Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man...
Print shows Edmund Burke sitting at a desk on a crescent moon, holding a quill pen, an open "pamphlet" and an inkwell are on the desk, broken chains hang from his wrists; a scene on the front of the desk, label... More
Cernan Jump Salutes Flag, NASA Moon program
Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 salutes the flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module "Challenger" is in the left background b... More
A clay sculpture of a mother and child. Toy half moon.
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Scaraboid: Thoth as a Baboon with Lunar Crescent
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A young boy holding his hand up in front of a hole. Girl moon hand.
A girl reaching up to a light in a dark room. A girl looking up at a light in a dark room. Public domain stock photo of light and darkness. Tourism: A girl reaching up to a light in a dark room. A girl looking... More
Amulet of Thoth, Egypt, Art Institute of Chicago
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Cuneiform tablet: procedure text for the moon
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Cuneiform tablet: procedure text for the moon
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy and Hortense...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy and Hortense Burt, with the Education Office at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, greet a student at South Plantation High School in Plantation, Fla. Kenned... More
Amulet of the God Thoth, as a Baboon with Lunar Disk
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. signs autographs for students at Gainesville Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School in Gainesville, Ga. Whitlow accompanied Jim Jenn... More
The Moon God Chandra(?) in His Chariot with Wife and Attendant
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Diagram from BL Harley 3735, f. 38v
Detail of a diagram showing the phases of the moon, illustrating Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Computus. Image taken from f. 38v of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley... More
Detail from BL Harley 3735, f. 81v
Detail of an astronomical diagram showing an eclipse of the moon, illustrating Robert Grosseteste's De sphaera. Image taken from f. 81v of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The... More
Table from BL Harley 3735, f. 15v
Table concerning the zodiac signs and movements of the moon in a treatise attributed to Robert Grosseteste 'Lincolniensis'. Image taken from f. 15v of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in... More
Diagram of eclipses from BL Harley 3735, f. 27
Detail of diagrams showing eclipses of the sun and moon, illustrating Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Tractatus de sphaera. Image taken from f. 27 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin.... More
Roundel with a Personification of the Moon
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Roundel with a Personification of the Moon
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Body armor, Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)
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The Moon and Her Children from a set of the Planets
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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin)
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Building beside Winding River in Mountain L...
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Crucifixion from BL Add 34652, f. 5
Full page image of the crucifixion with the Virgin, St John, the sun and moon. Image taken from f. 5 of One leaf from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: the preface with West-Saxon genealogy from Cerdic (494) to Alfred... More
Viewing the Moon under a Pine Tree
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Panel with the Moon Goddess and Attendants
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伝託磨為遠筆 月光菩薩像 「金胎仏画帖」断簡|Gakkō Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities ...
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Plaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personi...
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Paradise: the heaven of the moon from BL Eg 943, f. 131
Framed miniature of Dante, Beatrice, and the heaven of the moon. Image taken from f. 131 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Capitolo (ff... More
f. 94v, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 97: diagrams and sketch ...
Notes and diagrams on the luminosity of the Moon, entitled 'Della luna'; notes and sketch of an egg. Image taken from f. 94v of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collec... More
Paradise: five souls and the moon from BL Eg 943, f. 132v
Framed miniature of Beatrice, Dante, five female souls, and the moon. Image taken from f. 132v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, with a short Latin commentary; the Capitol... More
Marginal drawings from BL Harley 1735, f. 8
Marginal drawings of Moses and a pious woman born on the twelfth day of the moon, with verses concerning good and bad luck. Image taken from f. 8 of John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostic... More
Diagram from BL Harley 2407, f. 57
Astrological drawing of the sun, moon, and Zodiac constellations. Image taken from f. 57 of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beg... More
Heaven of the Moon from BL YT 36, f. 131
Detail of miniature of Dante and Beatrice visiting the inhabitants of the heaven of the moon. Image taken from f. 131 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-19... More
f. 104, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 107v: sketches and diagr...
Notes, diagrams and sketches on astronomy and the Sun, Moon and Earth. Image taken from f. 104 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard... More
Joseph tells his dream about the sun, moon and stars to Jacob and his ...
