Eleventh Century Collection (page 9)

British Antiquite (pre-Roman period, before 1st century): Boadicee (30-61), Queen of the Icenis
FLO4608258 British Antiquite (pre-Roman period, before 1st century): Boadicee (30-61), Queen of the Icenis, before her people of Norfolk (England) - Forte water by Robert Havell (1793-1878)

Saint Gauthier, Abbe of Pontoise (sometimes also: Gautier, Gaultier, Left-handed (1030-1099) - engraving 19th century
PCT4281792 Saint Gauthier, Abbe of Pontoise (sometimes also: Gautier, Gaultier, Left-handed (1030-1099) - engraving 19th century -; (add.info.: Saint Gauthier)

Map of the kingdom of Herode I the Great at the birth of Jesus Christ including the kingdom of Judee, Samaria
ELD4921457 Map of the kingdom of Herode I the Great at the birth of Jesus Christ including the kingdom of Judee, Samaria, Galilee

Battle between Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dit Le Cid (1043-1099) and Garcia Ordonez (died 1108)
ELD4929055 Battle between Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dit Le Cid (1043-1099) and Garcia Ordonez (died 1108) during the Battle of Cabra in 1079 (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar El cid (c 1043 - 1099)

Athenes view of the East from the time of Adrien (1st and 2nd century)
NWI4856991 Athenes view of the East from the time of Adrien (1st and 2nd century).; (add.info.: Athenes view of the East from the time of Adrien (1st and 2nd century)

Representation of Queen Mathilde of Flanders (1031-1083) wife of William the conqueror making Bayeux tapestry
ELD4858522 Representation of Queen Mathilde of Flanders (1031-1083) wife of William the conqueror making Bayeux tapestry (known as Queen Mathilde's Tapestry)

Representation of Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1040-1095) (st Ladislaus I of Hungary). 19th century (engraving)
ELD4908367 Representation of Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1040-1095) (st Ladislaus I of Hungary). 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

Ancient Rome: " Portrait of Messaline (Valeria Messalina) (17/20-48) wife of emperor Claude
ELD4890145 Ancient Rome: " Portrait of Messaline (Valeria Messalina) (17/20-48) wife of emperor Claude and great debauchee" (Ancient rome)

Barbarian World: Viking attack led by Swedish king Olaf Tryggvason in the Channel, around 900
NWI4857084 Barbarian World: Viking attack led by Swedish king Olaf Tryggvason in the Channel, around 900. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Barbarian World)

Robert II of France called the pious (the wise) feed the poors. Late 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4848730 Robert II of France called the pious (the wise) feed the poors. Late 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

Representation de Otton Ier le Grand (912 - 973) couronne aux cotes de Berenger vaincu - in "Chroniques de Othon
GIA5036528 Representation de Otton Ier le Grand (912 - 973) couronne aux cotes de Berenger vaincu - in "Chroniques de Othon de Frise". Manuscrit sd

Godefroy de Bouillon (1058-1100) at the Premiere Crusade (1096-1099), 1096 - Colorisee engraving
NWI4927956 Godefroy de Bouillon (1058-1100) at the Premiere Crusade (1096-1099), 1096 - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - Godfrey of Bouillon in the First Crusade

Erik le Rouge (Eirikr Thorvaldson) (ca. 940- around 1003 or 1010) bringing Scandinavian settlers to Greenland
NWI4853543 Erik le Rouge (Eirikr Thorvaldson) (ca. 940- around 1003 or 1010) bringing Scandinavian settlers to Greenland, circa 982 - Colorisee engraving

Byzantium: faces of different Roman emperors of the Orient. Page of the Greek manuscript 122 by John Zonaras
VEN5027993 Byzantium: faces of different Roman emperors of the Orient. Page of the Greek manuscript 122 by John Zonaras (Giovanni Zonara or Ioannes Zonar, late 11th, early 12th century) (ms)

Roman antiquite: the architect Celer presents a model to explain his elliptical amphitheatre project
ELD4840259 Roman antiquite: the architect Celer presents a model to explain his elliptical amphitheatre project (then Colisee or Flavien amphitheatre)

A feast at the times of germanic peoples, 1st or 2nd century Engraving from "Germania" by Johannes Scherr
ELD4931560 A feast at the times of germanic peoples, 1st or 2nd century Engraving from "Germania" by Johannes Scherr 1880 Private collection; (add.info)

Discovered clusters of grapes by the expedition of Leif Ericson (or Erikson or Erikkson or Eriksson or Eiriksson or)
NWI4851466 Discovered clusters of grapes by the expedition of Leif Ericson (or Erikson or Erikkson or Eriksson or Eiriksson or Erickson) (v. 975-v)

Portrait of Pope Gregoire VII (Hildebrand, 1020-1085) (Pope Saint Gregoire VII (Gregorio)
ELD4931330 Portrait of Pope Gregoire VII (Hildebrand, 1020-1085) (Pope Saint Gregoire VII (Gregorio, Gregorius or Gregory) (Pope Gregory VII)

