Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T48763]Armadillo. In Nicolás Monardes, De simplicibus medicamentis ex occidentali India delatis quorum in medicina usus est, Antwerp: Christophe Plantin (printer), 1574, p. 55 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T4650]Fat-Tailed Madagascan Sheep. In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Qvadrvpedvm Omniv[m] Bisvlcorv[m] historia ..., Bologna: Sebastiano Bonomi (printer), Geronimo Tamburini (publisher), 1621 (Rome, BNCR), p. 410 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T9120]Beaver. In Gvlielmi Rondeletii ... Vniuersae aquatilium Historiae pars altera ..., Lyon: Macé Bonhomme (printer), 1555 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), p. 236 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T2425]Crucifixion with Mary and St John the Evangelist. In Missale Cracoviense, Cracow: Jan Haller (printer), 27 October 1509 (not preserved) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutbook decoration: illustration
[T2423]Crucifixion with Mary and St John the Evangelist within a Border with Vera Icon and Symbols of the Four Evangelists. In Missale Gneznense ex speciali commissione Andreae Rosae Gnesnensis Archiepiscopi ... castigatum, Cracow: Jan Haller (printer), 12 June 1506 - 31 December 1506 (location unknown) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, white‑line woodcutunknown (probably paper)book decoration: illustration
[T6118]Lucas (I) Cranach (printmaker), Crucifixion with Mary and St John the Evangelist. In Missale Uratislauien[se], Cracow: Kaspar Hochfeder (printer), Jan Haller (publisher), Sebastian Hyber (publisher), 14 May 1505 (Wrocław, BUWr) ◼printing: impressionpage: figuregilding, woodcut, hand colouringparchmentbook decoration: illustration
[T6117]Konrad Baumgarten (printmaker), Holy Patrons of the Diocese of Wrocław. In Missale Uratislauien[se], Cracow: Kaspar Hochfeder (printer), Jan Haller (publisher), Sebastian Hyber (publisher), 14 May 1505 (Wrocław, BUWr), fol. A1r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, black letterpresspaperbook decoration: title page
[T6116]St Stanislaus Raising Piotrowin. In Missale Uratislauien[se], Cracow: Kaspar Hochfeder (printer), Jan Haller (publisher), Sebastian Hyber (publisher), 14 May 1505 (Wrocław, BUWr) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: title page
[T6115]Missale Uratislauien[se], Cracow: Kaspar Hochfeder (printer), Jan Haller (publisher), Sebastian Hyber (publisher), 14 May 1505 (Wrocław, BUWr)printing: early printed bookset or complex object: bound volume: codexgouache, gilding, woodcutparchment, paper
[T5621]Aurochs (Ure-Ox). In Edward Topsell, The History Of Four-footed Beasts And Serpents..., London: Ellen Cotes (printer), 1658 (Durham, NC, Duke University Libraries), p. 559 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T40534]Yarrow (Millefolium garbe). In Gart der Gesundheit, Johannes de Cuba (compiler), Mainz: Peter Schöffer (printer), before 28 March 1485 (Munich, BSB), fol. 204v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, hand colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T39619]Gart der Gesundheit, Johannes de Cuba (compiler), Mainz: Peter Schöffer (printer), before 28 March 1485 (Munich, BSB)printing: incunableset or complex object: bound volume: codexwoodcut, hand colouring, black letterpresspaper
[T37413]Alexander the Great. In Heinrich Sellarius, Epitome Chronicorvm Ac magis insignium Historiarum mundi ..., Frankfurt am Main: Christian Egenolff (printer), 1533 (Vienna, ÖNB), fol. 11r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T19500]First Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes. In Martin Luther, Enchiridion. Katechizmus mały dla pospolitych plebanów i kaznodziejów, Hieronim Malecki (translator), Königsberg: Georg Osterberger (printer), 1593 (Cracow, MNK, BCzart), fol. E4r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T11246]Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona. In Imperatorum & Caesarvm Vitae ..., Lyon: Balthazar Arnoullet (printer), 1550 (Munich, BSB), p. 198 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T58174]Root of Cassava (Hetich racine). In André Thevet, Les Singvlaritez De La France Antarctiqve, Avtrement Nommée Amerique ..., Antwerp: Christophe Plantin (printer), 1558 (Paris, BnF), fol. 52r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T58201]Lions Attacking Men in Africa. In André Thevet, Les singvlaritez de la France antarctiqve, avtrement nommée Amerique ..., Paris: Heirs of Maurice de La Porte (printer), 1557 (Washington, DC, Library of Congress), fol. 6v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T58165]Lions Attacking Men in Africa. In André Thevet, Les Singvlaritez De La France Antarctiqve, Avtrement Nommée Amerique ..., Antwerp: Christophe Plantin (printer), 1558 (Paris, BnF), fol. 6r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T58225]Cassava (Farine de racines, Mauihot). In André Thevet, Les singvlaritez de la France antarctiqve, avtrement nommée Amerique ..., Paris: Heirs of Maurice de La Porte (printer), 1557 (Washington, DC, Library of Congress), fol. 114r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T58188]Cassava (Farine de racines, Mauihot). In André Thevet, Les Singvlaritez De La France Antarctiqve, Avtrement Nommée Amerique ..., Antwerp: Christophe Plantin (printer), 1558 (Paris, BnF), fol. 111v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration