Collection · 173 pieces

A Cabinet of Wonders

Anatomy plates, clock movements, manuscripts and the collectors’ curiosities.

From The Scriptorium 13The Alembic 8Cabinet of Curiosities 5The Hermetica 4 and 1 more house

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Asteridea

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00271from $60

The Anatomical Angel

Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty

Plate, 1746

PA-00941from $55

Anatomy of the Head

Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty

Plate, 1748

PA-00942from $60

Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00305from $55

The Whale Mistaken for an Island

Unknown Franco-Flemish illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1270

PA-00927from $55

The Sun Rises Over the City

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00507from $60

The Four Evangelist Symbols

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00902from $55

The Temptation of Christ

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00904from $55

Christ Enthroned

Unknown Insular scribe-artists

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00920from $55

Discomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00270from $60

Trochilidae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00273from $60

Leaf with the Annunciation

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00304from $60

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

The Eight-Circle Cross

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00903from $55

The Arms of the Art

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

PA-00449Display only

The Peacock’s Tail

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00506Display only

The Lion, King of Beasts

Unknown English illuminator (made for the Benedictine priory of St Andrew, Rochester)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1230

PA-00926Display only

The Drowning King

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

PA-00450Display only

The Knight of the Double Fountain

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

PA-00453Display only

Spurzheim's Phrenological Head

J. G. Spurzheim

Plate, c. 1825

PA-00471Display only

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00500Display only

The Knight Upon Two Fountains

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00501Display only

The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00503Display only

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00504Display only

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00505Display only

The Chi Rho Monogram

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00900Display only

The Virgin and Child

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

PA-00901Display only

Incipit to Matthew

Traditionally attributed to Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne

Illuminated manuscript, c. 715–720 AD

PA-00905Display only

July — Shearing and Harvest at Poitiers

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00912Display only

December — The Boar Hunt at Vincennes

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00916Display only

The Garden of Eden

The Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Paul & Jean de Limbourg); later folios completed by Jean Colombe

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00919Display only

The Beatus Vir Initial

Unknown Rhineland illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, late 12th–early 13th century

PA-00923Display only

Pieces

Asteridea

The Anatomical Angel

Anatomy of the Head

Leaf with an Illuminated Initial D

The Whale Mistaken for an Island

The Sun Rises Over the City

The Four Evangelist Symbols

The Temptation of Christ

Christ Enthroned

Discomedusae

Trochilidae

Leaf with the Annunciation

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

The Eight-Circle Cross

The Arms of the Art

The Peacock’s Tail

The Lion, King of Beasts

The Drowning King

The Knight of the Double Fountain

Spurzheim's Phrenological Head

Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

The Knight Upon Two Fountains

The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

The Chi Rho Monogram

The Virgin and Child

Incipit to Matthew

July — Shearing and Harvest at Poitiers

December — The Boar Hunt at Vincennes

The Garden of Eden

The Beatus Vir Initial