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Stone tablet or altar: an offering represented within a border of Hieroglyphics, found in a tomb at Thebes. Discovered by the Earl of Belmore, 1818. Same size as the original.

Stone tablet or altar: an offering represented within a border of Hier...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Full-page miniature of Pentecost. Elaborate full border with human figures

Full-page miniature of Pentecost. Elaborate full border with human fi...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miniature showing 1. Venus enthroned as Queen of Cypriens, beneath a red canopy, surrounded by couples at play; 2. temple scene with worshippers and statue of goddess; 3. scene showing prostitues; 4. ships in harbor. Border design, initial and rubric.

Miniature showing 1. Venus enthroned as Queen of Cypriens, beneath a r...

Public domain photo of French sculpture, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Sempronia displaying her skill in rhetoric before three noblemen who applaud her; 2. Sempronia dancing with five men in a village square at dusk, while a second woman plays a long wind instrument. Initial and border design.

Miniature showing 1. Sempronia displaying her skill in rhetoric before...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. portrait of Mariamne and Aristobolus shown by kneeling man to royal couple; 2. Mariamne, naked except for a crown, engulfed by flames at the stake as townspeople look on. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. portrait of Mariamne and Aristobolus shown by kne...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing the Empress Irene condemning her son, Constantine, to prison. She sits on a hexagonal raised platform; he is restrained by two figures. Initial, rubric and border design.

Miniature showing the Empress Irene condemning her son, Constantine, t...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Post Office. Above, eagle, etc. To the left, above: High Bridge; below : Odd Fellow's Hall. To the right, above: Harlem Rail Road ; below: Gothic Hall. Decorative border. Underneath, left: No. 3

Post Office. Above, eagle, etc. To the left, above: High Bridge; below...

Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Small initial with border decoration, rubrics, placemarkers, catchword.

Small initial with border decoration, rubrics, placemarkers, catchword...

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Miniature of the Visitation; initials, border.

Miniature of the Visitation; initials, border.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

12493-Silver Lake, Park and Pavilion, Richmond Turnpike, S.I. [view of restaurant complex across lake, white border on bottom edge]

12493-Silver Lake, Park and Pavilion, Richmond Turnpike, S.I. [view of...

Public domain photograph of a postcard, historic place view, landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Text with placemarkers, rubric, and large blue initial. Border design with leaves and grotesques.

Text with placemarkers, rubric, and large blue initial. Border design...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Full-page miniature of Pentecost. Elaborate full border with human figures

Full-page miniature of Pentecost. Elaborate full border with human fi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with statue figures and multi-colored designs. Opening of text of Luke.

Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with s...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with statue figures and multi-colored designs. Opening of text of Luke.

Small miniature of St. Luke. Very elaborate frame-like border, with s...

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Miniature showing 1. Curia and Quintus Lucretius and a female attendant in a private chamber, with Lucretius' hiding place visible; 2. Curia, feigning grief, approaches townpeople crowded together in a town square. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Curia and Quintus Lucretius and a female attendan...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Antonia in her widowhood, spinning at her wheel while female attendants card and twist. Initial and border design.

Miniature showing Antonia in her widowhood, spinning at her wheel whil...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. two ships full of soldiers; 2. Camiola's proposal of marriage with the imprisoned Roland; 3. Camiola delivers her oration to the ecclesiastical judge, who sits on a throne, attended by nobles. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. two ships full of soldiers; 2. Camiola's proposal...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Large red initial on gold field, full border design, small initials, rubrics.

Large red initial on gold field, full border design, small initials, r...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of John the Evangelist, 3-line blue initial, border design. Main hand (hand 1).

Miniature of John the Evangelist, 3-line blue initial, border design. ...

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Grace-Church (Broadway). Above, over border line: New York

Grace-Church (Broadway). Above, over border line: New York

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Columbia College dedicated to the Class of '52 by Harvey B. Dodworth. New York. Above, within border: Old College Sycamore Schottisch

Columbia College dedicated to the Class of '52 by Harvey B. Dodworth. ...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Text with "branch" linefiller, initials, catchword, border design.

Text with "branch" linefiller, initials, catchword, border design.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

'Ain el Weibeh, on the border of Edom, in the valley of El Jeib. The name signifies "hole with water.: Many authorities regard this now deserted place as the site of Kadesh Barnea.

'Ain el Weibeh, on the border of Edom, in the valley of El Jeib. The ...

Public domain scan of an art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Different scribe or different script style; border of strewn flowers, insects, bird.

Different scribe or different script style; border of strewn flowers, ...

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Pages of text with various initials and border designs.

Pages of text with various initials and border designs.