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Virgin and Child from BL Arundel 285, f. 198v
Detail of a woodcut of the Virgin and Child, within a rosary, and with the sun and moon. Image taken from f. 198v of Collection of Scottish poetry. Written in English, Scots, some headings in Latin. The Arunde... More
Beatrice from BL YT 36, f. 132 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of Beatrice explaining some scientific theories to Dante, including the appearance of the moon. Image taken from f. 132 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thomp... More
Diagram of the phases of the Moon from BL YT 31, f. 55v
Detail of a diagram of the phases and course of the Moon, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 55v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with... More
Diagram of the planets from BL YT 31, f. 70v
Circular diagram of the seven planets, each of which governs a day of the week, set around a wheel. Each planet is depicted as a human figure: the Sun as a woman with a flower, Venus swimming, Mercury with a ... More
Fox and ape from BL Eg 1121, f. 12v
Detail of a miniature of a fox and ape; the fox is wondering why the ape rejoices in the full moon above, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 1. Image taken from f. 12v of Spiegel der Weisheit. Written in Ger... More
Saturn and Jupiter from BL YT 31, f. 51v
Miniature of the planet Saturn, represented as an elderly man holding a sickle; miniature of the planet Jupiter, incorrectly represented as a fully-robed woman (this miniature should actually be representing th... More
Saturn and Jupiter from BL YT 31, f. 51v
Detail of a miniature of the planet Saturn, represented as an elderly man holding a sickle; miniature of the planet Jupiter, incorrectly represented as a fully-robed woman (this miniature should actually be rep... More
Sun and Moon trees from BL Harley 4979, f. 61
Detail of a miniature of the Sun and Moon trees prophesying Alexander's reign and death, with a phoenix in the dry tree. Image taken from f. 61 of Roman d'Alexandre (index Romance of Alexander), in prose, with ... More
Bowl with Plum Blossom and Crescent Moon
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Diagram of the phases of the Moon from BL YT 31, f. 55v
Diagram of the phases and course of the Moon, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 55v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with some Hebrew... More
Plaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personi...
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Tea Bowl with Crescent Moon, Clouds, and Blossoming Plum
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Heaven of the Moon from BL YT 36, f. 131
Miniature of Dante and Beatrice visiting the inhabitants of the heaven of the moon. Image taken from f. 131 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a ... More
Cup with Plum and Crescent Moon
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The temple of God and the woman in glory from BL Add 38842, f. 3
Full page with a two-column miniature of the temple of God and the ark within (right); the woman in a glory, with the moon under her feet (right); Image taken from f. 3 of Apocalypse with commentary in French p... More
Lunar eclipse from BL YT 31, f. 53
Diagram of a lunar eclipse, with spheres representing the sun, the moon, and Earth, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 53 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written i... More
Fox and ape from BL Eg 1121, f. 12v
Miniature of a fox and ape; the fox is wondering why the ape rejoices in the full moon above, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 1. Image taken from f. 12v of Spiegel der Weisheit. Written in German. The Eg... More
King and queen from BL Harley 3469, f. 10
Miniature of a king and queen bearing scrolls; he stands in the midst of a fire, she stands upon a full moon. Image taken from f. 10 of Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun). Writt... More
Creation from BL Harley 616, f. 1
Detail of a section of a six-part miniature of the days of Creation, of God creating the sun and moon and the birds and animals, at the beginning of Genesis. Image taken from f. 1 of Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imp... More
Tea Bowl with Crescent Moon, Clouds, and Blossoming Plum
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f. 94, displayed as an open bifolium with f. 97v: diagrams from BL Aru...
Notes and diagrams concerning Leonardo's study on the Moon, entitled 'Della luna'. Image taken from f. 94 of Notebook ('The Codex Arundel'). Written in Italian. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by... More
Beatrice from BL YT 36, f. 132 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of a miniature of Beatrice explaining some scientific theories to Dante, including the appearance of the moon. Image taken from f. 132 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry... More
Bowl with Plum Blossom and Crescent Moon
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Eclipses from BL Harley 531, ff. 11v-12
Diagrams of eclipses, with the earth in the centre and the sun in the outer orbit. In the upper diagram, labelled 'Eclipse of the moon', the earth casts its shadow on the moon, while in the diagram below, label... More
The Creation: sun and moon - Public domain medieval manuscript
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Volvelle from BL Eg 848, f. 22 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Volvelle with three moving parts representing the zodiac, the sun, and the moon, and showing their relative positions and the moon's phases, and astronomical diagram. Image taken from f. 22 of Medical miscellan... More
Moon from BL Harley 4940, f. 37
Miniature of an astronomical diagram of the moon (Luna). Image taken from f. 37 of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the Brit... More
Madonna: Mary wearing a crown and holding a crucifix stands on the cre...
