Omen Collection

Nuño Salido, Tutor of the Infantes, Sees Evil Omens for Them in this War, 1612. Creator: Antonio Tempesta
Nuno Salido, Tutor of the Infantes, Sees Evil Omens for Them in this War, 1612. Series: The History of the Seven Sons of Lara, pl. 20

Nuño Salido Insists that the Omens are Evil While Ruy Velazquez Insists that They are Good, 1612
Nuno Salido Insists that the Omens are Evil While Ruy Velazquez Insists that They are Good, 1612. From The History of the Seven Sons of Lara, pl. 21

Omen in the flight of birds, 1742-1801. Creator: Anon
Omen in the flight of birds, 1742-1801. Romulus and Remus are looking for an omen in a flight of birds. The number of birds determines which of the twins has the right to found a city

The Fatal Bellman, 1827. Creator: George Richmond
The Fatal Bellman, 1827. It was the owl that shriek'd the fatal bell-man'; scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth. The hoot of an owl flying over one's house was an evil omen

On allume les cierges pour les Morts (They light candles for the dead), 1878

Balthazars Feast, ca. 1624. Creator: Jan Muller
Balthazars Feast, ca. 1624

Page from a Book of Omens, ca. 1800. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Book of Omens, ca. 1800

The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 1880. Creator: Liebscher, Adolf (1857-1919)
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 1880. Found in the Collection of Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

Edward vows that he will make peace, 1360 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Edward vows that he will make peace, 1864. After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm was seen as a bad omen by King Edward III

Romulus consulting the Augury, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Romulus consulting the Augury, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

The Annunciation to the Shepherds (Book of Hours), 1450-1499. Artist: Fouquet, Jean (workshop)
The Annunciation to the Shepherds (Book of Hours), 1450-1499. Found in the collection of the The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

The Annunciation to the Shepherds (Book of Hours), 1440-1460. Artist: Bedford Master (active 1405-1465)
The Annunciation to the Shepherds (Book of Hours), 1440-1460. Found in the collection of the The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Entrance to the Maze at Versailles, 1693. Artist: Jean Cotelle the younger
Entrance to the Maze at Versailles, 1693

Clay Cuneiform Tablet. 7th century BC. From Nineveh, Astrological Omens concerning Public Affairs. British Museum

Clay model of a sheeps liver, Old Babylonian, c1900-1600 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq
Clay model of a sheeps liver, Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BC. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods

Babylonian clay model of a sheeps lung
Clay model of a lung, containing omens, Late Babylonian, 7th Century BC, from Ninevah. Used by baru-priests to teach their students its anatomy and its significance in foretelling the future

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