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Friday Dragonslayer: St George

Image taken from page 8 of 'St. George and the Dragon [in verse], illustrated by J. Franklin. [With a preface signed H.]'

Title: “St. George and the Dragon [in verse], illustrated by J. Franklin. [With a preface signed H.]”
Contributor: FRANKLIN, John – Illustrator
Shelfmark: “British Library HMNTS 11647.f.7.”
Page: 8
Place of Publishing: London
Date of Publishing: 1868
Issuance: monographic
Identifier: 001392125

From the British Library collection in Flickr Commons

Friday Dragon: Exemplar

The Illuminated Books of the middle ages; an account of the development and progress of the art of illumination ... from the IVth to the XVIIth centuries ... Illustrated by a series of examples ... executed on stone and printed in colours by Owen Jones.

ID: F60135-40
Title: The Illuminated Books of the middle ages; an account of the development and progress of the art of illumination … from the IVth to the XVIIth centuries … Illustrated by a series of examples … executed on stone and printed in colours by Owen Jones.
Author: “Humphreys, Henry Noel (Henry Noel Humphreys)”
Illustrator: “Jones, Owen (Owen Jones)”
Provenance: London, 1844-49.
Caption: A dragon.
Source identifier: 1899.r.41
British Library Shelfmark: 1899.r.41

From the British Library collection in Flickr Commons

Friday Dragon: Runic Inscription

Runic inscription, Viby, Uppland, Sweden

Runic inscription (U 412) on boulder in Viby. The inscription says: “Sibbe had the runes carved in memory of Orökja, his father, and Tyre in memory of her husband.”
Runristning (U 412) på flyttblock i Viby. Ristningen säger: “Sibbe lät rista runorna efter Orökja, sin fader, och Tyre efter sin man.”
Parish (socken): Sankt Olof
Province (landskap): Uppland
Municipality (kommun): Sigtuna
County (län): Stockholm
Photograph by: Erik Brate
Date: 1915
Format: Glass plate negative
Persistent URL: http://www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000188468
Read more about the photo database (in english): www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/about.html

From the Swedish National Heritage Board collection in Flickr Commons.

Friday Dragonslayer: Michael

Smiting the Dragon of Sin

Description: The Archangel Michael spears a beast with “the strength of God” in a page from the Black Book of the Exchequer.
Date: 13th century
Our Catalogue Reference: E 36/266

This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. For high quality reproductions of any item from the collection please contact the image library.

From the UK Archives in Flickr Commons.

Friday Dragonslayer: Bryn Mawr

(Constance Hall) St. Geo. And Dragon, Bryn Mawr  (LOC)

(Constance Hall) St. Geo. And Dragon, Bryn Mawr
taken between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16338
Call Number: LC-B2- 3106-1

Via Flickr Commons

Friday Illustration: Spider

Image taken from page 39 of 'Songs for Little People. [With illustrations by H. Stratton.]'

Image from the British Library collection in Flickr Commons.

Title: “Songs for Little People. [With illustrations by H. Stratton.]”
Author: GALE, Norman Rowland.
Contributor: STRATTON, Helen.
Shelfmark: “British Library HMNTS 011652.g.53.”
Page: 39
Place of Publishing: pp. viii. 110. Constable & Co.: London, 1896
Date of Publishing: 1896
Issuance: monographic
Identifier: 001352199

Wikipedia articles on Norman Gale and Helen Stratton.