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Miniature of David watching Bathsheba bathe, initial, border design, rubric and linefiller.

Miniature of David watching Bathsheba bathe, initial, border design, r...

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

Page of text with multi-colored initials, border design, gold writing and red lines as placemarkers.

Page of text with multi-colored initials, border design, gold writing ...

Picryl description: Public domain manuscript page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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 from Robert Dennis collection of stereoscopic prints, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

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

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

Public domain image of an artwork, medieval, renaissance, 14th, 15th, 16th-century art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing the Hudson river and adjacent country. [On lower border] view of the Weehawken property of the West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co.

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing th...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

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 from Robert Dennis collection of stereoscopic prints, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

She bolted with a border to Chicago
Miniature showing 1. two female and two male figures facing each other; 2. the wedding of Nero and Poppaea, performed by a bishop; Nero, holding a sword, kicks Poppaea out of bed, with one foot on her abdomen.  Initial and border design.

Miniature showing 1. two female and two male figures facing each other...

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

Miniature showing 1. warring factions of Romans and Palmirians represented by a joust scene; 2. procession into Rome, with Zenobia paraded before the emperor as a prisoner. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing 1. warring factions of Romans and Palmirians represe...

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

Back cover, with large initial, border design, and music.
Catchword, small initials, rubrics, border decorations and linefillers.

Catchword, small initials, rubrics, border decorations and linefillers...

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

Opening of text in French, initial and border design.

Opening of text in French, initial and border design.

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

Opening of text.  Full illuminated border.  Rubric and gold lettering.  Large gold initial on illuminated field.  Three lines of music and text.

Opening of text. Full illuminated border. Rubric and gold lettering....

Picryl description: Public domain book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

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

Page of text with placemarkers, rubric, large red initial.  Scene shown in lower border.

Page of text with placemarkers, rubric, large red initial. Scene show...

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

Opening of text, 3-line initial and painted border design.  1-line initials and coat of arms.

Opening of text, 3-line initial and painted border design. 1-line ini...

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

Last page of text, with elaborate border.

Last page of text, with elaborate border.

Picryl description: Public domain manuscript page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Page of text with hierarchy of initials and border design.

Page of text with hierarchy of initials and border design.

Public domain manuscript page scan, medieval, 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.

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 manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing the Hudson river and adjacent country. [On lower border] view of the Weehawken property of the West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co.

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing th...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

She bolted with a border to Chicago
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...

California 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 who a... More

Miniature showing Seneca, lying dead in the bloody water of his tub, his arm hanging over the side; Pompeia, still alive, kneels in her tub holding a knife point to the inside of her elbow as blood spreads through the water.  Initial, border design.

Miniature showing Seneca, lying dead in the bloody water of his tub, h...

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

Opening of main text. Large painted initial showing Jerome as scribe extending far into border with animal figures.  Red and blue initials with penwork.  Rubric.  Book name and chapter number.

Opening of main text. Large painted initial showing Jerome as scribe e...

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

Explicit, border, and placemarkers.

Explicit, border, and placemarkers.

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

Opening of main text -- gothic script erased and humanistic written in.  3-line initial and border design.

Opening of main text -- gothic script erased and humanistic written in...

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

Different border style, small initials, linefillers, French text.

Different border style, small initials, linefillers, French text.

Picryl description: Public domain manuscript page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Miniature of the Circumcision. Border design, rubrics, placemarkers.

Miniature of the Circumcision. Border design, rubrics, placemarkers.

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

5-line initial with border design, small initials, rubric.

5-line initial with border design, small initials, rubric.

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

Opening of text.  5-line initial on gold showing Annunciation, with vines extending into border. 2-line initial on gold with many colors.  Rubrics.  1-line initial with penwork.

Opening of text. 5-line initial on gold showing Annunciation, with vi...

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 text and music.  Partial border design.  Historiated initial showing copyist at work.  Red and black initials.  Rubrics.
Second map of Europe (Spain).  Full gold border.

Second map of Europe (Spain). Full gold border.

Public domain image of an artwork, medieval, renaissance, 14th, 15th, 16th-century art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Tenth map of Europe (Mainland Greece and the islands), in full gold border.

