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  • A portable chair belonging to Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 1545. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • A woman enthroned under an oak tree, holding a book, a sword and the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire; next to her is a crown; the whole framed by medallions with portraits of artists; representing the rule of the Holy Roman Empire. Lithograph.
  • The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in council with kings, dukes, earls and others. Etching by J. Amman, 1579.
  • The double-headed eagle, representing the Holy Roman Empire, stands on a bobbin holding in its wings the outer sphere of the universe showing the elements of time from which the world is made: months, days, planets, signs of the zodiac, etc. Engraving by P. Miotte.
  • Carolus der Sechste von Gottes Genaden Erwöhlter Römischer Kayser zu allen Zeiten Mehrer deß Reichs, König in Spanien, Hungarn un Böhaimb etc. : Entbieten allen und jeden Unseren Hof-Raths-Praesidenten, Vitzthumben ... Unseren Gruß und Gnad zuvor und fügen denselben zuwissen, demnach bekandt, was gestalten vor einem Jahr in dem Königreich Hungaren sich eine gefährliche Seuche gezaigt, welche anheur auch in dem Ertz-Hertzogthumb Under-Österreich under einigen Persohnen verspürret würdet ... München den 18 Monats-Tag Augusti, Anno 1713.
  • Saint Roch and an angel. Woodcut, c. 1518.
  • Magnes siue de arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm. Quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus et scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque et prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis et animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturæ arcana per physica, medica, chymica et mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Magnes siue de arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm. Quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus et scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque et prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis et animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturæ arcana per physica, medica, chymica et mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Magnes siue de arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm. Quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus et scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque et prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis et animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturæ arcana per physica, medica, chymica et mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Magnes siue de arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm. Quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus et scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque et prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis et animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturæ arcana per physica, medica, chymica et mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Magnes siue de arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm. Quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus et scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque et prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis et animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturæ arcana per physica, medica, chymica et mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Magnes siue de arte magnetica opvs tripartitvm. Quo praeterqvam qvod vniversa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus artibus et scientijs vsus noua methodo explicetur, è viribus quoque et prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis et animalibus elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita naturæ arcana per physica, medica, chymica et mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Cathedral Church of Osnabrück: allegory and calendar. Engraving by J. & J. Klauber, ca. 1764, after J.W. Baumgartner, and letterpress, ca 1799.
  • Cathedral Church of Osnabrück: allegory and calendar. Engraving by J. & J. Klauber, ca. 1764, after J.W. Baumgartner, and letterpress, ca 1799.
  • Magdalen Asylum, Dublin: a collection in the chapel. Pencil drawing attributed to McCain.
  • The rulers of Europe as doctors prescribing remedies for Empress Maria Theresa. Etching and letterpress, 1742.