The image of Mary holding the Christ Child is a common depiction in Christian art and is known as the "Madonna and Child." It represents the mother of Jesus and her son and is a symbol of motherhood, love, and ... More
The Creation: sun and moon - Public domain medieval manuscript
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Diagram of eclipses from BL Royal 19 C I, f. 40v
Diagram of eclipses with the sun, moon, and earth. Image taken from f. 40v of Breviari d'Amor. Written in French (Occitan) (Provencal). The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, c... More
Double course of the moon and central path of the sun from BL Royal 12...
Detail of a diagram of the double course of the moon and the central path of the sun. Image taken from f. 20v of Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon). Written in L... More
Gods were also made seen as parts of the world: Apollo as the sun, Dia...
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Computistic circles, with angel, sun, moon and planets
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Detail from BL Burn 409, f. 11v
Image taken from f. 11v of Fragment of an astronomical text on the signs of the zodiac (ff. 2-5v); on the planets, with diagrams (ff. 6-7); on astronomy, with diagrams and tables (ff. 7v-22); Fragment of an ast... More
Crucifixion from BL Lansdowne 381, f. 10v
Miniature of the Crucifixion flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above. Image taken from f. 10v of Psalter, f... More
Diagram from BL Eg 843, f. 25 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Diagram of the earth, sun, and moon. Image taken from f. 25 of Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera); Hippocras, De Contemptu Mundi; Astronomical treatises, etc. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Colle... More
Historiated initial from BL Harley 5261, f. 23v
Historiated initial 'Q'(uinque) with a man pointing at the sun, moon and stars in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica. Image taken from f. 23v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-18); Georgica (index Georgics)... More
Circular map from BL Sloane 702, f. 1v
Circular map of the world. Image taken from f. 1v of Astronomical and medical miscellany, including a volvelle and tables of the mansions of the moon. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physic... More
Zodiac man from BL Sloane 2250, f. 12
Miniature of a zodiac man, with the signs of the zodiac illustrated on the body parts under their rulership. Image taken from f. 12 of Physician's folding calendar, including the calendar of John Somer (ff. 3-1... More
Tidal wheel from BL Harley 3017, f. 135
Tidal wheel showing the thirty-day lunar cycle in correspondence with the tides, with the earth at the centre of the diagram and four circles in the outer corners representing the four moons. Image taken from ... More
Astrological diagram from BL Harley 3719, f. 156
An astrological diagram of the phases of the sun and moon, with vovelles. Image taken from f. 156 of Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts. Written in Latin. The "... More
Detail: Diagram from BL Arundel 501, f. 26v
Diagram, at the end of an explanation to the Tables for finding the moveable feasts, the age of the moon, the golden number and the hour of the new moon. Image taken from f. 26v of De coloribus urinarum; Tables... More
Constellations from BL Eg 845, f. 21v
Astrological drawing of the moon and Zodiac constellations. Image taken from f. 21v of Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera). Written in Latin and English. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its... More
作者未詳 水月觀音圖 高麗|Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara
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Historiated initial from BL Harley 3647, f. 63
Historiated initial 'S'(cito) with a man teaching and pointing up to sun and moon, a bar-border sprouting with foliage, and a hybrid creature, at the beginning of Messahala, 'Astrolabium' (translated by John of... More
Volvelle from BL Sloane 702, ff. 21v-22
A volvelle, a device with a moveable disc rotating with a fixed matrix, with a pointing moveable index of the sun (here painted yellow to represent the sun) which could be set at the sign and degree of the zod... More
Crucifixion from BL Harley 2821, f. 101
Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Mary and John, and personifications of the sun (Sol) and moon (Luna). Image taken from f. 101 of Gospels, with canon tables, chapter lists, and lections. Written in Latin. Th... More
The angels as blessed and eternal, contemplating God the Father; the d...