Tenth map of Europe (Mainland Greece and the islands), in full gold bo...

Public domain scan of 15th-century drawing, 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 image of an artwork, medieval, renaissance, 14th, 15th, 16th-century art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Calendar page.  Gold initial on blue and red field, sprouting foliage into border.  Rubrics and linefillers.

Calendar page. Gold initial on blue and red field, sprouting foliage ...

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

Page of text; border design includes human figures.

Page of text; border design includes human figures.

Picryl description: Public domain manuscript page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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...

California 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 who a... More

Festoon border, Ridge Hill farms. Wellesley MA. Stereoscope card.

Festoon border, Ridge Hill farms. Wellesley MA. Stereoscope card.

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

She bolted with a border to Chicago
Baby's crossing dreamlands border
Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

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

Miniature showing the wedding of Engeldruda and Guido.  The emperor, wearing splendid armor, and other nobles observe.  Initial, border design and rubric.

Miniature showing the wedding of Engeldruda and Guido. The emperor, w...

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

Initial with illumination, red and blue initials, border design, rubrics and placemarkers.

Initial with illumination, red and blue initials, border design, rubri...

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

Opening of French text, large initial and border design.

Opening of French text, large initial and border design.

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

Opening of text, illuminated initial, 2-line and 1-line initials, partial border design, rubrics and placemarkers.

Opening of text, illuminated initial, 2-line and 1-line initials, part...

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

Page of French text with initials, linefillers, and border design.

Page of French text with initials, linefillers, and border design.

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

Page of text with rubrics, initials, linefillers and catchword.  Border design.

Page of text with rubrics, initials, linefillers and catchword. Borde...

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

Page of text with linefillers, small initials and border design.

Page of text with linefillers, small initials and border design.

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

Miniature of Augustine, opening of text, full border design, initial, hand 1.

Miniature of Augustine, opening of text, full border design, initial, ...

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

Page of text, medium and small initials, penwork in border, interesting cross-out.

Page of text, medium and small initials, penwork in border, interestin...

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

Miniature, elaborate border design, initials, rubrics.

Miniature, elaborate border design, initials, rubrics.

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

Opening of text. 3-line initial extending into border.  Red daubs as place-markers.  Note of ownership by Carthusians at Erfurt. Hand one.

Opening of text. 3-line initial extending into border. Red daubs as p...

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

First map of Africa (Straits of Gibraltar, northwest Africa), in full gold border.

First map of Africa (Straits of Gibraltar, northwest Africa), in full ...

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

Opening of main text.  Full border with human and animal figures.  Hierarchy of initials, with penwork.  Rubric.

Opening of main text. Full border with human and animal figures. Hie...

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

Opening of text, large letter with penwork, small initials and linefillers, hierarchy of scripts.  Large penwork feather drawn in border.

Opening of text, large letter with penwork, small initials and linefil...

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

Festoon border, Ridge Hill farms. Wellesley MA. Stereoscope card.

Festoon border, Ridge Hill farms. Wellesley MA. Stereoscope card.

Massachusetts 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 wh... More

Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

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

Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

Second map of Asia (Byzantium and surrounding), in full gold border.

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

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on border. Also view of Elliottville the property of Dr. S. M. Elliott.

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on borde...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Brooklyn, Vol. 1, 2nd Part, Double Page Plate No. 49; Part of Wards 26, Section 14; [Map bounded by Vandalia Ave., Cleveland St., Border Ave., Louisiana Ave., Fresh or First Creek; Including Malta St., Alabama Ave., Georgia Ave., Sheffield Ave.]

Brooklyn, Vol. 1, 2nd Part, Double Page Plate No. 49; Part of Wards 26...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Festoon border, Ridge Hill farms. Wellesley MA. Stereoscope card.

Festoon border, Ridge Hill farms. Wellesley MA. Stereoscope card.

Massachusetts 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 wh... More

[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.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia.  Personifications of the winds.  Full gold border.

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia. Personifications ...

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

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on border. Also view of Elliottville the property of Dr. S. M. Elliott.

