LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.  Medallions of 1642 [pp. 21f]

a.

King Charles I in Parliament (no reverse image) New York, The American Numismatic Society (Photo: courtesy of the Society).

b-c.

Obv.:

Portrait of Charles I

Legend:

PRO·RELIGIONE·LEGE·REGE·ET·PARLIAMENTO

Rev.:

The King in Parliament

d-e.

Obv.:

Portrait of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary Army

Legend (outer):

SHOULD HEAR BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT FOR TRUE RELIGION AND SUBJECTS FREDOM STANDS

(inner):

PRO·RELIGIONE·LEGE·REGE·ET·PARLIA-MENTO

Rev.:

The King in Parliament

f-g.

Obv.:

Portrait of Charles I

Legend:

SHOULD HEAR BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT FOR TRUE RELIGION AND SUBJECTS FREDOM STANDS

Rev.:

The King in Parliament

The medallion of Essex (d-e) combines the inscriptions of the two royal medallions (b-c, f-g). The reverse remained unchanged (see also fig. 2). These three medallions are in Glasgow, The Hunterian Museum; plaster casts were obtained by the kindness of Miss Anne S. Robertson, Curator of the Hunter Coin Cabinet. Cf. Hawkins, Medallic Illustrations, pl. XXV, figs. 5, 6, 11.

2.  Medallion of 1642, enlarged [p. 22]

Obv.: Battleship

Rev.: The King in Parliament

Legend: PRO:RELIGIONE:GREGE:ET:REGE:

London, British Museum (Photo: courtesy of Mr. J. K. Jenkins of the British Museum).

3.  Seal (so-called “Fifth Seal”) of King Charles I [p. 22]

From: Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique: Sceaux des rois et reines d’Angleterre (Paris, 1858), pl. XX

4.  Personal Badges of King Richard II [p. 32]

a. Banner, b. Standard.

From: Lord Howard de Walden, Banners, Standards, and Badges from a Tudor Manuscript in the College of Arms (1904), figs. 5 and 71.

5.  The Emperor in Majesty [p. 62]

Otto II in a miniature of the Reichenau School; Aachen, Cathedral Treasury: Gospel Book, fol. 16r (ca. A.D. 975).

Photo: Mrs. Ann Bredol-Lepper, Aachen.

6.  Christ in Majesty [p. 64]

Ivory Book Cover (Belgian), Darmstadt (ca. A.D. 900)

From: A. Goldschmidt, Elfenbeinskulpturen, I, pl. LXXIV, fig. 162; cf. Rosalie B. Green, in Art Bulletin, XXVIII (1946), 112f.

7.  Christ in Majesty [p. 64]

Ivory Book Cover from St. Gall (ca. A.D. 900).

Photo: courtesy of Professor K. Weitzmann; cf. Goldschmidt, op.cit., I, pl. LXXV, fig. 163a.

8.  Terra Carrying the Crucified [p. 66]

Ivory from Echternach, Gotha (11th cent.)

Photo: courtesy of K. Weitzmann; cf. Goldschmidt, op.cit.,II, pl. IX, fig. 23.

9.  Eschatological Scene, Carolingian [p. 69]

Miniature, Vivian Bible: Paris, Bibl. Nat. MS lat. 1, fol. 416.

Photo: Princeton University, Dept. of Art and Archaeology.

10.  Eschatological Scene, Carolingian [pp. 69, 75]

Miniature; Rome, San Paolo fuori le Mura, Bible, fol. 307v.

Photo: Princeton University, Dept. of Art and Archaeology.

11.  Maiestas Domini supra Caelum [p. 69]

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus (A.D. 359); Rome, Grottos of Vatican.

From: F. Gerke, Der Sarkophag des Junius Bassus (Berlin, 1936), pl. 5; cf. Gerke, Christus in der Spätantike (Mainz, 1948), pls. 52 and 53.

12.  Triumph of Basil II [pp. 69, 78]

Miniature, Byzantine (11th cent.); Venice, Bibl. Marciana, MS gr. 17.

Photo: Princeton University, Dept. of Art and Archaeology.

13.  Christ Triumphant [p. 72]

Mosaic (6th cent.); Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Chapel.

Photo: courtesy of K. Weitzmann.

14.  Christ Disappearing: Ascension [p. 74]

Miniature, Gospel Book of St. Bernward (11th cent.); Hildesheim, Cathedral Treasury, MS 18, fol. 175v.

From: S. Beissel, Des Hlg. Bernward Evangelienbuch (Hildesheim, 1891), pl. XXIV.

15.  Christ in Majesty with 24 Elders [p. 76]

a.  Miniature, Carolingian; Rome, San Paolo f.l.m., Bible, fol. 116v.

b.  Miniature, Carolingian; Trier Apocalypse,
Stadtbibl., MS 31, fol. 61.