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Pliny from BL Harley 2677, f. 1
Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms. Image... More
Decorated initial word from BL Harley 1861, f. 57v
Detail of a page: decorated initial word ~We-elleh~ (and these) with the moon, the sun and a star, at the beginning of Exodus. Image taken from f. 57v of Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219... More
![Symbol of St. Matthew: angel, with (17) two clasped hands, (18) scallop, vine-tendril, (19) [no picture, number only], (20) money box, (21) head of ass, (22) laid table, (23) Seat of Moses, (24) sun, moon and stars](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn8/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTYvMDUvMTUvc3ltYm9sLW9mLXN0LW1hdHRoZXctYW5nZWwtd2l0aC0xNy10d28tY2xhc3BlZC1oYW5kcy0xOC1zY2FsbG9wLXZpbmUtdGVuZHJpbC1kMDQ1NGQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "Symbol of St. Matthew: angel, with (17) two clasped hands, (18) scallop, vine-tendril, (19) [no picture, number only], (20) money box, (21) head of ass, (22) laid table, (23) Seat of Moses, (24) sun, moon and stars")
Symbol of St. Matthew: angel, with (17) two clasped hands, (18) scallo...
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Christ from BL Eg 2781, f. 94v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with the infant Christ between the sun and the moon, according to Sandler, and people upside down or genuflecting. Image taken from f. 94v of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (The 'Nevil... More
Crucifixion from BL Harley 2891, f. 145
Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the sun and moon overhead, and the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist below (Cannon of the Mass). Image taken from f. 145 of Missal, use of Paris. Written in Latin. The "BL ... More
Third and fourth visions from BL Royal 19 B XV, f. 15
Miniature of the third and fourth visions: the fall of the great star from the heavens, and part of the sun, moon, and waters smitten, and the eagle. Image taken from f. 15 of Apocalypse, with commentary (The '... More
Volvelle from BL Sloane 405, f. 4
A volvelle, a device with moveable discs rotating with a fixed matrix, the pointing moveable index of which could be set at the sign and degree of the zodiac for a particular day in order to predict the best ti... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2407, f. 75v
Initial 'L'(yfe thow) with pen-flourishing with a drawing of twin dragons with the sun and moon. The dragons and text were reproduced by Elias Ashmole (b. 1617, d. 1692), on page 212 of his ~Theatrum chemicu... More
Diagram from BL Arundel 347, f. 34
Diagrams of the eclipse of the moon. Image taken from f. 34 of Kalendarium, cum figuris eclipsum, tabulis, et canonibus. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, pa... More
Decorated initial word from BL Harley 1861, f. 57v
Decorated initial word ~We-elleh~ (and these) with the moon, the sun and a star, at the beginning of Exodus. Image taken from f. 57v of Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219); Five Scrolls (... More
Diagram from BL Harley 4940, f. 36
Miniature of an astronomical diagram of the moon and planets. Image taken from f. 36 of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the... More
Diagram from BL Eg 845, f. 21 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Astrological diagram, headed by the sun and the moon. Image taken from f. 21 of Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera). Written in Latin and English. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founde... More
Diagrams from BL Sloane 702, ff. 20v-21
Astronomical moveable diagrams, on the left with a pointing standing man in the centre. Image taken from ff. 20v-21 of Astronomical and medical miscellany, including a volvelle and tables of the mansions of the... More
Christians (men of wisdom) adoring God the Father; other men carried a...
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Frontispiece from BL Add 16577, f. 27v
Frontispiece at the beginning of the customs of New Moon. Decorated initial-word panels accompanied by two miniatures of birds and a full border. Image taken from f. 27v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. W... More
The Crucifixion from BL Eg 608, f. 88
Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Mary and John flanking the cross, and personifications of the sun (Sol) and moon (Luna) above the arms of the cross, and half-length figures of Adam and Eve emerging from thei... More
Crucifixion from BL Harley 2821, f. 101
Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Mary and John, and personifications of the sun (Sol) and moon (Luna). Image taken from f. 101 of Gospels, with canon tables, chapter lists, and lections. Written in Latin. Th... More