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on borde...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Court House and County Clerk's Office  Richmond, Staten Island          [very tiny tape mark on border]

Court House and County Clerk's Office Richmond, Staten Island ...

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

Opening of main text in mid-sentence; border decoration and small initial.

Opening of main text in mid-sentence; border decoration and small init...

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

Opening of French text, border decorations.

Opening of French text, border decorations.

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

Opening of introduction, border design, large initial, rubric.

Opening of introduction, border design, large initial, rubric.

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

Fifth map of Europe (the Balkans), with gold border, commentary text in pink border with 4-line gold inital on pink and blue field.

Fifth map of Europe (the Balkans), with gold border, commentary text i...

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

Seventh map of Asia (Caspian Sea and east),in full gold border.

Seventh map of Asia (Caspian Sea and east),in full gold border.

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Opening of main text.  Large initial on gold field with miniature of Virgin and Child.  Multi-colored border design with human figure.  2-line and 1-line initials, rubrics and placemarkers.

Opening of main text. Large initial on gold field with miniature of V...

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

Quarter border, 3-line red initial on gold and blue field, rubric, opening of Paradoxa.

Quarter border, 3-line red initial on gold and blue field, rubric, ope...

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

Quarter border, 3-line blue initial on red and gold field, rubric, opening of De senectute.

Quarter border, 3-line blue initial on red and gold field, rubric, ope...

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

Topographical map of the city and county of New-York, and the adjacent country : with views in the border of the principal buildings, and interesting scenery of the island.

Topographical map of the city and county of New-York, and the adjacent...

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

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing the Hudson river and adjacent country. [On lower border] view of the Weehawken property of the West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co.

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing th...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia.  Personifications of the winds.  Full gold border

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia. Personifications ...

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

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on border. Also view of Elliottville the property of Dr. S. M. Elliott

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on borde...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia.  Personifications of the winds.  Full gold border

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia. Personifications ...

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

She bolted with a border to Chicago
Baby's crossing dreamlands border
Map of the country thirty three miles around the city of New York. [c. 1846] Revised ed., drawn by J.H.Colton. Decorated border with views of City Hall, New York and City Hall, Brooklyn.

Map of the country thirty three miles around the city of New York. [c....

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing the Hudson river and adjacent country. [On lower border] view of the Weehawken property of the West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co.

Watson's new map of New York and adjacent cities. Inset Map showing th...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia.  Personifications of the winds.  Full gold border.

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia. Personifications ...

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

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on border. Also view of Elliottville the property of Dr. S. M. Elliott.

Map of Staten Island o Richmond County. 16 views of buildings on borde...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Baby's crossing dreamlands border
Opening of text with elaborate border. Border includes kneeling Dominican nun, the book's patron, before the Virgin and Child, with Sts.George and John the Evangelist; erased plaque in the upper margin may have held the nun's name.

Opening of text with elaborate border. Border includes kneeling Domini...

Public domain scan of a document related to American history, Colonial period, 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 scan of a document related to American history, Colonial period, 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 book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Opening of text, large initial with Jerome as scribe and elaborate extension into border.  Small initials with penwork, rubrics, placemarkers, book name and chapter numbers in red and blue.

Opening of text, large initial with Jerome as scribe and elaborate ext...

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

Partial border decoration, including peapods, and large gold initial.

Partial border decoration, including peapods, and large gold initial.

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

Opening page of calendar, border decoration.

Opening page of calendar, border decoration.

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

Change in hand?  Hand 1 to hand 3?  Also note pen flourishes in lower border.

Change in hand? Hand 1 to hand 3? Also note pen flourishes in lower ...

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

Opening page of text, large initial, border design, Guerruci coat of arms.

Opening page of text, large initial, border design, Guerruci coat of a...

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

Second map of Africa (Libya), in full gold border.

Second map of Africa (Libya), in full gold border.

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

She bolted with a border to Chicago
Full-page miniature of symbol for John, with full decorative border.  Prickings visible.

Full-page miniature of symbol for John, with full decorative border. ...

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

First page of text, with elaborate border design, including some gold.

First page of text, with elaborate border design, including some gold.

Picryl description: Public domain manuscript page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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