Browse Exhibits (80 total)
Rycaut, Paul. The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. 1668.
This 1668 text contains the following, as outlined by the title page:
"The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the Maxims of the Turkish Politie, the Most Material Points of the Mahometan Religious, their Sects and Heresies, their Convents and Religious Votaries, their Military Discipline, with an Exact Computation of their Forces both by Land and Sea.
Illustrated with diverse pieces of sculpture, representing the variety of habits amongst the Turks.
In three books.
By Paul Rycaut, Esq; Secretary to his Excellency the Earl of Winchilsea, Embassador Extraordinary for his Majesty Charles the Second, to Sultan Mahomet Han the Fourth, Emperour of the Turks.
London, printed for John Starkey and Henry Brome, at the Mitre between Middle-Temple-Gate and Temple Bar in Fleet-street, adn the Star in Little-Britain. 1668."
Note: formatting constraints have caused the aspects of the images to shift from protrait to landscape.
Wheler, George, A Journey into Greece By George Wheeler in the Company of Dr. Spon of Lyons in Six Books, 1682
This text is an account by George Wheler of his trip to Greece, separated into six parts:
1. A voyage from Venice to Constantinople
2. An account of Constantinople and Adjacent Places
3. A voyage through the Lesser Asia
4. A voyage from Zant through several parts of Greece to Athens
5. An account of Athens
6. Several journeys from Athens, into Attica, Corinth, Boeotia, &c.
Note: Formatting limitations have rotated the images to landscape orientation
Les Portraits Des Hommes Illustres François
The images of the exhibit come from Les Portraits Des Hommes Illustres François, a book published in 1668. Marc Vulson, the author, hired François Bignon and Zaquarie Heince to engrave the illustrations, and Jaques Cottin printed it. The book tells the histories of famous French men whose portraits hang in the gallery of the palace of Cardinal Richelieu.
Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus
Collection of images, including title page, of Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus. Venice 1600 manuscript under Ioannem Baptistam Bertonum. Authors declared as: Joachim, of Fiore, Gabriele Barrio, Pasqualino Regiselmo, Anselmus, Bishop of Marsico.
Content of manuscript are prophecies in latin and italian regarding popes and papacies, accompanied by illustrations on the subjects.
Atlas Sive Colmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabrica Figura
The two title pages, as well as a detailing of one of the title pages, are detailed in this exhibit. An example of one of the maps (Normandy and Brittany) is also displayed within the exhibit. Click on the images to see a more detailed explanation of what they contain.
Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti.
This exhibit displays a small sampling of images from a 1647 edition of Giorgio Vasari's Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti. With this book, Vasari created the first collection of biographies of artists and is considered by many to be the father of Art History. The title page, frontispiece, two illustrations, and colophon are featured in this exhibit. The first illustration is of Properzia de' Rossi, a Bolognese sculptor and the only female artist to be featured in Vasari's book. The second illustration of is Vasari, himself, who was not only a writer and biographer but also an artist.
"Ulysses" by Bartholomäus Kilian
Ulysses: dass ist, allerhand Begebenheiten, welche sich sugetragen in der griechischen Ruck-Reiss oder Heimbbfarth Ulissis nach der Zerstrorung der Stratt Troja: durch den Welt-beruhmten Mahler Sieur Nicola in 58 Figuren kunstlichsrer Masen furgebidlt, welche zu sehen in dem koniglichen Hauss zu Fontaine Bleau was created by Bartholomaus Kilian in 1678 in Ausburg, Germany. Comprised primarily of detailed engravings afte Nicolo dell’ Abate and Francesco Primiticcio, Ulysses illustrates the mythological tale of Odysseus. With the exception of short captions written in German, the narrative is communicated visually through detailed engravings based on a series of frescos in Fontainebleau, France.
Lottini
Giovanni Angelo Lottini (1549-1629)
Scelta d’alcuni miracoli e grazie della Santissima Nunziata di Firenze / descritti dal P. F. Gio. Angiolo Lottini dell’Ord. de Serui ; alla Ser[enissima Mada]ma Cristiana di Loreno, Gran Duchessa di Toscana.
In Firenze: Appresso Pietro Cecconcelli alle Stelle Medicee, 1619
Call Number: Tisch Special Collections, BT610 .L6 1619
Engravings: engraved architectural frontispiece and 40 full-page engravings, most by Jacques Callot, after paintings by Matteo Rosselli, Arsenio Mascagni, Antonio Pomarancio, Fabrizio Boschi, Giovanni Biliverti, and Antonio Tempesta.
"Quinti Horatii Flacci emblemata" by Otto van Veen (1693)
Quinti Horatii Flacci emblemata : Imaginibus in Aes Incisis, Notisque Illustrata was created by Otto van Veen (1556-1629) and published by Bruxellis : Apud Franciscum Foppens, bibliopolam sub signo Sancti Spiritus in 1683. The emblem book features poems by Horace in French, Latin, Italian and Dutch. These poems are acompanied by illustrations by the engraver Nicolas de Larmessin (1632-1694).
