Maior Collection

Marcus Porcius Cato, Roman statesman
MARCUS PORCIUS CATO (234-149 BC), Roman statesman, known as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Maior (the Elder)

Atlas Novus, 17th c Map of the Caribbean
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris Adiacentibus. Map of the Caribbean islands printed in Amsterdam circa 1645

St. James Major (tempera on oak panel)
ALM403425 St. James Major (tempera on oak panel) by Master of Mambrillas (fl. early 16th century); 83.3x52.7 cm; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio

Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata (Laelia purpurata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Illuminated calendar for February 1846
Calendar for February with figures of David and St. Andrew, quote from Romans, disciples, birds, fish and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Comfrey, Symphytum officinale, and savory, Satureja subspicata. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Plantain, Plantago major, and ribwort plantain, Plantago lanceolata. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Red loosestrife, Lysimachium rubeum, and figwort, Scrophularia nodosa. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Woody fleabane, Dittrichia viscosa, and false fleabane, Pulicaria minor. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Wild clary sage, Salvia sclarea, and common sage, Salvia officinalis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Nettle, Urtica dioica, and dwarf nettle, Urtica urens. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Dyers weed or German greenweed, Genista germanica. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Ragwort or St. James wort and castor oil plant
Ragwort or St. James wort, Jacobaea vulgaris, and castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula, and wild lettuce, Lactuca maior. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Donation made by Bernat Ato IV and his wife Cecelia, viscounts of Beziers, as a dowry to their daughter Ermengardis, to the future Count of Roussillon Gausfred III in 1110

Atlas Novus. Europe. Tartarians, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Europa recens descripta. Map of Europe published in Amsterdam in 1633. Detail depicting Tatar people. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Hyacinthus Orientalis (Hyacinth)
Hyacinthus Orientalis, also known as common hyacinth, garden hyacinth and Dutch hyacinth, drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)

Atlas Novus, 17th c Map of Mexico
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia. Map of the viceroyalty of Spain and New Mexico. Printed in Amsterdam in 1645. Etching. SPAIN

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638); BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Detail of the world map with the construction of the Khufus Pyramid

Liber Feudorum Maior. Royal cartulary carried out after Alfonso the Chastes order. Depiction of a lord and his vassal. Romanesque

Alfonso II of Aragon (1157-1196) and his wife Sancha of Cast
Alfonso II of Aragon or Alfons I of Catalonia (1157-1196), called the Chaste. King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1164 until 1196

Liber ordinum maior, 11th c Mozarabic chant
Liber ordinum maior. Ms 4. 1052. Tradition A Castilian-Leonese of Old Hispanic or Visigothic chant. Biblical codex to the lecture of religious services. Mozarabic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN

Atlas Novus. Africa, 17th c Alexandria
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Africae Nova Descriptio. Map of Africa printed in Amsterdam ca. 1635. Detail with view of the city of Alexandria. Etching. SPAIN

Atlas Novus. Asia. Arabian people, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Asia noviter delineata. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam circa 1635. Detail depicting Arabian people. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Atlas Novus. Africa. Moroccan people, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Africae nova descriptio. Map of Africa printed in Amsterdam c. 1635. Detail with Moroccan couple. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Atlas Novus. Asia, 17th c Jerusalem
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Asia noviter delineata. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam ca. 1635. Detail with view of the city of Jerusalem. Etching. SPAIN

Atlas Novus, 17th c The Sun
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Allegory of Sun. Detail of the ancient elements

Atlas Novus. Asia, 17th c Aden
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Asia noviter delineata. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam ca. 1635. Detail with view of the city of Aden. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Atlas Novus, 17th c Planet Mercury
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Detail depicting and allegory of Mercury

Atlas Novus, 17th c Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Atlas Novus, 17th c Le Theatre du Monde
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Volume I. Europe, Germany and Netherlands. Detail of a map of Nuremberg (Territorium Norimbergese). Printed in Amsterdam, 1645

