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  • A Men Sheu (warrior spirit) brandishing two swords, with a small figure carrying a flower at his side. Colour woodcut, China 18--.
  • The Virgin looks up at the announcing angel; cherubs spin in a circle around the Holy Spirit. Engraving after J. Callot (?).
  • The Christ Child sitting on straw between lilies under the dove of the Holy Spirit and showing his Sacred Heart. Colour lithograph.
  • "Take it on sugar" : Faulding's "Emu" brand eucalyptus oil : "The spirit of the tree" / distilled by F.H. Faulding & Co. Ltd.
  • Saint Francis de Paul (San Francesco da Paola) healing a man with an ulcered leg and a woman vexed by a malignant spirit. Oil painting.
  • Saint Francis de Paul (San Francesco da Paola) healing a man with an ulcered leg and a woman vexed by a malignant spirit. Oil painting.
  • Saint Francis de Paul (San Francesco da Paola) healing a man with an ulcered leg and a woman vexed by a malignant spirit. Oil painting.
  • Saint Francis de Paul (San Francesco da Paola) healing a man with an ulcered leg and a woman vexed by a malignant spirit. Oil painting.
  • The Virgin and Child being crowned by angels, and above them is God the Father and the dove of the Holy Spirit. Photo reproduced lithograph.
  • A grief-stricken widower holds his child while the spirit of its mother, seen only by the child, descends to impart her blessing to the father. Drawing.
  • The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus to Mary; the light of the Holy Spirit alights on her brow. Etching by V. Lefebvre, c. 1670, after Titian.
  • Edith Cavell wearing Red Cross uniform lying dead on the floor as her spirit rises in the form of an angel. Process print after A. Rosell, ca. 1915.
  • A French and a British sailor clasping hands in front of the spirit of Lord Nelson; representing Anglo-French naval cooperation in World War I. Colour process print, 191-.
  • To John Dudman, family grocer & provision merchant, oil and Italian warehouseman, wine, spirit, and beer merchant : 56 Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, N.W. : 5 Belsize Park Terrace.
  • A French and a British sailor clasping hands in front of the spirit of Lord Nelson; representing Anglo-French naval cooperation in World War I. Colour process print, 191-.
  • Haida, Spirit mask of Shaman, carved wood. Human features with a removable bird's beak. Painted white, black, red, yellow and green. N.W. Coast of America, Queen Charlotte Islands, Brit. Columbia.
  • A woman in a garden with some flowers; in the background God blows spirit into Adam's body; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • Faith and a female personification of the papacy before a small church; above them the dove of the Holy Spirit dispersing seven sacred gifts: fear, knowledge, council, wisdom, understanding, strength and piety. Coloured etching.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
  • The three theological virtues (Hope, Faith and Charity) are standing near an altar above which the Holy Spirit is hovering, while the the four cardinal virtues (Temperance, Justice, Fortitude and Wisdom) are sitting in the foreground. Engraving.
  • Borago officinalis L. Boraginaceae. Borage. officinalis indicates it was used in the 'offices' - the consulting clinics - of medieval monks. Distribution: Europe. Culpeper: “... comforts the heart, cheers the spirit, drives away sadness and melancholy, they are rather laxative than binding
  • An episode in King Henry VI, part II: Margerie Jourdayne with others conjure up a diabolical spirit in the hope of revealing to Humphrey Duke of Gloucester the results of competing claims to the English crown. Etching by J. Goldar, 1791, after E. Dayes.
  • The eye of God, with the dove of the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Hearts of Christ and the Virgin, and the Eucharist, venerated by a male saint and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque; below, the Visitation with Joseph and Zacharias. Engraving by A.A. Bourgeois de la Richardiere.
  • An episode in King Henry VI, part II: Margerie Jourdayne with others conjure up a diabolical spirit in the hope of revealing to Humfrey Duke of Gloucester the results of competing claims to the English crown. Colour stipple print by C.G. Playter and R. Thew after J. Opie, 1796.
  • A Dutch quack doctor out of his depth on a spirited horse; implying his medical limitations. Engraving.