Collection · 173 pieces

A Cabinet of Wonders

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

From The Scriptorium 25Feverglass 16The Anatomy Theatre 12Cabinet of Curiosities 11 and 5 more houses

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Painted Zodiac4

49–96 of 102 pieces

The Man and the Beast

Giambattista della Porta, after Charles Le Brun

Plate, 1586

PA-00475from $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

The Book of the Fixed Stars

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, Copied late 15th century

PA-00259from $60

Discomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00270from $60

Cubomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00272from $60

Trochilidae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00273from $60

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Maria Sibylla Merian

Plate, 1705

PA-00290from $55

Leaf with the Annunciation

Unidentified illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, 15th century

PA-00304from $60

Gall's Cranioscopy

Franz Joseph Gall

Plate, c. 1800

PA-00472from $55

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

January — The Duke's New Year

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

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00906from $60

August — The Falconry Party

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

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00917from $60

The Zodiac Man

Limbourg brothers

Engraved plate, 1416

PA-02277from $60

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 Orloj, Engraved — 1837

after Czermak / Kandler

Engraving of the Prague astronomical clock, 1837

PA-00540Display only

February — The Peasants' Hearth

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

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00907Display only

November — Gathering Acorns

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

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00915Display 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

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

William Cheselden

Plate, 1733

PA-00940Display only

The Body at Life Size

Paolo Mascagni

Plate, 1823–1831

PA-00946Display only

The Fourth Muscle Man

Andreas Vesalius (woodcut, Basel workshop of Johannes Oporinus)

Woodcut, 1543

PA-00276Display 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

Ripley Scroll — Beinecke Mellon MS 41

Unknown English scribe-illuminator; verses attributed to George Ripley and Richard Carpenter

Plate, c. 1570

PA-00521Display only

The First Pendulum Clock

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

PA-00534Display only

Horologium Oscillatorium — Title Leaf

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

PA-00535Display only

A Bracket Clock Movement

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

PA-00536Display only

Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi, 1768–1769

Ferdinand Berthoud

Plate, 1768–1769

PA-00537Display only

Holbein’s Design for a Clocksalt — 1543

Hans Holbein the Younger

Plate, 1543

PA-00542Display only

De Vick’s Clock of 1379

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

PA-00543Display 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

March — Plowing at Lusignan

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

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00908Display only

April — The Betrothal

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

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00909Display only

June — Haymaking Before the Sainte-Chapelle

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

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1412–1416

PA-00911Display 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

Pieces

The Man and the Beast

The Sun Rises Over the City

The Four Evangelist Symbols

The Temptation of Christ

Christ Enthroned

The Book of the Fixed Stars

Discomedusae

Cubomedusae

Trochilidae

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Leaf with the Annunciation

Gall's Cranioscopy

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

The Eight-Circle Cross

January — The Duke's New Year

August — The Falconry Party

The Zodiac Man

The Arms of the Art

The Peacock’s Tail

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

February — The Peasants' Hearth

November — Gathering Acorns

The Lion, King of Beasts

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

The Body at Life Size

The Fourth Muscle Man

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

Ripley Scroll — Beinecke Mellon MS 41

The First Pendulum Clock

Horologium Oscillatorium — Title Leaf

A Bracket Clock Movement

Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi, 1768–1769

Holbein’s Design for a Clocksalt — 1543

De Vick’s Clock of 1379

The Chi Rho Monogram

The Virgin and Child

Incipit to Matthew

March — Plowing at Lusignan

April — The Betrothal

June — Haymaking Before the Sainte-Chapelle

July — Shearing and Harvest at Poitiers