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Noah's clan make their sacrifice and God responds with a rainbow. Colour etching by E. Kirkall after Bishop after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
Veronese, 1528-1588.Reference: 15724i- Pictures
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Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 26691i- Pictures
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Cain kills Abel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Reference: 15681i- Pictures
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Athenians wearing masks celebrate the vintage by dancing around a statue of Bacchus and sacrificing a goat to him. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.
Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658.Date: 1654Reference: 26088i- Pictures
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Noah preparing his first sacrifice after the Flood; the Tower of Babel; God responds to Noah's sacrifice with a rainbow. Etching by J. Hulett.
Reference: 15758i- Books
Shifting ground : people, animals, and mobility in India's environmental history / edited by Mahesh Rangarajan, K. Sivaramakrishnan.
Date: 2014- Pictures
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Three marble vases and a sarcophagus. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 757006i- Ephemera
Die Heilkunst bei den alten Griechen : Priester opfern dem Äskulap / Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Limited.
Date: [1903]- Books
Du choix d'un procédé de sacrification des animaux dans l'embranchement des vertébrés / Pierre-France Moriceau.
Moriceau, Pierre-France, 1916-- Pictures
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After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching by B. Lépicié, 1721, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: 1721Reference: 2200355i- Books
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A new and exact account of Jamaica. Wherein the antient and present state of the colony, its importance to Great Britain, laws, trade, manners and religion, together with the most remarkable and curious animals, plants, trees, &c. are described: with a particular account of the sacrifices, libations, &c. At this day in use among the Negroes.
Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Pictures
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An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680.
Date: 1680Reference: 20431i- Books
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A new and exact account of Jamaica, wherein the antient and present state of that colony, its importance to Great Britain, laws, trade, manners and religion, together with the most remarkable and curious animals, plants, trees, &c. are described: with a particular accoun of the sacrifices, libations, &c. at this day in use among the negroes. The third edition. To which is added, an appendix, containing an Account of Admiral Vernon's Success at Porto Bello and Chagre.
Leslie, Charles, of Jamaica.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
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Disquisitions on some select subjects of the scripture. I. On the mosaic distinction of animals. II. On the sacrifice of Isaac. III. On the temptation of Christ in the wilderness. IV. Three dissertations on Life and Death. V. On the life, death, and burial, of the Patriarchs. VI. On the metaphorical usage, and application of sleep, in the scripture. VII. On the signification of the spring. and VIII. An essay on confirmation. By William Jones, Rector of Pulkley, in Kent.
Jones, William, 1726-1800.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Pictures
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Rama fighting his twin sons with support from Hanuman. Coloured transfer lithograph.
Reference: 26165i- Pictures
The hunting of the Calydonian wild boar. Etching after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 3055864i- Books
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For one night only. At the theatre, Wisbech: Mr. Scriven presents his most respectful Compliments to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Wisbech-Begs Leave to inform them he has at a great Expence purchased a Correct Copy of that truly admirable and entertaining Poetic and Prosaic Composition, called Collins's Evening Brush, Exhibited by the Author, in London and several of the Principal Cities and Towns in this Kingdom, to the most elegant and crowded Audiences-A Piece, allowed by all who have honoured it by their Attention to be replete with Wit, Humour, Satire, and Food for Laughter. On Friday Evening August 27th. 1790, will be presented a pasticcio, call'd Collins's Evening Brush. For Rubbing off the Rust of Care: Divided into four parts. Part I. An Exordium to the Audience, wherein the Author shews his wish to please, with a particular Attention to avoid giving Offence to any Individual, by a Sacrifice to the Shrine of Ill Nature, or the slightest Stab to moral Virtue Then follows as an Introduction to the Piece itself. The Brush Song. After which A Dissertation on Actors and Acting. The humorous contrast between Jack Sly and John Bull, the late David Garrick and Snip the Taylor. Hamlet and the Scot's Pedlar. The Tragedy Belwether, and Tragedy Bantam Cock. Concluding with a Comic Song, called Shakespear's seven Ages, In which will be Introduced The Infant, The Schoolboy, The Lover, The Soldier, The Justice, The Old Man, And Second Childhood. Part II. A Humorous Description of Parish Clerks. A critical dispute, Whether a Hedge Hog is an Animal, or a Vegetable; an Artifical or a Natural Curiosity. The Political Barber. The Learned Irish School-Master, teaching the Little Puny Whipsters their Cris-Cross-Row. Darby Logan, the Irish Bull-Maker. Concluding with an Irish Song. in which he gives a humorous Description of his Voyage from Dublin to London. End of Act II. - The Lass of Richmond Hill, by Mrs. Scriven: Part III. The Imperfect Norwich Actor, Dryden's Pegasus, The English Aristophanes The One armed Tragedian. And the Raw-Boned Actresses. Concluding with the Comic Song of, Ancient Rome contrasted with Modern London. A Hunting Song, by Mrs. Scriven. Part IV. A song, called the disgraced Roman General Bellisarius. The Puny Richard the Third. Concluding with a new comic song. During the evening The New Four & Twenty Fidlers. The Whole to Conclude with A Hornpipe by Mr. Sriven. Doors to be open'd at Six, and begin precisely at Seven O'Clock. - Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. Tickets to be had at the Inns, Printing-Office, and of Mr. Scriven at Mr. Friend's in Deadman's-Lane.
Scriven, Mr.Date: 1790]- Books
How we became human : mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins / edited by Pierpaolo Antonello and Paul Gifford.
Date: [2015]- Pictures
The hunting of the Calydonian wild boar. Engraving by F. Lamb, 1822, after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: August 1 1822Reference: 3063456i- Books
Touch me not : a most rare compendium of the whole magical art / edited and translated by Hereward Tilton and Merlin Cox.
Date: 2019- Pictures
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Disease and organs treated by a vodoo practitioner in Benin. Acrylic paintings, 199-.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999?]Reference: 750000i- Digital Images
Advertising panel portraying a pregnant female figure with the child, uterus and vagina labelled.
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The ethics of genetic engineering / Maurya Siedler, book editor.
Date: [2005], ©2005- Pictures
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A man from the Mandan tribe is looking up at two idols placed on wooden sticks; a village in the background. Aquatint by S. Himely after Ch. Bodmer, ca. 1843.
Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893.Date: [1843?]Reference: 579266i- Books
She-wolf : a cultural history of female werewolves / edited by Hannah Priest.
Date: [2015]