Images Dated 2006 July

Ladys headdress, 1450-1470, (1910)

Lady's headdress, 1450-1470, (1910). Female fashion from the reign of Henry VI-Edward IV ((1422-1483). Forked headdress with black velvet ermine-lined cloak with golden fleur-de-lys and lined with blue satin, jewelled morse with pendant chain, parti-coloured super cote-hardi in black velvet with heraldic lion rampant. The panel on the right side is red and green with heraldic quarterings in gold, the cote-hardi is of rich baudekyn with a strong pattern. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910)

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John Locke, English philosopher, (1836).Artist: James Posselwhite

John Locke, English philosopher, (1836). Locke (1632-1704) is regarded as the father of British empiricism. He was the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) in which he argued that knowledge is derived from sensation and introspection, rather than from innate ideas. His political philosophy, set out in Two Treatises of Government were to exert considerable influence on the American and French revolutions, setting out the liberal ideas of the natural rights of man and that the authority of government should be limited and subject to its obligation to serve the public good

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St Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century Spanish soldier and founder of the Jesuits, (1836).Artist: W Holl

St Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century Spanish soldier and founder of the Jesuits, (1836). Inigo Lopez de Loyola (1491-1556) founded the Society of Jesus together with 6 others at St Mary's Church, Montmartre, Paris, in 1534. The society, which came to be known as the Jesuits, was established with the mission to enter upon hospital and missionary work in Jerusalem, or to go without questioning wherever the pope might direct. The Society of Jesus gained papal approval in 1540, and went on to become a highly organised teaching and missionary society which was at the forefront of the Counter-Reformation. St Ignatius was canonised in 1622

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