Atlas Novus, 17th c Map of Low Countries
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Volume I. Europe, Germany and Netherlands. Detail of a map of Bergen op Zoom. Printed in Amsterdam, ca 1645. Etching. SPAIN

Atlas Novus. Europe. Castilian People, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Europa recens descripta. Map of Europe published in Amsterdam in 1633. Detail of a couple of Spaniards. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Atlas Novus. Asia. Chinese people, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Asia noviter delineata. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam ca 1635. Detail with people from China ( Chinenses ). Etching

Atlas Novus. Europe. English People, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Europa recens descripta. Map of Europe published in Amsterdam ca 1633. Detail depicting people from England couple. Etching. SPAIN

Atlas Novus. Europe, 17th c Venice
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Europa recens descripta. Map of Europe printed in Amsterdam ca. 1633. Detail of the city of Venice. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Atlas Novus. Europe, 17th c Rome
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Europa recens descripta. Map of Europe printed in Amsterdam ca. 1633. Detail of the city of Rome. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Atlas Novus. Asia. People of Java, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Asia noviter delineata. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam circa 1635. Detail depicting Java inhabitants. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Atlas Novus. Asia, 17th c Damascus
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Asia noviter delineata. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam ca. 1635. Detail with view of the city of Damasco. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Great Tit - sits and waits for food in the improvised bird-feeder made of juice-box (Parus maior L.). parkland woods near Ekateringburg - Ural Mountains - Russia

Great Tit - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celcius - in parkland woods (Parus maior L.). near Ekaterinburg - Ural Mountains - Russia

Great Tit - ruffles up its plumage in freezing weather - tucks in one foot away from cold - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celsius (Parus maior L.)

Georg Maior - 2
GEORG MAIOR (or Maier) German Lutheran churchman and philologist of Wittenberg. Date: 1502 - 1574

Georg Maior
GEORG MAIOR (or Maier) German Lutheran churchman and philologist. Date: 1502 - 1574

Allegory America mid-17th-late 17th century
Artokoloro

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Great Tit - sits and waits for food in the improvised bird-feeder made of juice-box (Parus maior L.) Date:

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Great Tit - ruffles up its plumage in freezing weather - tucks in one foot away from cold - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celsius (Parus maior L.) Date:

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Great Tit - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celcius - in parkland woods (Parus maior L.) Date:

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"Maior: Exploring the Vastness of Knowledge and Beauty" Step into the world of "Maior" - a captivating journey through time, culture, and nature. Just like Marcus Porcius Cato, the Roman statesman known for his wisdom and integrity, this collection invites you to embrace knowledge as a guiding light. As we unfold the pages of Atlas Novus from the 17th century, marvel at its intricate maps that once guided explorers across uncharted territories. From the Caribbean to Europe's mysterious Tartarians, these maps reveal both the wonders and complexities of our world. But "Maior" is not limited to cartography alone; it encompasses diverse realms. St. James Major gazes upon us from an oak panel painting with an intensity that echoes his significance in Christian history. Meanwhile, a purple-stained laelia orchid named Cattleya purpurata captivates with its vibrant hues - a testament to nature's artistry. Turning our attention towards daily life, an illuminated calendar for February 1846 beckons us to appreciate each passing day with grace and intentionality. Comfrey and savory intertwine in harmony while Plantain stands tall beside ribwort plantain - reminding us of nature's healing powers within reach. Delving deeper into flora diversity, red loosestrife dances alongside figwort while woody fleabane reveals its deceptive name next to false information about it. Amidst this botanical tapestry lies wild clary sage intertwined with common threads - showcasing how perception can shape reality. "Maior" encapsulates more than just individual elements; it represents our collective quest for understanding and appreciation. It urges us to explore beyond what we know by embracing history's lessons, admiring nature's wonders, and cherishing cultural treasures that enrich our lives. So let "Maior" be your guide as you embark on your own journey of discovery, for within its pages lies a world waiting to be explored.