Ismail I, Shah of Persia
Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
Abyssinian priest, historical artwork
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar
Martyrdom of John Hooper, 1555
Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian printer
Guillaume Philandrier, French humanist
Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
Humanist scholars in debate, 16th century
Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
European in the Americas, 16th century
South American cannibals, 16th century
1532 A war machine in the form of a horse
Christophe Plantin, French printer
Melampulach, Arab physician
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Italian lawyer
Rhubarb cultivation, 16th century
Caribbean millet brew, 16th century
African herbal tree, 16th century
The Dance of Death, 16th century
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1518)
Muhammad, Prophet of Islam
Muslim circumcision rite, 16th century
1532 A medieval dive helmet aqualung
1532 A medieval diving suit Vegetalius
Bernard Abattia, French astrologer
Mythical hybrid creature, 16th century
Pineapple, 16th century
Cassava plant, 16th century
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher
Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
Janos Zsamboky, Hungarian humanist
Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1516)
Dioscorides, Ancient Greek physician
Arabian horned creature, 16th century
African artefact, 17th century
South American tree, 16th century
Mythical water creature, 16th century
Horse's skull, 16th century
Horse's hoof, 16th century
Historical illustration of distillation
King Henry VIII of England
Durer's 'Whore of Babylon' engraving.
Captive giraffe, 16th century
Rhinoceros and elephant, 16th century
Egyptian obelisks, 16th century
Surveying methods, 16th century
MOHAMMAD ALI SHAH QAJAR (1872-1925).
Martin Luther, German theologian
John Colet, English humanist
John Knox, Scottish reformation clergyman
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
Distillation vessel, historical artwork
Araticum ape, annona montana, artwork
Illustration of a camera obscura
Albrecht Durer's Nemesis.
Planispheric astrolobe
John Knox, Scottish theologian
Father of Albrecht Durer.
Sir Thomas More, English statesman
Ethiopian animal, 16th century
Captive sloth, 16th century
Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian writer
Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor
1566 Guillame Rondelet Portrait naturalis
Albrecht Durer's Sea Monster engraving
Native American chief, 16th century
William I, Prince of Orange
Queen Elizabeth I, English monarch
1532 Portrait Military author Vegetalius
PERSIAN BATTLE SCENE.
Cosimo de' Medici.
Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland
Toucan, 16th century
Mythical creature, 16th century
Geber, Islamic Spanish alchemist
Augustus, Roman emperor
Tiberius, Roman emperor
Caligula, Roman emperor
Galba, Roman emperor
Otho, Roman emperor
Vitellius, Roman emperor
Titus, Roman emperor
Domitian, Roman emperor
Vespasian, Roman emperor
Gerardus Mercator, Dutch cartographer
Distillation glassware historical artwork
Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian
Thomas Cromwell, English statesman
1565 John Knox Scottish Presbyterian
Elephant trapping, 16th century
Bear hunting, 16th century
Tobacco cultivation, 16th century
South American healing, 16th century
Hunting bison, 16th century
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
James Ussher, Irish theologian and cleric
Raffaellino del Garbo, Italian painter
The seven works of mercy, 16th century painting
Medieval comic poem, 16th century
Sir William Temple, English statesman
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftsbury
Glass blowing.
Nail makers workshop.
Heinrich Agrippa, German alchemist
Goldweigher, 17th century
John Napier, Scottish mathematician
Christian Wolff, German philosopher
Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist
Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
Native American chiefs, 16th century
Native American dead chiefs, 16th century
1693 Flying fish Johan Nieuhof
Joseph Scaliger, French religious scholar
Henry VIII, King of England
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits
Map of biblical locations, 18th century
John Colet, English humanist theologian
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian
Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman
Bankruptcy punishment, 16th century
Prophet Muhammed in Paradise Gardens, 19th C illustration
1705 African Manticore of Ctesias
Cicero's collected works, 17th century
Suetonius writing The Twelve Caesars
A stained glass artist in his studio.
Francis Drake, English explorer
Thomas Bodley, English diplomat
Leonardo da Vinci
Native American dance, 16th century
Kent artillery fort, 16th century
Chapel of Bones, Evora, Portugal
Death playing a drum, 19th C illustration
1620 Ludovic Stewart Duke Richmond Maine
Exterior and sectional view of a glass works and furnace.
Cavalrymen with muskets, pistols and swords.
Cavalrymen with pistol.
The River Fisherman.
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
The quack, 17th century oil painting
Solon of Athens, Greek statesman and lawmaker
Nostradamus statue, France
Sebastian Cabot, Italian explorer
Nicholas Kratzer, German astronomer
Roger Bacon, English natural philosopher
Pietro Giannone, Italian historian
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 1679 artwork
William Shakespeare, English playwright
Death of Inca ruler Atahualpa, 1533
Tycho Brahe's Astronomical Instruments title page
Stari Most, Mostar, Herzegovina
Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist
Persian village girl of Tehran
Officer in charge of the Holy Shrine at Meshhed
Michel de l'Hopital.
Bronze statue of Mercury
Tlaltecuhtli, Aztec deity
Mansur's Anatomy, 15th century
Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist and author
John Locke, English philosopher
17th Century philosopher, artwork
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist
Michael Maier, German physician
Frederick I Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor
Melchior Cibinensis, Hungarian alchemist
Mughal architecture, Fatehpur Sikri, India
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist
Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon
Cloisters of Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon
Men bowing in prayer at an Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, November 30, 1979