EditorialChirites, Stalactite figure in the form of a 17th century hand, Fig. 1, p. 481, 1648, Ulysses Aldrovandi: Ulyssi Aldrovandi patricii Bononiensis Musaeum metallicum in libros IIII: distributum Bartholomaeus Ambrosinus [...] labore, et studio composuit c...
EditorialFungus Glaphyrus, Illustration of a Fungus Glaphyrus stalactite from the 18th century, Fig. 3, p 258, 1719, Michele Mercati, Giovanni Maria Lancisi: Michaelis Mercati metallotheca [...]: opus posthumum auctoritate, & munificentia Clementis undecimi [.....
EditorialHand mirror with handle, irregular round shape, with carving in C and S shapes and flowers and leaf work, crowned by C-shaped crest with stalactite with two roses, Wooden carved and gilt hand mirror consisting of a handle and the mirror frame organical...
EditorialElement from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas), 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; painted, H. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm), Stucco, Probably originally part of a muqarnas, or stalactite squinch, this and other muqarnas elements would have been s...
EditorialElement from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas), 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; painted, H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Stucco, Probably originally part of a muqarnas, or stalactite squinch, this and other muqarnas elements would have been s...
EditorialGranada, Andalusia, Spain. The Alhambra. Royal palace built in 1238 by Nasrid emir Mohammed ben Al-almar of the Granada. Decorative details of the rooms. Technique of Yeseria and Stalactite work.
EditorialGranada, Andalusia, Spain. The Alhambra. Royal palace built in 1238 by Nasrid emir Mohammed ben Al-almar of the Granada. Decorative details of the rooms. Technique of Yeseria and Stalactite work.
EditorialThe Erdmannshohle grotto or stalactite and flowstone cave near Hasel, Germany. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publis...
EditorialMinerals and crystals including analcime, natrolite, stilbite, apophyllite, calcite, pisolite, aragonite and a stalactite. Chromolithograph from Dr. Aldolph Kenngott's "Mineralogy" section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert's "Naturgeschichte," Schreibe...