Initial page from the Lindisfarne Gospels Size:M: 50 x 40cm The leaves of 'Quercus alba

The leaves of 'Quercus alba virginiana'

Paul Gustave Dore

Plate 3 figures 1-17 from the monograph Entwicklung des hummereies von den ersten veranderungen im dotter an bis zur reife des embryo

The philosopher Erasmus in square cap and fur trimmed robes

Initial page from the Lindisfarne Gospels Size:M: 50 x 40cm The leaves of 'Quercus albaInitial page from the Lindisfarne Gospels, late 7th or early 8th century. Gospel of St John the Evangelist, originally produced in Lindisfarne, North East England. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders, and Initials by George F Warner, series II, (British Museum, London, 1899).