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A fox talking to a chicken; representing a fable by Aesop on false friendship. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26704iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A mouse nibbles through a net in which a lion is caught; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26698iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A bear overturns a barrel and is stung by bees; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26700iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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Truth represented as the word of God assailed by persecution, superstition, tradition, betrayal and violence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26703iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A dog resting on a bull's straw; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26702iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
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The prophet Elias fed by a raven; representing providence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26705iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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Birds attacking an owl resting upon a staff held by a naked woman; representing patience. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26699iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A bird of prey prepares to swoop on a mouse and a frog in water; illustrating Aesop's fable of the frog and the mouse. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: [1622]Reference: 26659iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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Phrenological chart; with design of head containing symbols of the phrenological faculties, and diagrams of heads showing criminal and moral propensities. Wood engraving, c. 1850, after F. Bridges and O.S. Fowler.
Bridges, Frederick, -1883.Date: [c. 1850]Reference: 28445i- Pictures
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Two men walking above a city; representing harmony of religious or political states. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26658iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A man scatters seeds; representing the Biblical parable of the sower; here referring to the "ministry of the word", preaching. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26701iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26660iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26694iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.Date: [between 1730 and 1739?]Reference: 37025i- Pictures
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The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.Date: [between 1730 and 1739?]Reference: 575764i- Pictures
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A stork impales a frog in a peaceful scene by a river; allegory of freedom. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26695iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26678iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A prophet points to a cross which is leaking water; representing faith, the 'fountain of life'. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26677iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
King James II of England and King Louis XIV of France riding on an ass, leading a holy crusade. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1689.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1689]Reference: 2136643i- Pictures
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The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26679iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A dove stands on crossed keys holding in its wings a chart showing the good, bad or indifferent effects of each sign of the zodiac on different human activities. Engraving by P. Miotte, 16--.
Date: [1646]Reference: 46391i- Pictures
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A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26680iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A black background with an upside down red rose and a lit candle with a reminder to call for compassion to save lives against AIDS; an advertisement by the National AIDS/STD Prevention and Control Program, Department of Health, Philippines. Colour lithograph by Charlie Agatep Associates Co. Ltd., ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 677756i- Pictures
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The death of Thomas Cranmer at the stake, burned for heresy in 1556. Woodcut.
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