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  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by M. Faulte, 1619.
  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Oil painting by a follower of Luigi Garzi.
  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1736, after C. Cignani.
  • Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Oil painting by a follower of Luigi Garzi.
  • Nymphs holding the new born Adonis next to a myrrh tree representing Myrrha his mother amidst great rural splendor. Engraving by G. Scotin after F. Boucher.
  • Instruments from the 2nd century A.D. of the Gallo-Roman oculist Gaius Firmius Severus found in a tomb in Rheims, in 1854. The seal bears the oculist's name and his collyrium or eye-salve- diasmyrnes, prepared from myrrh.
  • Cistus incanus ssp creticus Juss. Cistaceae. Rock Rose. Distribution: Crete. Interesting symbiosis with fungus called Tuber melanosporum which increases nutrient absorption for the plant and inhibits growth of other plants in the vicinity. It is a source of the resin ‘labdanum’ (a.k.a. ‘ladanum’) used in perfumes (similar smell to ambergris), as is Cistus ladanifer. It has no medical uses now, and such use was dwindling even in the 18th century. In the 16th century (Henry Lyte’s 1575 translation of Rembert Dodoen’s Cruydeboeck of 1554) its uses were described (directly copied from Dioscorides’ Materia Medica (70AD)) as: ‘Ladanum dronketh with olde wine, stoppeth the laske [periods], and provoketh urine. It is very good against the hardness of the matrix or mother [uterus] layde to in the manner of a pessarie, and it draweth down the secondes or afterbirth, when it is layde upon quicke coles [hot coals], and the fumigation or parfume thereof be received up into the body of women. // The same applied to the head with Myrrhe and oyle of Myrrhe, cureth the scurffe, called Alopecia, and keepeth the heare [hair] from falling of [sic], but whereas it is already fallen away, it will not cause the heare to growe agayne. // ...' and goes on in this vein about its uses for pain in the ears, and removing sores and scars and other things. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The infant Jesus grabs at the gold offered to him by the Magi. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by J. Sadeler after G. van Groeningen.
  • The three Magi offer gifts to the infant Christ, who sits on the Virgin's lap. Tinted lithograph by I. Bergman, 1822, after J.C. Schwarz.
  • Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • The adoration of the magi: a king kneels before the infant Jesus, seated on Mary's lap. Engraving by E. Fessard after C.J. Natoire.
  • Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
  • The Christ Child deposits the Instruments of the Passion inside the believer's heart. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The adoration of the magi. Engraving by R. Sadeler after J. Bassano.
  • The adoration of the magi. Etching by J. Swaine after R. Shipster after medieval bas-relief.
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Chalk manner engraving by Clemente Nicoli, 1786, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Colour lithograph.
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari: his recognition as archbishop elect of Myra. Engraving by H.C. Shenton after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Etching, 1781, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari: devils flee the temple of Artemis at Myra as he orders the destruction of her statue. Engraving by G. Massi after G.B. Calandrucci.
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Stipple engraving.
  • Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Watercolour painting by W. Brindley, 1881.
  • Chinese drugs personified: Lithograph, 1935
  • Lamentation over the dead Christ. Engraving after P. de Champaigne.