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Title and opening of Gospel of Matthew. Miniature of Matthew. Elaborate full border with human figures.

Title and opening of Gospel of Matthew. Miniature of Matthew. Elabor...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of a paved walk with cadets lined up along border of trees.]

[View of a paved walk with cadets lined up along border of trees.]

New York State stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w... More

Miniature showing workers constructing a gothic temple to Juno, featuring a golden statue of the goddess, and and showing worshippers kneeling before a statue of the goddess. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing workers constructing a gothic temple to Juno, featur...

Public domain photo of French sculpture, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing torture chamber. Leaena is shown lying on a table, bound by feet and wrists to cords drawn through rings on walls. Attendents rack her, two cowled men stand apart. She spits her tongue at one of them. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing torture chamber. Leaena is shown lying on a table, ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Claudia's father arriving in the Capitol, with an entourage. A younger man attacks his carriage. Claudia (a vestal virgin) dressed as a nun, approaches the man, threatening him with a golden rod. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing Claudia's father arriving in the Capitol, with an en...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Virginia exiting the temple of Pudicitia, expelled by a group of women; 2. Virginia directs three workman constructing tower of temple of Pudicitia. Stone cutter works on block of stone. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Virginia exiting the temple of Pudicitia, expelle...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing the young Roman woman giving milk from her breast to her condemned mother, while the jailer, holding the key, observes them through a barred window. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing the young Roman woman giving milk from her breast to...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Sempronia defending herself against Equitius before the Roman magistrate. She reads from a book open on a lectern before a seated tribune. Initial, rubric and border design.

Miniature showing Sempronia defending herself against Equitius before ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Cleopatra and Antony seated at a banquet table, touching hands; 2. Cleopatra stands next to Antony's golden sepulchre; 3. Cleopatra in Alexandria, kneeling before Octavian in supplication. Initial and border design.

Miniature showing 1. Cleopatra and Antony seated at a banquet table, t...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Taken by Mrs. Kinney, 1899: Through the pine border of Islesford; Islesford, abandoned. Great Cranberry Island across harbor; Islesford, looking toward wharf and Mount Desert, Maine coast; From Hotel Islesford, looking toward pine border and the sea.

Taken by Mrs. Kinney, 1899: Through the pine border of Islesford; Isle...

Miniature of the Visitation, initials, linefillers, border design.

Miniature of the Visitation, initials, linefillers, border design.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Visitation is a scene in the New Testament that depicts the ... More

Annunciation to the Shepherds; large initial, border design, placemarkers.

Annunciation to the Shepherds; large initial, border design, placemark...

The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to announce that she had been chosen to give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. The event is recorded in the New Testamen... More

Opening of main text, miniature of Annunciation with border decoration, initials and linefiller.

Opening of main text, miniature of Annunciation with border decoration...

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel G... More

Miniature of John the Baptist and seemingly different style of border decoration. Text in gold.

Miniature of John the Baptist and seemingly different style of border ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of David and Goliath. Initials, border, placemarkers.

Miniature of David and Goliath. Initials, border, placemarkers.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Opening of first book, miniature with large blue initial, border design, arms of first owner, placemarkers, rubric.

Opening of first book, miniature with large blue initial, border desig...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Larger initial, plus 2-line and 1-line initials, border design, rubrics.

Larger initial, plus 2-line and 1-line initials, border design, rubric...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birdseye(sic) View of St. George [looking North] Staten Island [printed on lower white border]

Birdseye(sic) View of St. George [looking North] Staten Island [printe...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New York postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Opening of text, large initial, miniature of Resurrection with instruments of crucifixion, border design with grotesque and bird.

Opening of text, large initial, miniature of Resurrection with instrum...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of Semiramis on horseback, in full armor, with head bare. She leads an army against Babylon, which is shown as a castle defended by crossbowmen. Border design, initial, rubric.

Miniature of Semiramis on horseback, in full armor, with head bare. S...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Isis inscribing book of laws amidst a group of farmers; 2. the apotheosis of Io and the goddess adored in her temple at Rome; 3. Io's ship with its sail furled. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Isis inscribing book of laws amidst a group of fa...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Orithya kneels and holds scepter to Hercules, who presents Menalippe in chains; 2. armies of Athenians and Amazons charge at each other; 3. empty warships of Hercules docked in the harbor. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Orithya kneels and holds scepter to Hercules, who...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. the murder of Rhea Ilia's brother Lausus by her uncle Amulius, while Rhea Ilia watches; 2. Rhea Ilia, dressed as nun, in bed, with newborn Romulus and Remus; 3. Rhea Ilia buried while wolf suckles twins. Initial, rubric, border design