Photos: Princeton University, Dept. of Art and Archaeology.

16.  Charles the Bald Enthroned [pp. 63 n.46, 66, 76]

a.  Miniature, Carolingian; Vivian Bible (above, fig. 9), fol. 423.

From: W. Köhler, Die Schule von Tours (1930), pl. 76.

b.  Miniature, Carolingian; Gospel Book from St. Emmeram (Codex aureus): Munich, Staatsbibl., Clm. 14000, Cim. 55, fol. 5v.

From: G. Leidinger, Codex aureus (1921), I, pl. 10.

17.  Capuan Gate of Emperor Frederick II [p. 111]

13th century (reconstruction).

From: C. A. Willemsen, Kaiser Friedrichs II. Triumphtor zu Capua (Wiesbaden, 1953), fig. 106.

18.  Ambrogio Lorenzetti [p. 112]

a.  Iustitia, b. Buon Governo.

Fresco, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico (14th cent.).

Photo: Alinari.

19.  Last Judgment with Iustitia [p. 112]

Enamel Triptych from Stablo (12th cent.); Collection Mr. and Mrs. Alistair Bradley Martin, New York.

Photo: courtesy of Mr. A. B. Martin.

20.  Emperor Henry II as Judge [p. 113]

Miniature, Gospel Book from Monte Cassino (A.D. 1022-1023); Vatican, Ottobon. lat. 74, fol. 193v.

Photo: courtesy of the Vatican Library.

21.  Emblem Quod non capit Christus, rapit Fiscus [p. 174]

Andrea Alciati, Emblemata (Lyon, 1551; first edition 1531), No. CXLVII, p. 158.

22.  Medallion of 1603: Queen Elizabeth: Unica Phoenix [p. 413]

Obv.:

Queen Elizabeth.

Legend (outer):

HEI·MIHI·QUOD·TANTO·VIRTUS·PERFUSA·DECORE·
NON·HABET·ETERNOS · INVIOLATA·DIES

(inner):

ELIZABETHA·D·G·ANG·FR·ET·HIB·REGINA·

Rev.:

Phoenix Burning on Pyre; above it the Queen’s Monogram and Imperial Crown.

Legend (outer):

FELICES·ARABES·MUNDI·QUIBUS·UNICA·PHOENIX · PHOENICEM·REPARAT · DEPEREUNDO·NOVAM·

(inner):

O·MISEROS·ANGLOS·MUNDI·QUIBUS·UNICA·PHOENIX· VITIMA·FIT·NOSTRO · TRISTIA·FATA· SOLO·

From: J. D. Köhler, Munz Belustigung (Nürnberg, 1729ff), XXI, 225ff. See, for the Phoenix medallions issued at Elizabeth’s accession in 1558, Hawkins, Medallic Illustrations, pl. VI, 7, 8, 9, and also VIII, 17.

23.  Medallion of 1649: Charles I and the Phoenix King Charles II [p. 413]

Obv.: King Charles I. Legend: CAROLUS·I·D:G:MAG:BR:FR:ET·HI:REX·

Rev.: Phoenix Rising from Pyre.

Legend: CAROLUS·II·D:G:MAG:BRIT:FRAN:ET·HIBER:REX: (inner) EX·CINERIBUS

Medallion by Thomas Rawlins, struck by Royalists after the execution of Charles I; Glasgow, Hunter Coin Cabinet, of which Mr. J. K. Jenkins of the British Museum kindly provided a plaster cast; the photos were made by the American Numismatic Society. Cf. Hawkins, Medallic Illustrations, pl. XXX, 19.

24.  Jetton, Design for 1643 [p. 414]

Paris, Bibl. Mazarine, MS 4395, fol. 1v.

Photo: courtesy of Dr. R. E. Giesey.

25.  Medallion (Design): Lit de Justice of Louis XIV [p. 414]

From: Claude-François Menestrier, Histoire de Louis le Grand (Paris, 1691), pl. 28; photo: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

26.  Caricature by Thackeray of Rigaud’s Portrait of Louis XIV [p. 423]

The Caricature is taken from the first edition (1840) of The Paris Sketch Book by Titmarsh in the Pierpont Morgan Library; cf. Works of Thackeray (Charterhouse Edition; London, 1901), vol. XVI, facing p. 313. Photo: courtesy of the Pierpont Morgan Library.

27.  King Henry IV of France on the Lit d’Honneur [p. 425]

a-b. Engravings by Isaac Briot (1558-1670). Paris, Bibl. Nat., MS Clarembault 1127, fol. 25v. Cf. P. Mathieu, Historia della morte d’Enrico quarto Rè di Francia (Modena, 1625), 757; E. Benkard, Undying Faces, fig. 1, facing p. 18. Photo: courtesy of Dr. R. E. Giesey.

