The deposition lat. depositio cornuum, "putting down the horns") was a necessary initiation ritual in European Universities, woodcarving from the 16th century. Public Domain.

Francysk Skaryna, 1517. An engraving

The World Is Ruled & Governed By Opinion was published in 1641 by Thomas Banks (although subsequent editions did not feature his name). The text is by Henry Peacham, a writer and illustrator who in the late 1630s and 1640s published a number of written works. There is some suggestion that he was down on his luck and attempting to make money by doing so. At this period Peacham collaborated with Wenceslaus Hollar, who is the artist behind the ballad’s illustration. This is one of a number of works they collaborated on at this period. The dedication is to Sir Francis Prujean, a noted physician.

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L’opera Incisa de Giorgio Ghisi,

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grunwald

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nd here is a cropped portion of an illustration of Bacon's New Atlantis. Click on the image for the entire representation. The artist attempted to include as many of the fascinating inventions and discoveries found in Bacon's landmark utopia as possible: Telescopes, microscopes, automatic fountains, hybrid plants and animals, and much more.

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macbeth

Depart pour le Sabat
Made in 1755 by Jean Jacques Aliamet After David Teniers the Younger

Death of a Just Man
Engraving made by Carel van Mallery, After Jan van der Straet, Published by Philips Galle, Flemish school, 1596 (or after).