Miniature showing 1. the murder of Rhea Ilia's brother Lausus by her u...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing: 1. Lucretia lying in a blue-starred canopy bed, while Sextus approaches with his sword raised; 2. Lucretia stabs herself in the chest with a dagger, while Collatinus is prevented from coming to her aid. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing: 1. Lucretia lying in a blue-starred canopy bed, wh...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of Busa gazing heavenward as she holds a golden veil out to cloth a man wearing only a shirt. Two hungry men approach a table set with food. A third pairing of men clasp hands. Twho other men watch. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature of Busa gazing heavenward as she holds a golden veil out to ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Agrippina lashed to a golden table by a male figure, while Tiberius, in a papal miter, stands by with a raised sword. Another man tries to force Agrippina to eat; another is lifting a jug from the floor. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing Agrippina lashed to a golden table by a male figure,...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Pope Joan, who has just given birth to an infant during a Church procession. The infant lies on the ground and Joan kneels before it, arms raised in praise. Two cardinals, priest, and crowd observe. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing Pope Joan, who has just given birth to an infant dur...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Under the Mushrooms of Midland Beach, Staten Island, N.Y. [white border, boardwalk scene, and mushroom sun shelters, lots of people]

Under the Mushrooms of Midland Beach, Staten Island, N.Y. [white bord...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New York postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Opening of main text, large gold initial, rubric, border design.

Opening of main text, large gold initial, rubric, border design.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of the Crucifixion, and border decoration.

Miniature of the Crucifixion, and border decoration.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Opening of main text, miniature of John Evangelist. Initial, border design.

Opening of main text, miniature of John Evangelist. Initial, border d...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Opening of text, with miniature of consecrated host in a chalice, and with elaborate border design.

Opening of text, with miniature of consecrated host in a chalice, and ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Page of text with rubric, placemarkers, large red initial, and border design including human figures.

Page of text with rubric, placemarkers, large red initial, and border ...

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of skeletons accosting knights, large and small initials, linefiller, full border with grotesques.

Miniature of skeletons accosting knights, large and small initials, li...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A make-shift camp on the border of desolation in the fire scourged disctrict of San Francisco.

A make-shift camp on the border of desolation in the fire scourged dis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Allegorical border with view of an unidentified city.

Allegorical border with view of an unidentified city.

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The valley of the Adonis (Nahr Ibrahim). The scenery in this valley was not surpassed by any in Lebanon. The hillsides are in many places clothed with pines and oak-trees, and groves of mulberry and fruit-trees border the stream.

The valley of the Adonis (Nahr Ibrahim). The scenery in this valley wa...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miniature showing Leontia in a courtyard, studying a book propped up on a lectern before her. Other books scattered around. In middle distance, meeting of groups of courtesans and customers. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing Leontia in a courtyard, studying a book propped up o...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Group of worshippers at statue of Latona. Niobe, dressed as a queen, stands apart, trying to sway people from their worship; 2. Niobe mourns over the corpses of her husband, Amphion, and her children. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Group of worshippers at statue of Latona. Niobe,...

Public domain photo of French sculpture, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Arachne at her loom, surrounded by men, with scene of lovers on tapestry and female figure on bare warp threads; 2. Arachne hung by a rope in a bare gray chamber, arms akimbo. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Arachne at her loom, surrounded by men, with scen...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Marriage of Jocasta and Oedipus on the steps of a gothic church; 2. Jocasta appears to argue with Oedipus; 3. Jocasta's and Oedipus' sons go to battle in the presence of their sisters. Rubric, initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Marriage of Jocasta and Oedipus on the steps of a...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Pamphila and two servants or students gather cotton, with walled city in background; 2. Pamphila carding the cotton while the servants clean and wind it. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Pamphila and two servants or students gather cott...

Public domain manuscript page scan, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. tents of Scythians attacked by the army of Cyrus, while the Scythian army approaches in the distance; 2. Thamyris stands over Cyrus, who is about to be beheaded by a soldier. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. tents of Scythians attacked by the army of Cyrus,...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Thamyris seated before an easel in an urban square, and she paints a portrait of Diana; 2. the finished portrait is visible on an altar through the window of a church in the middle distance. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Thamyris seated before an easel in an urban squar...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Claudia Quinta hauling a rope attached to a golden ship that carries the marble statue of a goddess. A group of men and women watch from across the harbor. Initial and border design.

Miniature showing Claudia Quinta hauling a rope attached to a golden s...

Public domain photo of French sculpture, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Large illuminated initial, smaller initials, rubrics, border design.

