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Seven figures on the sea-shore represent the situation in America: four (l.) take the offensive, two (r.) are prepared to defend themselves, while Britannia on the extreme right., blindfolded, is about to rush into a pit inscribed "The Pit prepared…

Behind a well-made trench, fronted with palisades, appear the heads of its defenders; words issue from their mouths in long labels. One man stands on the top of the trench, his cap is inscribed "Death or Liberty", his coat and stockings are ragged,…

Named in inscription: Washington Street
Americas: North America: USA: Massachusetts (state): Suffolk County (Massachusetts): Boston (Massachusetts): Washington Street

b. A tiny fragment that contains seven lines (in Greek) from the Gospel of John on the recto and an additional seven on the verso. Usually accepted as the earliest surviving fragment of the canonical New Testament texts. Dates have been suggested…

Early 3rd century fragment from an early copy of the New Testament written in Greek in the Alexandrian text-type

Alexandrian text-type Greek manuscript from the 4th century containing the New Testament, parts of the Old Testament, the Deuterocanonical books, the Epistle of Barnabas, and some of The Sheperd of Hermas. Provenance is debated: Rome? Egypt?…

Circa 4th century manuscript of Virgin’s Georgics and Aeneid or which only seven leaves survive.