Margaret II of Constantinople

This illuminated manuscript folio by Hendrik van Heessel portrays Margaret II “of Constantinople” (1202–1280), Countess of Flanders and Hainaut, rendered in pen and gray wash within an ornate frame. ...

Saint-Jacques de Compostelle pilgrimage 

Ninety-one hand-coloured woodcuts from the 'Schatzbehalter' (Anton Koberger, Nuremberg) 1491; the series is prefaced by two large hands with allegories to the suffering and life of Christ. ...

Grande Paix Montreal

The Great Peace of Montréal, a peace treaty signed in 1701 by the Governor of New France, Louis-Hector de Callière, and 39 First Nations communities. ...

Yale in 1786

Daniel Bowen's 1786 woodcut of "A Front View of Yale-College, and the College Chapel, New-Haven." ...

Gilles Hocquart

Portrait of Gilles Hocquart, prominent individual from New France in 1765, ...