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Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet, (1815). Artist: R Page
Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet, (1815). Marvell (1621-1678) helped to convince Charles IIs government not to execute fellow poet John Milton for his antimonarchical writings

Metastasio, Italian poet, (1816). Artist: R Page
Metastasio, Italian poet, (1816). Pietro Trapassi (1698-1782) is better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio

Edmund Malone, Irish Shakespearean scholar, (1815). Artist: Page
Edmund Malone, Irish Shakespearean scholar, (1815). Malone (1741-1812) edited the the works of William Shakespeare

Reverend William Mason, English poet, editor and gardener, (1815). Artist: R Page
Reverend William Mason, English poet, editor and gardener, (1815). Portrait of William Mason (1724-1797) wrote the historical tragedies Elfrida (1752) and Caractacus (1759)

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, French novelist and dramatist, (1815). Artist: Page
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, French novelist and dramatist, (1815). Marivaux (1688-1763) was one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century

St Ignatius Loyola, (1814). Artist: Page
St Ignatius Loyola, (1814). Portrait of the saint (1491-1556)

Page from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Artist: Michael Wolgemut
Page from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Also known as Schedels World History, the book is an illustrated history of the world, first published in 1493

Police file of the political criminal Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenins wife, before 1916. Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939) and Lenin married in 1898 when they were both living in exile in Siberia

Family tree, a page from Liber Floridus, 12th century. Liber Floridus was an encyclopedia compiled by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, between 1095 and 1120. From the collection of Ghent University

Table of the degrees of Consanguinity, a page from Liber Floridus, 12th century. Consanguinity is the property of having the same genetic lineage as another person

Map of Europe, a page from Liber Floridus, 12th century. Liber Floridus was an encyclopedia compiled by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, between 1095 and 1120. From the collection of Ghent University

Minotaur in a labyrinth, a page from Liber Floridus, 12th century. Liber Floridus was an encyclopedia compiled by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, between 1095 and 1120

Paradise, a page from Liber Floridus, 12th century. Liber Floridus was an encyclopedia compiled by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, between 1095 and 1120. From the collection of Ghent University

A page from Liber Floridus, 12th century. Liber Floridus was an encyclopedia compiled by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, between 1095 and 1120. From the collection of Ghent University

Oliver Cromwell, English military leader and politician, 1649, (1899). Portrait of Cromwell (1599-1658) from the collection of Leeds Museums and Galleries, England

Marriage of the Princess Royal and Emperor Frederick III, 25 January 1858, (c1888). Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria, was married at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess Palace

Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, (1826). Artist: R Page
Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, (1826). Alexander (1777-1825) ascended to the throne in 1801 after the murder of his father, Paul I

Thomas Bertie, English naval officer. Artist: Page
Thomas Bertie, English naval officer. Bertie commanded HMS Ardent at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. He later became Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Royal Navy

Double Page from the Koran, Safavid, c1580. Turkic-speaking dynasty whose classical and cultural language was Persian

Knight and Page, 19th century. Artist: George Cattermole
Knight and Page, 19th century

Night the Third Narcissa, title-page from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. Artist: William Blake
Night the Third Narcissa, title-page from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. In 1795 the bookseller Richard Edwards commissioned Blake to illustrate the nine Nights of Edward Youngs

Page 46 from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. Artist: William Blake
Page 46 from the Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts, c1797. In 1795 the bookseller Richard Edwards commissioned Blake to illustrate the nine Nights of Edward Youngs Night Thoughts

Absinthe / Victor Hugo, c1895-1900. Artist: Guillaume Apollinaire
Absinthe/Victor Hugo, c1895-1900. Sketch and text for a Guignol puppet scene. From a private collection

Virgin and Child, detail, 16th century. A hand holds open an illuminated devotional book with clasps and fore-edge gilt. In the background a traveller fills his water bottle in a stream

Popular Russian religious print, 19th century. Episodes in the ministry of Jesus including the miracle of the Raising of Lazarus (bottom left)

Scene from a story of chivalry, c1400. An armoured knight converses with a blind man standing between two soldiers. On the right the knights groom or page holds a cloak and sword and a dog on a lead

Westminster Bridge, London, looking from the south bank of the Thames, 1858. This is the bridge rebuilt by Thomas Page (1803-1877) beginning in 1853

Chelsea Bridge, London, 1858. Thomas Page (1803-1877) was the engineer of this suspension bridge over the Thames, which opened in 1858

Double page from the Koran, Islamic Manuscript in Maghrebi, North African, 12th century

A page from the Gutenberg Bible, 15th century. Artist: Johannes Gutenberg
A page from the Gutenberg Bible, the first use of moveable type, 15th century

Page with a Reed Pipe, late 17th or 18th century. Artist: Alexis Grimou
Page with a Reed Pipe, late 17th or 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

First page of St Lukes Gospel from the Lindisfarne Gospels, produced in Northumbria in the 7th centu
Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels, illuminated in Northumbria. This depicts the first page of St Lukes Gospel

Page from Wycliffes translation of the Bible into English, c1400. The bygynynge of ye gospel of Jesus Christ ye sone of God (St Marks gospel)

First page of St Matthews Gospel from William Tyndales English New Testament, 1525. Tyndale (c1494-1536) set out to translate the Bible into common English

Cephalus and Procris, c1574-1627. Artist: Giovanni Battista Paggi
Cephalus and Procris, c1574-1627

Benito Mussolini, 1925. Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian Fascist dictator. From a private collection

Page of the Koran in a Maghrebi script, 12th century

Page of the Koran from Egypt, 9th century
Page of the Koran, in squared kufic script, from Egypt, 9th century

Moses Receiving the Law, illustration from a Biblia Pauperum blockbook, 4th edition, c... ca. 1465. Creator: Anon
Moses Receiving the Law, illustration from a Biblia Pauperum blockbook, 4th edition, ca. 1465

Alfred the Great making a collection of Laws, 1773. Creator: Charles Grignion
Alfred the Great making a collection of Laws, 1773. Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons c886-899, he improved the legal system, military structure, and general quality of life

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