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Arms and armour in antiquity and the middle ages : also a descriptive notice of modern weapons / translated from the French of M.P. Lacombe, and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in England, by Charles Boutell.
Lacombe, P. (Paul), 1834-1919.Date: 1907- Books
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Arms and armour in antiquity and the middle ages : also a descriptive notice of modern weapons / translated from the French of M.P. Lacombe, and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in England, by Charles Boutell.
Lacombe, P. (Paul), 1834-1919.Date: 1869- Books
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Military antiquities respecting a history of the English army, from the Conquest to the present time. Vol. I. By Francis Grose Esq. F. A. S.
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]-88- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Encrease, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada; with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the Small Armory; in which, at one View, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Ancedotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armor, from William the Conqueror, to the late King George. 9. Of the Jewel Office and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Co'. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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Henrici Dodwelli De Parma Equestri Woodwardiana dissertatio. Accedit Thomæ Neli Dialogus inter reginam Elizabetham & Robertum Dudleium, Comitem Leycestriae & Academiae Oxoniensis Cancellarium, in quo de academiæ ædificiis præclare agitur. Recensuit ediditque Tho. Hearne, A.M. Oxoniensis, Qui & Dodwelli Operum editorum Catalogum praemisit.
Dodwell, Henry, 1641-1711.Date: [1713]- Books
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Catalogue of ethnological specimens : European and Eastern arms & armour, Prehistoric and other curiosities / W.D. Webster, Oxford House, Bicester, Oxon., England.
Webster, W. D.Date: 1895-- Books
An historical essay on the dress of the ancient and modern Irish addressed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Charlemont. To which is subjoined, a memoir on the arms and weapons of the Irish / By Joseph C. Cooper.
Walker, Joseph C. (Joseph Cooper), 1761-1810.Date: 1788- Books
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[By the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the names of all such persons of the popish religion within the kingdom of Ireland, who have licenses to carry arms. ...]
Ireland. Lord Lieutenant (1713-1714 : Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury)Date: 1713 [i.e. 1714]- Pictures
A ten-armed Parvati nursing Ganesha. Watercolour drawing.
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Achilles bandaging the wounded arm of Patroclus. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936, after an Attic cup by Sosias, c. 500 B.C.
Sosias, active 500 B.C.Date: 1936Reference: 21294i- Pictures
Page 126: Durga with her arms on her mount being led by Hanuman. Watercolour drawing.
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Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.
Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807.Date: 1 March 1780Reference: 18578i- Pictures
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Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by W. Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.
Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807.Date: 1 March 1780Reference: 18580i- Pictures
A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.
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Durga on her lotus with symbols surrounded and attended by devotees. Gouache drawing.
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By the King. A proclamation for the suppressing of disorderly and unseasonable meetings, in taverns and tipling-houses, and also forbidding footmen to wear swords, or other weapons, within London, Westminster, and their liberties.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)Date: 1660- Pictures
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A mathematician draws a semi-circle while Minerva watches over him. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1591, after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Date: 1591Reference: 26097i- Pictures
The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766.Reference: 26898i- Books
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By the King. A proclamation for the suppressing of disorderly and unseasonable meetings, in taverns and tipling-houses, and also forbidding footmen to wear swords, or other weapons, within London, Westminster, and their liberties.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)Date: 1660- Pictures
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Marie de Medici dressed in warlike form as Minerva, goddess of arts. Engraving by J.B. Massé, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: 1708Reference: 26163iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Pictures
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The circumcision of the Shechemites. Engraving by J. Muller (?).
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23618i- Books
A complete body of heraldry. Containing, an historical enquiry into the origin of armories, and the rise and progress of heraldry, considered asa science ... The proper methods of blazoning and marshalling armorial bearings ... The arms, quarterings, crests, supporters, and mottos, of all sovereign princes and states; as also the atchievements of the peers, peeresses, and baronets, of England, Scotland, and Ireland. An historical catalogue of all the differentorders of knighthood ... The arms of the counties, cities, boroughs, and towns corporate, in England and Wales; and of the abbies and religious houses founded therein: as also those of the royal boroughs in Scotland; and of the societies, bodies corporate, trading companies, &c. in London. The arms of archiepiscopal and episcopal sees in England and Ireland, and of those heretofore established in Scotland ... A discourse on the origin, use, and abuse, of funeral trophies. Glover's ordinary of arms, augmumented and improved. An alphabet of arms, containing upwards of fifty thousand coats, with their crests, &c. and a copious glossary / [Joseph Edmondson].
Edmondson, Joseph, -1786.Date: 1780- Books
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The irish compendium: or, rudiments of honour. Containing the descents, Marriages, Issue, titles, Posts and seats of all the nobility of Ireland. With their arms, crests, Supporters, Motto's, and parliament robes, exactly engrav'd on eighty copper-plates. Also a supplement, shewing the Antiquity, Dignity, and use of armories, with above Nine hundred Examples, Engrav'd and Explain'd, for the better attaining a perfect Knowledge in the Noble Science of Heraldry. Together with The Atchievments and Regalia made Use of at funeral solemnities, and an account of the office and Dignity of an herald. The fourth edition, corrected and enlarged to the year 1745. Vol. IV.
Nichols, Francis, active 18th century.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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The irish compendium: or, rudiments of honour. Containing, the descents, Marriages, Issue, titles, Posts, and seats, of all the nobility of Ireland. With their arms, crests, Supporters, Motto's, and parliament robes, exactly engrav'd on 80 Copper Plates entirely New. Also, a supplement, shewing, the Antiquity, Dignity, and use of armories, with above 900 Examples, Engrav'd and Explain'd, for the better attaining a perfect Knowledge in the Noble Science of Hrpaidpy. Together with The Atchievements and Regalia made Use of at funeral solemnities, and an account of the office and Dignity of an herald. Vol.III.
Nichols, Francis, active 18th century.Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]