Large illuminated initial, smaller initials, rubrics, border design.

Opening of French section, in mid-sentence. Initials and border design.

Opening of French section, in mid-sentence. Initials and border desig...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of mass for the dead? Large initial, border decoration.

Miniature of mass for the dead? Large initial, border decoration.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of Annunciation, border design with merman playing horn, initials, linefiller.

Miniature of Annunciation, border design with merman playing horn, ini...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel appea... More

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Full-page miniature, in elaborate full border including human figures.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Seventh map of Europe (Sardinia and Sicily), in full gold border.

Seventh map of Europe (Sardinia and Sicily), in full gold border.

Public domain scan of 15th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Page of text with initials, gold border with flowers and insects.

Page of text with initials, gold border with flowers and insects.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Page of text with initials, border design and quire number.

Page of text with initials, border design and quire number.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

First map of Asia (Asia minor), in full gold border.

First map of Asia (Asia minor), in full gold border.

Public domain scan of 15th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount. Elaborate full border with human figures.

Full-page miniature of the Sermon on the Mount. Elaborate full border...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ninth map of Europe (the Balkans, northern Greece, the Dardanelles and Byzantium), in full gold border.

Ninth map of Europe (the Balkans, northern Greece, the Dardanelles and...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. Hypsipyle enthroned in public square, before her husband's supposed pyre, with armed women slaying men; 2. Hypsipyle sold to pirates by Lycurgus; 3. Hypsipyle and Lycurgus on boats. Initial and border design.

Miniature showing 1. Hypsipyle enthroned in public square, before her ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. the centaur Nessus pierced by the arrow of Hercules following his attempt to abduct Deianaira, who takes tunic covered in the centaur's blood; 2. Servant presents the tunic to Hercules in his bedroom. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. the centaur Nessus pierced by the arrow of Hercul...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing 1. the betrothal of Sophonisba to Syphax; 2. Syphax alone and bereft; 3. Sophonisba stands before a kneeling figure and drinks from a poisoned chalice. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. the betrothal of Sophonisba to Syphax; 2. Syphax ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Dripetua riding sidesaddle on a white horse, wearing a rose dress with gold highlights, escorted by soldiers and nobles in armor; the artist has not portrayed her deformity. Initial, rubric and border design.

Miniature showing Dripetua riding sidesaddle on a white horse, wearing...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature showing Roman archers surrounding and attacking the palace chamber where Mithridates, Hypsicratea, and three others are drinking poison from chalices and falling to the ground. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing Roman archers surrounding and attacking the palace c...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Text with initials, linefillers, border design, catchword.

Text with initials, linefillers, border design, catchword.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Opening of text and miniature of descent from Cross; large initial and full border.

Opening of text and miniature of descent from Cross; large initial and...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Explicit, border design, initial, rubric.

Explicit, border design, initial, rubric.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of St. Stephen, large white initial, full border design.

Miniature of St. Stephen, large white initial, full border design.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of mass for the dead. Full border decoration, initial, rubric.

Miniature of mass for the dead. Full border decoration, initial, rubr...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of mass with Christ and instruments of crucifixion. Border design.

Miniature of mass with Christ and instruments of crucifixion. Border ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Text with placemarkers and rubric and large red initial; border design drawn in but not yet colored.

Text with placemarkers and rubric and large red initial; border design...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Miniature of John the Evangelist. 3-line blue initial, rubric, and full border with animals and grotesque.

Miniature of John the Evangelist. 3-line blue initial, rubric, and fu...

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Traditional site of Bethphage, the house of figs, on the ridge which leads from the Mount of Olives to the hill above Bethany. Fig-trees grow by the wayside, and branches of the fig-tree border the picture

Traditional site of Bethphage, the house of figs, on the ridge which l...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First map of Asia (Asia minor), in full gold border.

First map of Asia (Asia minor), in full gold border.

Public domain scan of 15th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miniature showing 1. Athaliah, crowned, extends her hands to 2 youths being slain; 2. coronation of Jehoash by two bishops; 3. three citizens observe over a wall; 4. the body of Athaliah is dragged from castle gate by her hair. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Athaliah, crowned, extends her hands to 2 youths ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Interior of Store, Beach Park Drug Co. 612 Midland Avenue, Midland Beach, Staten Island, N.Y. [wonderful interior of soda fountain and people at the counter, Coca Cola and Breyers signs, narrow white border around.]

Interior of Store, Beach Park Drug Co. 612 Midland Avenue, Midland Bea...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New York postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Miniature of Virgin and Child, with diapered background. Large initial, border design. French text.

Miniature of Virgin and Child, with diapered background. Large initial...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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