Varia: A Huge Hodgepodge of Images
Categories: Atlases & Maps, History, Nature & Natural History, Other, Places & Travel
Written By: John
This is a collection of images shared with me by the man who scanned them from various antique bibles and other old books, including: Mathematical Astronomy by C.W.C. Barlow & G.H. Bryan (1893); Dawn of Astronomy by Sir Norman Lockyer (late 1800’s); Baedeker’s Palestine and Syria (1912); An Illustrated History of the Holy Bible, published by Henry Bill (1871); and The Holy Bible, published by John E. Potter and Company (late 1800’s).
Rather than being organized by the book they come from, they are roughly organized by subject. This is because they were given to me this way by the person who scanned them, William Struse, and I have kept his organization. The images are all public domain and he shared them with me with the understanding they would be offered for free here. He has only thumbnails on his site, and this was an easy way for him to share the larger images with a broader audience. The maximum size of each image varies greatly. I have edited them extensively to clean up the dirt and shadows and to darken, brighten, and otherwise enhance the lines. A lot of text shows through from the obverse side of the leaves, but there was little that could be done about that. I have been working on the captions, but so far have gotten to only about half of them. There are close to 500 images in all.
Within the main GALLERY PAGE for this collection there are 14 separate albums, roughly sorted by subject. They are:
Animals
Birds
Coins
Dwellings
Insects
Jewelry
Maps
Musical Instruments
Plants
Ships and Vehicles
Temples and Priests
Trees
Weapons
Other Images
Below are some sample image from each album. Each thumbnail image will lead directly to that pictures page in the sub-album of the gallery. Keep in mind there are many more images in the gallery than shown here.
ANIMALS
Mole-Rat
Wild Boar
Camels
Egyptian Asses
Egyptian Frogs
Horse
Serpent
Snake
Syrian Bear
Wild Goats
Wolf
BIRDS
Crane
Cormorant
Ospray (Osprey)
Owl
Stork
Vulture
Quail
COINS
Coin of Augustus
Coin of Agrippa
Coin of Macedonia
Denarius of Tiberius
various
DWELLINGS
Arab Huts and Sheep-cotes at Busheir
Tents
Tent and Man with Spear
Egyptian House
Walled City
INSECTS
Egyptian Fly
Hornet
Locusts
Pyramidal Nests of the White Ant
Scorpion
Spider
Turret Nests of the White Ant
JEWELRY
Assyrian Ear-rings
Different Forms of Eastern Crowns
Ear-rings
Egyptian Ring Money
Flambeaux, from Roman Gems
Hhegabs, or Amulets, of Modern Egypt
Khizam, or Nose-jewel, of modern Egypt
MAPS
Acre & Environs
Bethleem, Beit-Lahm
Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount
Environs of the Monastery of Mt. Sinai and of the Jebel Musa
Jaffa
Plan of Babylon
Southern Palestine
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
"Dulcimer" or Bagpipe
A Player on the Harp
Double-Flute Players
Egyptian Harp
Modern Egyptian Flute Player
Muse with an early form of lyre
Oriental Instruments of the Drum Kind
Roman Trumpet
Tambourine Players
PLANTS
Cassia
Cinnamon
Ears of Corn
Frankincense
Grapes of Palestine
Lign-Aloe
Melon
Spices - Nutmeg
Reeds
Sweet Cane
Rose of Sharon
Thorn
Buds of Spices - Pepper, Chestnut, catkins, florets, stamens, pistils
SHIPS AND VEHICLES
Ancient Chariot
Ancient Egyptian and Roman Ships
Ancient Egyptian War Chariot
Ancient Rowing Vessels
Camels, a Caravan
Tabernacle
Boats conveying stone and timber
Ethiopian Car, Drawn by Oxen
Turkish Arabah, or Cart
TEMPLES AND PRIESTS
Altar of burnt offering
Altar of Incense
Costume of the High Priest
The Golden Candlestick
High Priests on the day of Atonement
The Holy of Holies and the Officiating High Priest
Interior of the Tabernacle - the veil between the holy places removed
Moses Consecrating Aaron
Aaron with the Scape-goat showing Costume of the High Priest and Levites (scapegoat sacrifice)
Ram's-Horn Blower
Service of Gershonites
Service of the Merarites
Probable form of the Table of Showbread - Priests removing the old and placing the new
The Ark of the Covenant
The Molten Sea
Trespass Offering of the Poor
The Tabernacle in the Midst of the Encampment
TREES
Almond Tree - Amygdalus commums
Bamboo Tree
Commmon Elm - Ulmus Campestris
Date-Palm - Phoenix dactylifera
Fig Leaves
Fruit of Palm
Fruit of the Pinus Pinea, or Stone Pine
Gopher Wood - Cupressus Sempervirens
Sycainore Figs - Ficus Sycamorus
Tree planted by the waters
Wild Date Palm, found in the Sinai mountains
Wormwood - Artemisia absinthium
WEAPONS
Ancient Helmets and Coats of Mail
Ancient Persian Shields and Spears
Ancient Roman Combat
Ancient Swords and Daggers
Archers of Bowmen - bows arrows and shield
Catapulta
Balista prepared for discharge of a stone
Egyptian Fencers
Egyptian Maces and Clubs, Syrian Maces and Clubs
Man in Scale Armor
Ancient Armor, Persian Horseman
Testudo, or Tortoise-Shield
Throwing a Javelin
OTHER
Alabaster Boxes
Ancient Well
Assyrian seal or cylinder of Sennacherib
Assyrian Shoes
Clog Almanac - Raxon Reive Pole
Egyptian Needle-work
Fine Lime-grinding Mill at Cairo
Girl pouring Wine from a leathern Bottle
Mummy Cases and Marble Sarcophagi
Patterns of Egyptian Moasaic
Roman Lantern, Column of Trajan, Roman Flambeaux
Sheepcotes
Various Forms of Ancient Sun Dials
Ur of the Caldees
Use of the Style - From Montfaucon's Paleographia Graeca
Daniel in the Lions' Den
