Curiosities from the Museum of Giovanni Carafa (1778)
Fantastic depictions of various Roman antiquities from a wonderful catalogue of objects once found in the private museum of 18th-century antiquities collector Giova…more
Fantastic depictions of various Roman antiquities from a wonderful catalogue of objects once found in the private museum of 18th-century antiquities collector Giova…more
A series of superbly intricate and striking “brain maps”, illustrating Dr Alesha Sivartha’s unique blend of blend of science, sociology, mysticism and religion, a s…more
Ten illustrations which, in a wonderful marriage of word and image, plot out the life of the Christian soul….more
A motley crew of anthropomorphic animals found adorning the lower margins of a finely illuminated book of hours produced in late thirteenth-century England….more
The ceremonial costumes and masks of the Kwakwaka’wakw people as photographed by American photographer and ethnologist Edward Curtis, famous for his work with Nativ…more
Some of the earliest examples of calligrams found in a 9th-century astronomical manuscript on the constellations….more
Depictions spanning more than 800 years – in chronological order – of that most enigmatic of weather phenomena, the rainbow….more
Collection of detailed crops from Hieronymous Bosch’s most ambitious work, The Garden of Earthly Delights….more
The varied tradition of alchemy has given birth to a whole host of strange and wondrous imagery over the centuries. Here we pick out some favourites….more
Images from an exquisitely illustrated Persian translation, thought to hail from 17th-century Mughal India, of Zakariya al-Qazwini’s medieval treatise on all things…more
A woodblock print, by the late Edo period artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi, illustrating the story of an encounter with the Sea Monk or Umibozu, a spirit in Japanese folklo…more
A selection of pages from an 18th-century demonology book comprised of more than 30 exquisuite watercolours showing various demon figures, as well as magic and cabb…more
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