Inside Out Library

The book of similitudes: (1860)

Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. [from old catalog] · New Haven, Conn., Pub. for the author by J. H. Bradley · leaf 372

An illustration from The book of similitudes:, 1860, leaf 372
cts addedto them the significant names, The Fat, TheStammerer, and The Fool. In the year 986, the French elected Hugh Capet,chief of the feudal nobles, to the throne.— Otho theGreat, emperor of Germany, extended the Christianreligion throughout the empire.—The Russianswere converted to Christianity… … ELEVENTH CENTURY. William, Dulce of Normandy, in France, with 60,000 men,landed in England, and at the battle of Hastings defeated theEnglish. Harold, their Icing, was slain, and his kingdom di-vided among the Normans. This great event, called the Nor-man Conquest, effected great changes. The lands…

Emblems · Religions

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The book of similitudes:

More like this