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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
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

Ninth map of Asia, in full gold border.  Commentary text in green border with gold rubrics, 4-line gold initial on pink, blue and green field.

Ninth map of Asia, in full gold border. Commentary text in green bord...

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Miniature of Flight into Egypt; border dated 1544 in small plaques on the outer margins.

Miniature of Flight into Egypt; border dated 1544 in small plaques on ...

The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Mary and Joseph, with the infant Jesus, fled to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod, who was seeking to kill the baby Jesus. The event is described in the ... More

Miniature of Flight into Egypt; border dated 1544 in small plaques on the outer margins.

Miniature of Flight into Egypt; border dated 1544 in small plaques on ...

The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Mary and Joseph, with the infant Jesus, fled to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod, who was seeking to kill the baby Jesus. The event is described in the ... More

Miniature showing 1. Jupiter's messenger selects the young Europa, as she struggles against the soldier who overcomes her, with two bulls nearby.  A ship bears the emblem of the white bull; 2. Europa worshipped in Tarentum. Rubric, initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Jupiter's messenger selects the young Europa, as ...

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

Front cover, large initial on gold field, with vines extending into border, and music.
Page of text with large puzzle initial with elaborate penwork extending into border.

Page of text with large puzzle initial with elaborate penwork extendin...

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

Opening of main text.  Miniature of Annunciation.  Border design, 3-line and 1-line initials, placemarker.

Opening of main text. Miniature of Annunciation. Border design, 3-li...

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

Page of text with initials, rubric, linefillers, border design, catchwords.

Page of text with initials, rubric, linefillers, border design, catchw...

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

Large illuminated initial, border work, small initials, rubric, placemarkers.

Large illuminated initial, border work, small initials, rubric, placem...

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

Opening page with border decoration, initials, linefillers and blue lettering.

Opening page with border decoration, initials, linefillers and blue le...

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

Opening of main text.  Large initial on gold field with decorations extending into border, rubric, placemarkers.

Opening of main text. Large initial on gold field with decorations ex...

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

Shift from hand 2 back to hand 1.  Rubrics, 2-line initials with border flourishes.

Shift from hand 2 back to hand 1. Rubrics, 2-line initials with borde...

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

Opening of text, large initial showing the Assumption, border design, music.
Elaborate initial and border decoration.  Fourth line of text and music are replaced by five lines of smaller text.  This happens occasionally throughout, perhaps to save space.

Elaborate initial and border decoration. Fourth line of text and musi...

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

Sixth map of Asia (Arabian peninsula), in full gold border.

Sixth map of Asia (Arabian peninsula), 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 blue initial, and human figures in border -- some loss to trimming.

Page of text with placemarkers, rubric, large blue initial, and human ...

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

Text with placemarkers, rubrics, large red initial and border design.  Miniature spread across two pages, including Moses and men pitching tents.

Text with placemarkers, rubrics, large red initial and border design. ...

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, 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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

Miniature showing 1. Semiamira as a prostitute; 2. Semiamira in the Senate at the side of her son, the emperor Antonius; 3. Semiamira with three kneeling ladies; Semiamira and Antonius murdered.  Initial and border design.

Miniature showing 1. Semiamira as a prostitute; 2. Semiamira in the Se...

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

Large illuminated initial on penwork field.  Smaller initials, border design, rubrics.

Large illuminated initial on penwork field. Smaller initials, border ...

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

Opening of main text with large initial, border decoration; sketches of birds in lower border.

Opening of main text with large initial, border decoration; sketches o...

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

Initials, border with grotesque.  Rubrics, placemarkers.

Initials, border with grotesque. Rubrics, placemarkers.

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

Opening page of calendar, written in French.  Border decoration.

Opening page of calendar, written in French. Border decoration.

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

Miniature of Christ and the Resurrection of the dead.  Border design.

Miniature of Christ and the Resurrection of the dead. Border design.

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

Initial with image of bleeding Christ, border design, rubrics, small initials.

Initial with image of bleeding Christ, border design, rubrics, small i...

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

Office of the dead, large initial and border design, rubric, 1-line initials.

Office of the dead, large initial and border design, rubric, 1-line in...

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

Third map of Europe (France and Belgium).  Full gold border.  Commentary text in green border, with gold rubrics and 4-line gold initial on green, pink and blue field.

Third map of Europe (France and Belgium). Full gold border. Commenta...

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

Eighth map of Europe, in full gold border.

Eighth map of Europe, in full gold border.

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

Beginning of main text; 5-line initial with elaborate puzzle work and penwork in border.  2-line initial with penwork. Smaller initials.  Book name and chapter name.  Red daubs as sentence markers.

Beginning of main text; 5-line initial with elaborate puzzle work and ...

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 amicitia.

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.

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

She bolted with a border to Chicago
Baby's crossing dreamlands border
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.

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

Miniature of chamber with Sappho seated at right, plucking the strings of a harp.  A psalter and a zither lie on a table top before her at left.  A few books, bound and clasped, are stored under a table and on a ledge.  Initial, rubric, and border design.

Miniature of chamber with Sappho seated at right, plucking the strings...

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

Opening of text with large initial, rubric, full border design, small initials with penwork, placemarkers, name of book and chapter number in red and blue.  Later note and library stamp.

Opening of text with large initial, rubric, full border design, small ...

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

Miniature of Mark, small initial, border design, "rubrics" in blue.

Miniature of Mark, small initial, border design, "rubrics" in blue.

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

Opening page of calendar, decoration in outer border, written in French.

