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    433 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    487 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "History of the World"12 records

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(Liber chronicarum) Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi by Hartmann Schedel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

(Liber chronicarum) Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi

Hartmann Schedel (d. 1514)

July 12, 1493 · Letterpress with woodcut illustrations

Cleared · Public Domain

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Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance

Unrecorded maker

1000s · Sculpture, Bronze

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Titlepage to Thomas Allen: "A Chaine of Scripture Chronologie from the Creation of the World to the Death of Jesus Christ in Seven Periods"

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1659 · Etching; only state

In copyright

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Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years]) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])

Unrecorded maker

c. 1595 · Painting, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

[History of the World in Images]

Anonymous, German, 17th century (d. 1700)

ca. 1680 · Etchings

In copyright

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Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Unrecorded maker

1330–35 · Manuscript, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

A Rebus History of the World

Anonymous, British, 19th century (d. 1900)

ca. 1825 · Etching

In copyright

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The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto)

Unrecorded maker

1425–50 · Manuscript, opaque watercolor and ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

San Francisco, 1854

Thomas S. Sinclair (d. 1881)

1854 · Lithograph with two tint stones

In copyright

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The Story of Hushang (recto), Illustration and text (Persian Prose) from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru; Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Story of Hushang (recto), Illustration and text (Persian Prose) from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru; Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

Unrecorded maker

early 1400s · Manuscript, ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

World War (Action Abroad) from Interstate News Service History Cards (W612)

Unrecorded maker

1926 · Commercial photolithograph

In copyright

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Miniature from a Speculum Historiale: Claudius Designates Nero as His Successor by Master of Jouvenel des Ursins, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature from a Speculum Historiale: Claudius Designates Nero as His Successor

Master of Jouvenel des Ursins

1447–60 · Manuscript, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Cleared · CC0

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