XEE4171646: Ekkehard IV of St. Gallen (St. Gallen) or Eckhard, Eckhart (980 -1057) erudit, and Latin poet. Duchess Hadwig receives Brother Ekkehard in the courtyard of the castle of Hohentwiel. Verso: “” Brother Ekkehard, whom the Duchess commissioned to her castle as a teacher, is taken away by her order on the way and brought to the Hohentwiel in a chair with bearers. Here, the princess receives, before the people gather, the Ebahi monk, and explains the reasons for this strange welcome. It is that he would have no more than she had the right to cross the threshold [of the castle], and would have to be wearable to cross it.”, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4172415: History of France. Scene of the life of Charlemagne in toys: Caliph Haron Al Rashid (Haron-Al-Rachid) gives the King of France Charlemagne (742-814) a giraffe, an elephant and a clock. In “” Joujoux a l'histoire: la France staged with the Joujoux de deux petits Francais””. Illustration of Job (Jacques-Marie Gaston Onfray and Breville) (1858-1931) 1908. Privee Collection., Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4172417: History of France. Scene of the life of Saint Louis in toys: King Louis IX known as Saint Louis (1214-1270) rendering justice at the foot of an oak. In “” Joujoux a l'histoire: la France staged with the Joujoux de deux petits Francais””. Illustration of Job (Jacques-Marie Gaston Onfray and Breville) (1858-1931) 1908. Privee Collection., Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4169332: Russian custom: the horoscope of the rooster. On New Year's Eve, the young girls to marry put food at their feet. The one whose rooster picks the bait first will marry in the year. Engraving by De Haenen In “” The Illustrous World”” n°1241 of 8 January 1881., Haenen, Frederic de (1853-1928) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4169358: Feast of the bicentennial of Don Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) in Madrid, Spain, 1881: inauguration of the statue of the Spanish poet in front of the Princes Gate, Orient Square. Engraving by Samuel Urrabieta In “” The Illustrous World”” n°1263 of 11 June 1881., Urrabieta, Samuel (1853-1886) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4169371: Ms. Blanche Baretta (Baretta) (b. 1855) of the Comedie Francaise, speaking the verses of Mr. Francois Coppee, in front of the monument of Corot in Ville d'Avray. Engraving after the painting by Charles Giron (1850-1914). In “” The Illustrous World”” n°1264 of June 18, 1881., Giron, Charles (1850-1914) / Bridgeman Images