Castle Collection (page 66)

Decoration in the court of the maidens in the Alcazar, 14th century
Modejar decoration on an arch in the court of the maidens in the Alcazar in Seville, 14th century

The Alcazaba and River Guardiana in Merida, with a Moorish well in the middle distance

Kolossi castle on Cyprus, 13th century
Kolossi castle on Cyprus, which was the base for the Knights of John of Jerusalem, 13th century

Bodrum Crusader castle in Turkey, 15th century
Bodrum castle in Turkey, built by crusaders, 15th century

Procession to Hambach Castle on 27th May 1832
Procession to Hambach Castle, Germany, 27 May 1832. In 1832 the people of the Palatinate met at Hambach in protest at the repressive rule of their Bavarian rulers

Cashel Cathedral, 10th century
Caskel Cathedral in County Tipperary, Ireland, 10th century

Helmsley Castle, Yorkshire

Celtic bronze armlet from Scotland
A bronze armlet, one of a pair found in Dummond Castle in Scotland, and currently in the British Museums collection

Norse chessman (Warder: Castle: Rook), Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Norse chessman (Warder:Castle:Rook), Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Dragon sacred to the god Marduk, detail of the Ishtar Gate, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Detail of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC
Detail of the Ishtar Gate leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Empress Matilda escaping from the besieged Oxford Castle, 1142 (c19th century). Matilda was the wife of Henry V of Germany, daughter of Henry I of England and mother of Henry II

Edward the Martyr, 10th century English king, c1860. Edward (Eadward), king from 975, being offered a poisoned drink by his stepmother Aelfthryth at her home at Corfe Castle, Dorset

March, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
March, 1412-1416. A farmer uses an ox-drawn wheeled plough on his field in the foreground, while in the distance, people are tending vines, keeping sheep and preparing to sow corn

Louis XII, King of France, riding out with his army to chastise the city of Genoa, 24 April 1507. The covering of the kings armour and his horses caparison are decorated with hives and bees

Execution of conspirators at Amboise, French Religious Wars, March 1560 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Execution of conspirators at Amboise, French Religious Wars, March 1560 (1570). Execution by hanging or decapitation by the sword of conspirators in the Amboise Enterprise

Archimedes Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (1642). A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes

Archimedes Crow, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (18th century). A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes

Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. Artist: Gautier
Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. The Count des Broches in combat with King Nabor and Sir Gawain. In the centre mounted knights in armour are fighting with lances and swords

Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). Artist: Sebastian Marmoret
Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). In the foreground of the main image, mounted knights unhorsed and killed in a melee of hand-to-hand fighting with (left)

Flavius Josephus brought before Titus, at the Siege of Jerusalem, 70. Flavius Josephus (c37-c100), Jewish historian and soldier, is brought before Titus (39-81)

Council of Acre and the Siege of Damascus, 1147-1148 (late 12th century). Events from the Second Crusade showing the Council of Acre (top)

Hand-to-hand fighting with swords in defence of a castle, 14th century. Detail from a Manuscript in the British Museum

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Victoria (1819-1901) and Albert (1819-1861) riding in Windsor Park when young. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, in 1840

Scene from Shakespeares Hamlet, 19th century. Hamlet seeing his fathers ghost on the battlements of Elsinore Castle (Act 1 Scene 5)

Harlech Castle, 19th century. Artist: John Wright Oakes
Harlech Castle, 19th century. The construction of Harlech Castle, on a cliff overlooking Cardigan Bay in Wales, was begun by the English king Edward I in 1283

Dunstanburgh Castle, c1850. The largest castle in Northumberland, Dunstanburgh was begun in 1313 by the Thomas, Earl of Lancaster

Saint Louis and his brothers taken prisoner during the Seventh Crusade, 1250 (1522). Louis IX of France and his brothers Alphonse

Basin of the Caledonian Ship Canal at Muirtown near Inverness, Scotland, 1822. Built by Thomas Telford between Inverness and Fort William, the Caledonian Canal opened on 24 October 1822

Charles The Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 15th century. Charles (1433-1477), Duke of Burgundy from 1467, accepting a book from Georges Chastellain (c1405 or c1415-1475), the Burgundian chronicler and poet

Attacking walls with battering rams, c1800. The one mounted on chains could be given more impetus than one carried on mens shoulders

Roman soldiers attacking a fortress, 1605. The Romans form a tortoise with their shields to protect themselves from missiles as they approach the walls. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius

Fortifications, c1880. An ancient fortress with curtain walls (top) and a bastioned fortress (bottom)

Various forms of siege equipment, including battering rams, 1547. From Architectur...Mathematischen...Kunst by Gaultherius Rivius, 1547

Roman siege warfare, 1605. Defenders attempting to disable battering rams. On the right, attackers are handling a ram under a protective cat. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605)

Wheeled siege towers and bridges, 13th century (18th century). Siege equipment of the type used by Frederick II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, for his successful siege of Jerusalem (1229)

Julius Caesars siege of Marseilles, 49 BC (18th century). Reconstruction showing the musculus or covered way to protect engineers approaching the walls of the besieged city

English troops attacking a French town, Hundred Years War, 1337-1453 (c1830). The English besiegers are armed with early cannon and both longbows and crossbows

Empress Matilda, daughter and dispossessed heiress of Henry I of England, c1860. Matilda (1102-1167) allowed by the King, Stephen, to leave Arundel Castle for Gloucester in 1139

George III, King of England, c1800. Artist: Sir William Beechey
George III, King of England, c1800. Full-length portrait of George III (1738-1820), king from 1760, in military uniform

Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC, (c19th century)
Battle between Bacchides and Jonathan, Maccabean Revolt, 160 BC (c19th century). French representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC)

Harold II, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, 1066 (1070s). Harold (c1022-1066) and companions feasting. Harolds succession to the throne was disputed by William of Normandy

Edward The Confessor, Anglo-Saxon king of England, 1070s. Edward (c1003-1066), king from 1042, on his throne. After Edwards death

Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. Artist: Joseph Anton Kock
Macbeth and the Witches, 1835. The witches flying through the sky riding goats and broomsticks are holding up the crown which Macbeth covets. Scene from Shakespeares play, first performed c1606

Henry VII at the Tower of London, 1485-1509. Henry (1457-1509), the first Tudor monarch, is variously shown greeting a guest, looking out of a window, and signing a document in the White Tower

The Shadow Dance, 1843. Daniel O Connell (1775-1847) The Liberator, Irish politician and leader of the Repeal (of union with Britain) movement, shown as a man of little substance

Heidelberg Castle and town viewed across the Neckar river, Germany, in 1620. Heidelberg was the home of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia (1619-1620) and Elizabeth

Victory of King Ludwig I of Hungary over the Bulgarians in 1377, 1430 Artist: Lambrechter Votivtafel
Victory of King Ludwig I of Hungary over the Bulgarians in 1377, with the Virgin of the Protecting Cloak, 1430. Meister der St. Lambrechter Votivtafel, Joanneum in Graz

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