Opening page of calendar, decoration in outer border, written in Frenc...

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

Miniature of Christ descending into Hell, with border design.

Miniature of Christ descending into Hell, with border design.

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

Opening of text one, initial with miniature, border, rubrics.

Opening of text one, initial with miniature, border, rubrics.

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

Large historiated initial showing the Trinity, on gold field, with three-side border including miniature showing two people before Adrianus, birds, insects, human figures, and flowers.

Large historiated initial showing the Trinity, on gold field, with thr...

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

Page of text with initials and peapod design in border.

Page of text with initials and peapod design in border.

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

Page of text with placemarkers, rubrics, large red initial.  Figure of knight riding in lower border.

Page of text with placemarkers, rubrics, large red initial. Figure of...

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

Opening of text, two-line gold initial on blue and green field with flourish in border, red and blue initials, rubrics, placemarkers. Coat of arms.  Note that ink has run somewhat.

Opening of text, two-line gold initial on blue and green field with fl...

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

Page of text with 1-line blue and gold initials with red and blue penwork, 2-line initials on gold fields decorated with flowers and grotesque, and border decoration.

Page of text with 1-line blue and gold initials with red and blue penw...

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

Opening of text, elaborate border, 5-line initial, 1-line initial, rubric.

Opening of text, elaborate border, 5-line initial, 1-line initial, rub...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 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

She bolted with a border to Chicago
She bolted with a border to Chicago
She bolted with a border to Chicago
Historiated initial of Christ in Majesty; border includes a cat licking its bottom, a beetle, a moth, a stork and a rabbit, as well as a lion whose design originates in engraved playing cards.

Historiated initial of Christ in Majesty; border includes a cat lickin...

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

Miniature showing three elegant ladies (including Cloelia?) fleeing on horseback across the Tiber from a walled city.  On the far side of the city, soldiers with canon prepare a siege.  Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing three elegant ladies (including Cloelia?) fleeing on...

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

Miniature showing 1. Faustina lying naked and smiling in bed, as an attendent rubs her down with blood; 2. Faustina, wearing crown, stands before Aurelius, a priest, and others; 3. Aurelius observing the construction of temple. Initial, border design.

Miniature showing 1. Faustina lying naked and smiling in bed, as an at...

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

Large illuminated initial.  Smaller initials, rubrics, border designs.
Page of text with initials and penwork; border; catchword.

Page of text with initials and penwork; border; catchword.

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

Opening page of text with border decoration.

Opening page of text with border decoration.

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

Opening page of calendar, written in French.  Border decoration.

Opening page of calendar, written in French. Border decoration.

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

Opening of main text, rubric, initials, border design.

Opening of main text, rubric, initials, border design.

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

Opening of French text of the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin; precisely designated border in C-shape triggered by 3-line initial, and on the right in a band corresponding to the height of the text block.

Opening of French text of the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin; precisely de...

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

Page of Greek text with small initials, note in lower border.

Page of Greek text with small initials, note in lower border.

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

Opening of main text.  Initial with illumination (Virgin and Child), full border with angel figures.  Rubrics, small initials, placemarkers.

Opening of main text. Initial with illumination (Virgin and Child), f...

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

Opening of main text, initial with Annunciation, small initial, rubrics and border design with two roundels containing portrait of Virgin and Child, and "Yhs".

Opening of main text, initial with Annunciation, small initial, rubric...

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

Title page and border design. - Public domain dedication image

Title page and border design. - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of illuminated 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...

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

Fourth map of Europe (Germany) in gold border.  Commentary text in brown border with gold rubrics and 4-line gold initial on blue and green field.

Fourth map of Europe (Germany) in gold border. Commentary text in bro...

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

Fourth map of Asia (Middle east and Cyprus), in full gold border.

Fourth map of Asia (Middle east and Cyprus), in full gold border.

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

Fifth map of Asia, in full gold border.

Fifth map of Asia, in full gold border.

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

Eighth map of Asia, in full gold border.

Eighth map of Asia, in full gold border.

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

Opening page of calendar, elaborate border design with human figures.

Opening page of calendar, elaborate border design with human figures.

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, 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

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

She bolted with a border to Chicago
Borough Park, Brooklyn Borough. 2 views on border.

Borough Park, Brooklyn Borough. 2 views on border.

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

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

Baby's crossing dreamlands border
She bolted with a border to Chicago
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.

6-line green initial on gold field with vines and flowers in border, music and small initials.
Large initial on gold fields, border design, rubrics, small initials, placemarkers, quire signature?

Large initial on gold fields, border design, rubrics, small initials, ...

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

Opening of French text, border decoration, large initial, rubric.

Opening of French text, border decoration, large initial, rubric.

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, written in French.  Border decoration with grotesque.

Opening page of calendar, written in French. Border decoration with g...

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

Opening page of calendar, written in French, border decoration.

Opening page of calendar, written in French, border decoration.

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

Opening of main Latin text, full border, initial with grotesque.

Opening of main Latin text, full border, initial with grotesque.

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

Opening of Greek text, border design, initial with grotesque.

Opening of Greek text, border design, initial with grotesque.

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

Third map of Africa (eastern Libya and Egypt), in full gold border.

Third map of Africa (eastern Libya and Egypt), in full gold border.

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

Third map of Asia (Caspian Sea and surrounding), in full gold border).

Third map of Asia (Caspian Sea and surrounding), in full gold border).

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

Text with placemarkers, rubric, and large red initial.  Border design including man and peapods.

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

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

Large initial with painted design in border.

Large initial with painted design in border.

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

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