Hand of Guido d'Arezzo (Gui or Guy d'Arezzo), Italian benedictine
GIA5036377 Hand of Guido d'Arezzo (Gui or Guy d'Arezzo), Italian benedictine, music theorist (990-1050) and one of the founders of the naming of musical notes

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (San Bernardo di Chiaravalle).Theologian of the Church (Fontaine-les-Dijon, 1090 in Clairvaux)
GIA5034894 St. Bernard of Clairvaux (San Bernardo di Chiaravalle).Theologian of the Church (Fontaine-les-Dijon, 1090 in Clairvaux)

Suzdal: The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ [i.e. the Cathedral of the Nativity of the... 1912
Suzdal: The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ [i.e. the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin], 1912. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin is the oldest church building in Suzdal

Ancient Rome: " Portrait of Messalina (Valeria Messalina) (17/20-48) wife of Emperor Claude
ELD4874706 Ancient Rome: " Portrait of Messalina (Valeria Messalina) (17/20-48) wife of Emperor Claude and great debauchee with her lover Caius Silius (died 48)" (Ancient rome)

Representation of the doctor, Persian philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037)
ELD4859390 Representation of the doctor, Persian philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037) at the court of the Kakouyid emir Ala ad-Dawla Muhammed in Isfahan (Isfahan) after his escape from prison

Representation of the Greek doctor and botanist Pedanius Dioscoride (40-90 AD)
ELD4861050 Representation of the Greek doctor and botanist Pedanius Dioscoride (40-90 AD) drawing the mandrake plant for his work De materia medica"

Brancepeth Castle, Durham, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Brancepeth Castle, Durham, 1858. This noble edifice is said to be the earliest castellated building in the county of Durham, its foundation being coeveal with the Bulmer family

The Hindu Goddess Parvati, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Hindu Goddess Parvati, 11th century

A Buddha in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th-13th century (?). Creator: Unknown
A Buddha in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th-13th century (?)

Power of Faith, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Power of Faith, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th century

Gospel Book, c1100. Creator: Unknown
Gospel Book, c1100. Saint with book, and decorative initial

Buddha Shakyamuni with Monk Attendants, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni with Monk Attendants, 11th-12th century

The Hindu God Shiva Shrikantha in Union with His Consort, Guhyakali, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
The Hindu God Shiva Shrikantha in Union with His Consort, Guhyakali (image 2 of 2), 11th-12th century

Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th-12th century

The Hindu God Vishnu, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
The Hindu God Vishnu, 11th-12th century

The Hindu Goddess Kali - detail, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Hindu Goddess Kali - detail, 11th century

The Hindu God Revanta, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Hindu God Revanta, 11th century

A Horse-Headed Yogini, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
A Horse-Headed Yogini, 11th century

Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th century

Crumbling Brick Pagoda, Sung Dynasty, 1860. Creator: Felice Beato
Crumbling Brick Pagoda, Sung Dynasty, 1860

Buddha Shakyamuni, c.11th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni, c.11th century

The Buddhist Goddess Tara, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Buddhist Goddess Tara, 11th century

Head of Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Head of Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th century

Recumbent Hare, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Recumbent Hare, 11th century

Bodhisattva, between 960 and 1127. Creator: Unknown
Bodhisattva, between 960 and 1127

The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 11th century

The Hindu God Shiva, From an Uma-Maheshvara pair, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Hindu God Shiva, From an Uma-Maheshvara pair, 11th century

Vishnu and Shri Lakshmi on Garuda, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Vishnu and Shri Lakshmi on Garuda, 11th century

Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th century

Perfection of Charity, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Perfection of Charity, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 11th century

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Step back in time to the eleventh century, a period of grandeur and intrigue. Feast your eyes on the intricate details of the Bayeux Tapestry, a masterpiece that tells the story of William the Conqueror's conquest of England. The unknown creator skillfully captures this historic event, transporting us to a bygone era. As we journey further into this captivating century, we encounter Lancaster Castle's John of Gaunt's Tower. Artist J Davis brings this formidable structure to life in a mesmerizing painting from 1896. It stands as a testament to the power and influence held by one of history's most prominent figures. In our exploration, we stumble upon Taillefer the Troubadour fearlessly leading William's army through colorful lithography. This depiction showcases both bravery and artistry intertwined in medieval warfare. The Submission of Henry IV at Canossa in 1077 is another pivotal moment captured by an unknown artist in 1890. This historical event symbolizes humility and redemption as Henry IV sought forgiveness from Pope Gregory VII. Ely Cathedral rises majestically before us, its architectural splendor standing tall since its construction between 1924-1926 by FC Varley. A true marvel that reflects not only religious devotion but also remarkable craftsmanship. Delving deeper into cultural artifacts, we uncover The Pitney Brooch - an Anglo-Scandinavian treasure dating back to the second half of the eleventh century. Its intricate design speaks volumes about craftsmanship during this era when cultures merged and exchanged ideas. Psalm 103 comes alive through an illustration and text created around c1000-1050; it serves as a window into religious practices during this time period while showcasing artistic talent that has stood the test of centuries. King William himself graces his seal with regal authority captured beautifully in an engraving from 1870 – reminding us how monarchs left their mark on history even long after their reigns.