 1874, and died June 10, 1939 in Bayside, New York. He appeared in...
Full-length character portrait of stage and screen actor Alphonse (sometimes spelled Alphonz) Ethier in costume as Ben Hur, a role he performed at Macauley's Theatre in March 1905. He wears a helmet, chain metal vest, short tunic, and Roman...
Full-length character portrait of British actor and theatre manager Sir Francis Robert Benson. He is standing with arms raised, and wears a ragged tunic with mismatched socks and shoes, possibly a jester or Harlequin costume. Inscription on print,...
Full-length character portrait of actor, director, and writer Edmund Reese in costume for the role of John B. Ryder in Charles Klein's "The Lion and the Mouse," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre in October 1908. He stands on a...
Three-quarter length character portrait of actor Oliver Doud Byron in costume for his role as John Burkett Ryder in "The Lion and the Mouse," which he performed at Macauley's Theatre in November 1907. He holds a pen and paper, and wears a...
Three-quarter length character portrait of stage and screen actor and stage director William T. (W. T.) Carleton standing with one hand on his hip and the other holding a bowler hat and a cane. He wears a suit, tie, cape, and gloves. Carleton was...
Full-length character portrait of performer and producer William H. Crane in costume for the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in "The Rivals." He wears a tri-cornered hat, overcoat, frilly collar, boots, and leans on a cane. Crane was born...
Character portrait of stage and screen actor Alphonse (sometimes spelled Alphonz) Ethier with arms folded. He wears a Roman tunic, with decorate necklaces, belt, and headband. Ethier was born December 10, 1874, in Virginia City, Nevada, and died...
Three-quarter length character portrait of Alfred M. Hampton standing with hands in pockets, wearing a top hat, overcoat, and three-piece suit with pin-striped pants. Inscription on mount, lower center: Yours truly Alf. M. Hampton. Location of...
Three-quarter length character portrait of performer Felix Haney in costume for the role of "Hi Holler" in "Way Down East," which he performed at Macauley's Theatre in October - November, 1901. He wears a straw hat, unbuttoned...
Three-quarter length character portrait of performer Felix Haney in costume for the role of "Hi Holler" in "Way Down East," which he performed at Macauley's Theatre in October - November, 1901. He wears a bowler hat, suit...
