https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/two_riddles_of_the_queen_of_sheba_the_metropolitan_museum_journal_v_6_1972 Paper has a different...
Without really doing the work needed to confirm, I think you may have hit it. Explains why the woman looks like she is being treated with...
I had the impression bluumz took the photos. Was just waiting for jivvy to fall into this one. And no, I don't think it is Henry, but similarity...
Yes. I don't often like carved gem stones like this & generally the harder they were to do because of the hardness of the stone, the less I like...
Scooped by AJ, but IM Translator tells me it means 1000 years of the Polish state. I don't know if the panels with the shields are showing the...
I was speaking more to age than origin. :)
Now this is a pretty thing: [IMG]
Hamilton Somebody?
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I was thinking oak & now see James says it is. There's a degree of similarity with this one:...
The reds must have been quite a bit darker originally. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Would like a better look at this: [ATTACH]
I had that thought at first too. The guy standing just back of the 'rope' really reminds me of Henry. Clothing is that period. [IMG]
I do not want to know: [IMG]
@shallow_ocean_spectre Bet you could shed some light on this.
Looks braided & my initial impression was rope, reinforced by what appears to be a knot by his hand, but here seems to be used in a way similar to...
This chart for Fraktur may be useful: [IMG] [IMG]
A palm frond used in celebrations of the Jewish holiday Sukkot. We've had etrog boxes turn up here from time to time. :)
I don't see anyone in the scene who looks like clergy, which seems odd. And what in the world is in his hand? Ruling out rope & a braid of her...
Some of the passengers were ready to.
Unlikely. I see that word as starting 'be'. Suspect the phrase will add up to Praise be to God.
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