PCT4296651: Gladiator fight in the arena in Rome, circus games: a retreat with trident and net confronts a samnite with helmet and shield - Illustration by Minnard for “Quo vadis” (a history of the time of Nero), historical novel by Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz, beginning 20th century - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297385: Carnival of Limoux Languedoc-Roussillon, France - Carnival of Limoux (11, Aude, Languedoc, Occitanie): exit of the Meuniers (with their whips) in the city center, on the first day of Carnival - a Meunier masks “” china”” an inhabitant - masquerade, disguisise - Photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297449: Homage of a fan to Johnny Hallyday: on the day the singer's disappearance is announced (died on the night of December 5-6, 2017), one of his admirers sends another fan a postage letter with a fictional stamp with the effigy of their idol, accole to another stamp representing the Eiffel Tower. Two French monuments! N.B. For the sake of confidentiality, the name and address on the envelope have been changed., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297536: First World War 1914-1918 (War 14-18). American sailors sailing at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the Grand Defile de la Victoire (Fete, fetes de le Victoire) July 14, 1919 - American soldiers sailors during grand victory parade, Paris, France, July 14, 1919 -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297682: Oil tanker “La Charente”” photograph at sea in 1950 - Seized by the Germans in June 1940 while it was under construction, this building was completed by the Kriegsmarine and launched under the name OSTFRIESLAND. Caught by the English in Germany in 1945, it was returned to France the same year and took the name La Charente. He left Cherbourg for Toulon and left for Saigon. For three years, he will fly from Singapore to Saigon to refuel. From 1950, he was assigned to Marine Indochine in 1955 and returned to Toulon in 1959 to be disarmed., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4297748: The great comet of October 1528 describes and thus figured by Ambroise Pare in his “Book of Monsters and Wonders”” (1573): “The elders have left us by escrit that the face of Heaven has been so many times defigured of bearded Comettes, hair, torches, torches, coulonnes, spears, shields, battle of nukes, dragons, duplication of Moons & Suns, & other things... This Comette is so horrible and unbearable, that it provoked so great terror to the vulgar that none of them died of fear. The others got sick. This strange Comette lasted an hour & a quarter, and commended to perform from the coste of the rising sun, then fired towards the midnight. It appears to be of excessive length, and if it is of blood color. At the top of this one sees the figure of a curved arm, holding a great espee in the hand as if he had wanted to strike. At the end of the tip there were three estoiles. But the one that is right on the tip, is clearer and brighter than the others. At both sides of this comet's rays, he sees himself a great number of axes, cousteals, espees, bloodshed, parmy which there were many hideous human faces with beards, and hair hairise, as seen by this figure.” Ambroise Pare reproduces in reality a description and an engraving published in 1560 by Pierre Boaistuau (or Pierre Launay) in his “Histoires prodigieuses”, copying those published in 1557 by Conradus Lycosthenes (in fact the German erudit Conrad Wolfhart), who draws these elements from a book published the same year by astrologer Peter Zer- celestial prodigy, sword, mysterious star, mystery, meteore - / Bridgeman Images
FAT4300069: Plate drawn from “” Armonia Astronomica et Geometrica, quattro trattati ne 'quali s'insegna la ragione, e formatione di tutti gli Horologi stabilii, e mobili ad ogni clima, et uso del Mondo, per nuovi, et brevi computi Astronomici; per via Geometrica; et anco per Pratica, con instromenti eccellentissimi”” by Theofilo (Theophile, Theophilus) Bruni, geometric monk and astronomer (1569-1638), Venice, imp. Giovanni and Varisco Varischi, 1622. / Bridgeman Images
FAT4300077: Plate drawn from “” Armonia Astronomica et Geometrica, quattro trattati ne 'quali s'insegna la ragione, e formatione di tutti gli Horologi stabilii, e mobili ad ogni clima, et uso del Mondo, per nuovi, et brevi computi Astronomici; per via Geometrica; et anco per Pratica, con instromenti eccellentissimi”” by Theofilo (Theophile, Theophilus) Bruni, geometric monk and astronomer (1569-1638), Venice, imp. Giovanni and Varisco Varischi, 1622. / Bridgeman Images