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Every day a new small cotillon free to download in web format (1200 px max heigth or width) Click to enlarge and download. Enjoy! đ
Every day a new small cotillon free to download in web format (1200 px max heigth or width) Click to enlarge and download. Enjoy! đ
Journey into the past: images from our collections The last added first: always fresh content on top. Looking for something specific? Browse our Collections or try our search: you’ll find it very effective!
Yes, itâs the ancient âfirst do no harmâ. the Hippocratic Oath It isnât explicitly in the Hippocratic Oath that physicians use to take, but it summarizes a very important part of it: do nothing that to your knowledge might harm the patient. No sensible person would dare argue such a statement, ever. But still⌠Letâs […]
Found on an antique vase fragment… Take a closer look at the picture above: what is the ancient Greek boy in the middle holding on his knees? Who wouldn’t bet he’s googling for something on his laptop? Yet the notion of a laptop from 3000 years ago is somewhat puzzling: for instance where did he […]
Maps Itâs a very ancient technique: most likely the first map was drawn with a stick in the dirt to show the next caveman where to find a decent shelter for himself and his family. Then in the course of time this technique evolved to true art: starting from a crude (and not necessarily accurate) […]
Italian Vintage Lexicon Among the books I treasure there is an Italian Lexicon from the early ‘900’s (first edition 1881 !) I found on a bookshelf, that belonged to my granny and probably was bought fresh by her parents. Even as a child I was fascinated by the illustrations and in particular by the tables […]
Extra No matter how many pidgeonholes you provide, thereâs always something that falls outside â in Latin, âextraâ. Here we piled up all the images that despite our strenuous efforts wouldnât fit in any of the other categories without cheating badly. Thus if youâre after something specific this is hardly the right place, whereas if […]
People History is larded with shady characters that caused unspeakable suffering and countless deaths out of sheer personal ambition and thirst for power. Having to call them Your Majesty, mein FĂźhrer, Mr President or the like didnât ever wash the blood off their hands and never will. Fortunately though next to them are recorded also […]
Typography & Typographical elements There were books long before the art of printing came into being: sewing together a pile of scrolls is no big deal. But a book that needed years of painstaking work by a dedicated monk was a rarity, something only a fistful of major personalities could own and (maybe) read. The […]