John Knox, Scottish reformation clergyman
1565 John Knox Scottish Presbyterian
John Knox, Scottish theologian
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits
King Henry VIII of England
Martin Luther, German theologian
John Colet, English humanist
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist
Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian
Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian
John Calvin, French theologian
Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist
James Ussher, Irish theologian and cleric
John Colet, English humanist theologian
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian
Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist
Pietro Bembo, Italian scholar
Martyrdom of John Hooper, 1555
Christophe Plantin, French printer
Heinrich Agrippa, German alchemist
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher
Henry VIII, King of England
Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland
Pietro Giannone, Italian historian
Saint Albertus Magnus, German philosopher
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician
Thomas Cromwell, English statesman
Rhubarb cultivation, 16th century
Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher
Francis Bacon, English philosopher
John Napier, Scottish mathematician
1566 Guillame Rondelet Portrait naturalis
European in the Americas, 16th century
Humanist scholars in debate, 16th century
Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer
Caribbean millet brew, 16th century
African herbal tree, 16th century
Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian printer
Guillaume Philandrier, French humanist
Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
Ismail I, Shah of Persia
Abyssinian priest, historical artwork
St Thomas Aquinas, Italian philosopher
Mythical hybrid creature, 16th century
Pineapple, 16th century
South American tree, 16th century
Cassava plant, 16th century
Mythical water creature, 16th century
Horse's skull, 16th century
Horse's hoof, 16th century
Historical illustration of distillation
Martin Luther
John Locke, English philosopher
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician
Arabian horned creature, 16th century
Captive giraffe, 16th century
Rhinoceros and elephant, 16th century
The Dance of Death, 16th century
Melampulach, Arab physician
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Italian lawyer
Janos Zsamboky, Hungarian humanist
Henry Howard.
Persecution of Catholics, 17th century
Konrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist
Leonhard Thurneisser, German physician
Johannes Kepler's birthplace
Johannes Trithemius, German polymath
Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist
David Hume, Scottish philosopher
Egyptian obelisks, 16th century
The seven works of mercy, 16th century painting
The reformation, woodcut
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist
Illustration of a camera obscura
1650's Portrait Pierre Belon Naturalist
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, Italian humanist
Andreas Vesalius, Dutch anatomist
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist
Petrus Bertius, Flemish cartographer
Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
Father of Albrecht Durer.
Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest
Toucan, 16th century
Mythical creature, 16th century
Rene Descartes, French mathematician
William Whewell, English polymath
1532 A medieval dive helmet aqualung
1532 A war machine in the form of a horse
1532 A medieval diving suit Vegetalius
Dioscorides, Ancient Greek physician
South American cannibals, 16th century
Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1516)
Thomas More's 'Utopia' (1518)
Albrecht Durer's Nemesis.
Albrecht Durer's Sea Monster engraving
Durer's 'Whore of Babylon' engraving.
Surveying methods, 16th century
Ethiopian animal, 16th century
Captive sloth, 16th century
John Selden, English humanist polymath
Robert Estienne, French printer
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
Gerardus Mercator, Dutch cartographer
Nicholas Kratzer, German astronomer
Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer
Tycho Brahe's Astronomical Instruments title page
Leonardo da Vinci
Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist
Sir Thomas More, English statesman
Portrait of Martin Luther by Cranach.
Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher
Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher
William I, Prince of Orange
Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
Death playing a drum, 19th C illustration
Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss priest and theologian
Distillation vessel, historical artwork
African artefact, 17th century
Jacob Brill, Dutch philosopher
Bernard Abattia, French astrologer
John Wycliffe, English theologian
1683 Copernicus Universe early print
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Poland
Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian writer
Bear hunting, 16th century
Tobacco cultivation, 16th century
South American healing, 16th century
Northern hemisphere map, 16th Century
Tycho Brahe' s De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis
Roger Bacon, English natural philosopher
Distillation glassware historical artwork
Letter written by Vasco da Gama, 1500s
Oronce Fine, French cartographer
Death of Inca ruler Atahualpa, 1533
Native American chief, 16th century
Francis Drake, English explorer
Raffaellino del Garbo, Italian painter
Sebastian Munster, German cartographer
Sebastain Munster, German cartographer
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer
Native American dance, 16th century
Kent artillery fort, 16th century
Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect
Jacopo Barozzi Da Vignola, Italian architect
Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher
Chapel of Bones, Evora, Portugal
1700 Michel de Montaigne Essays portrait
John Harvard, English-US clergyman
Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist
Richard Bentley, English scholar
Ulrik Huber, Dutch jurist
Giambattista della Porta Italian polymath
William Harvey, English physician
Charles de l'Ecluse, Flemish botanist
Nicolas Lemery, French pharmacist
Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist
Otto von Guericke, German engineer
Denis Papin, French physicist
Magdeburg vacuum experiment, 1650s
Title page of Isaac Newton's 'Principia'
Title page of Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, 1632