28.  Tomb of John Fitzalan, 17th Earl of Arundel [p. 435]

Arundel, Essex (ca. 1435).

Photo: courtesy of Mr. Francis Wormald and The Warburg Institute, London.

29.  The Effigy under the Canopy [p. 430]

Frontispiece of L’obsèque et enterrement du roy (Louis XII), [Paris, 1515].

Photo: courtesy of Dr. R. E. Giesey.

30. Tomb of Archbishop Henry Chichele [p. 433]

Canterbury Cathedral (ca. 1424).

Photo: courtesy of Professor William A. Chaney.

31.  Tomb of Thomas Beckington, Bishop of Bath and Wells [p. 435]

Wells Cathedral (ca. 1451).

Photo: Philip’s City Studio, Wells, by courtesy of Professor W. A. Chaney.

32.  Roman Medallions and Coins.

a.  Jugate Busts: Postumus and Hercules [pp. 65, 503]
New York, American Numismatic Society; photo: courtesy of the Society. Cf. Mattingly and Sydenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, V:2, pl. XIII, fig. 11; also F. Gnecchi, Medaglioni Romani, pl. CXVI, figs. 7-8.

b.  Jugate Busts: Probus and Sol invictus [pp. 65, 503]
From: Joceline M. C. Toynbee, Roman Medallions (New York, 1944), pl. II, fig. 7.

c.  Oriens Augusti [p. 32]
Aureus of Aurelian. From: Mattingly and Sydenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, V:2, pl. VIII, fig. 129. See Shakespeare, Richard II, III,ii,41ff:

… Then murders, treasons, and detested sins,

The cloak of night being plucked from off their backs, Stand bare and naked, trembling at themselves.…

d.  Jugate Busts: Constantine and Sol invictus [pp. 503f]
Gold Medallion, Collection Beistegui (Paris, Bibl. Nat., Cabinet des Médailles). From: Toynbee, Roman Medallions, pl. XVII, fig. 11; cf. E. Babelon, in Mélanges Boissier (Paris, 1903), 49ff.

e-f. Jugate Busts: Constantine and Sol invictus [pp. 503f]
Gold solidi. From: A. Alföldi, in Journal of Roman Studies, XXII (1932), pl. II, figs. 15-16.

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Fig. 1. a, c, e, g: Charles I in Parliament; b, f: Charles; d: Essex.

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Fig. 2. Charles I in Parliament (Medallion of 1642)

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Fig. 3. “Fifth Seal” of Charles I

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Fig. 4. Personal Badges of Richard II

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Fig. 5. Otto II in Majesty (Aachen Gospels, ca. 975)

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Fig. 6. Christ in Majesty (Ivory Book Cover, Darmstadt, ca. 900)

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Fig. 7. Christ in Majesty (Ivory Book Cover, St. Gall, ca. 900)

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Fig. 8. Terra Carrying the Crucified (Ivory, 11th century)

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Fig. 9. Eschatological Scene (Vivian Bible, 9th century)

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Fig. 10. Eschatological Scene (San Paolo f.l.m. Bible, 9th century)

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Fig. 11. Maiestas Domini supra Caelum (Junius Bassus Sarcophagus, A.D. 359)

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Fig. 12. Triumph of Basil II (Byzantine MS, 11th century)

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Fig. 13. Christ Triumphant (Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Chapel, 6th century)

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Fig. 14. Christ Disappearing (Bernward Gospels, Hildesheim, 11th century)

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Fig. 15. Christ in Majesty with 24 Elders

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Fig. 16. Charles the Bald Enthroned

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Fig. 17. Capuan Gate of Frederick II (reconstruction)

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Fig. 18. Fresco by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Palazzo Pubblico, Siena)

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Fig. 19. Last Judgment with Iustitia (Enamel Triptych from Stablo, 12th century)

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Fig. 20. Emperor Henry II as Judge (Monte Cassino Gospels, A.D. 1022-1023)

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Fig. 21. Andrea Alciati: Emblem (1531)

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Fig. 22. Queen Elizabeth: Unica Phoenix (Medallion, 1603)

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Fig. 23. Charles I and Charles II as Phoenix (Medallion, 1649)

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Fig. 24. Design for Jetton (1643)

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Fig. 25. Lit de Justice of Louis XIV (Design for Medallion)

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Fig. 26. Caricature by Thackeray of Rigaud’s Portrait of Louis XIV

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Fig. 27. Henry IV on the Lit d’Honneur (Engravings, MS Clarembault, 1127)

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Fig. 28. Tomb of John Fitzalan, 17th Earl of Arundel (ca. 1435)

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Fig. 29. The Effigy under the Canopy

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Fig. 30. Tomb of Archbishop Henry Chichele, Canterbury Cathedral (1424)

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Fig. 31. Tomb of Bishop Thomas Bekington, Wells Cathedral (ca. 1451)

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Fig. 32. Coins