Character portrait of Blanche Walsh (1873-1915) wearing a headdress of pearls and jewels, a sheer sequined shawl, and bangles on her wrists, and leaning on an Egyptian sculpture with headdress. She performed at Macauley's Theatre in "La...
Composite of three separate portraits: James Young as himself (center), and portraying Hamlet (left) and Shylock (right) in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "A Merchant of Venice," respectively. Actor, director, and writer James Young...
Three-quarter length character portrait of left profile of Julia Marlowe, wearing a white robe. Julia Marlowe was a child actress born Sarah Frances Frost on August 17, 1865 in England. She spent her late childhood in the United States, and married...
Leaf from a twelfth century theology book, copied at the Monastery of Citeaux in France. The book was written on animal skins since paper was not used in Europe at that time, and was intended for study or for reading aloud within the monastic...
Khamsah--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
Persian poetry, written in calligraphy on handmade paper. One of Persia's most famous poets, the twelfth century Nizam-uddin Abu Mahommed Ilyas bin Yusuf lived most of his life in Ganja, in what now is Azerbaijan. Nizami is best remembered for his...
Antiphonaries--Illustrations; Gregorian chants--Illustrations; Music--Manuscripts--France; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval
Leaf from a fifteenth century French antiphonary, representing a segment of text related to the Feast of the Crown of Thorns. Also called an antiphonal or antiphoner, an antiphonary collects portions of psalms and hymns sung during liturgies or...
