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Four Winds from BL YT 10, f. 11v

Angel from BL YT 10, f. 11v - Public domain medieval manuscript

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Angel and devil from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 181v

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Silos Apocalypse - BL Add MS 11695 f. 111 - The four angels and four winds

Angels binding devils from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 188

Virgin, angel and monk from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 224

Four Winds and Angel from BL YT 10, f. 11v

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Miniature of angels holding the four winds (beasts' heads) at the four corners of the earth, from Revelation 7:1-2; miniature of an angel with red wings, holding a staff with a red cross, from Revelation 7:3. Image taken from f. 11v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French.

Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The collection is now housed at the British Library in London.

Henry Yates Thompson was born into a wealthy family in 1838. Thompson began collecting manuscripts and other items in the 1870s. His collection quickly gained recognition for its exceptional quality and breadth. He had a keen eye for illuminated manuscripts, which are manuscripts decorated with intricate illustrations and calligraphy. The collection has a particular emphasis on medieval manuscripts.

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1200 - 1500
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Congress urged to remove tomahawk-swinging Indian statue from steps of Capitol. Washington, D.C., April 27. If Rep. Usher Burdick, Republican of North Dakota has his way, the 87 year old statue standing on the steps of the Capitol which depicts a frontiersman rescuing a white woman from a possible redskin tomahawking will 'be ground into the dust and scattered to the four winds.' Introducing a resolution in the House to that effect, the legislator said, ' the American Indian was no worse than some of our own ancestors, and there is no more reason to memorialize his misdeeds than there would be to set up a monument to the witch burners of Salem'

House of Four Winds, Monterey, Calif.

House of the Four Winds, 540 Calle Principal, Monterey, Monterey County, CA

Washington, Klickitat County, near Goldendale. Wheat country, abandoned farm in foreground, occupied farm beyond. Heard in local filling station: "Well, heck, the large farmers are buying out the small farmers and taking over the country. The farmers have to do it in dry land farming to build their land up to where it was. The little fellows are off to the four winds."

Washington, Klickitat County, near Goldendale. Wheat country, abandoned farm in foreground, occupied farm beyond. Heard in local filling station: "Well, heck, the large farmers are buying out the small farmers and taking over the country. The farmers have to do it in dry land farming to build their land up to where it was. The little fellows are off to the four winds."

The rock of Aeolus, surrounded by water, with steps leading up the rock, the heads of three of the four winds on each corner blowing outwards, Aeolus crowned at the summit, four winds in the sky around him, from 'The contest of the seasons' (La gara delle stagioni)

Third vision: angels hold back the four winds by covering the winds' blowing mouths; throngs, holding the palm branches of martyrdom, shout praise to the Lord.

Four angels and four winds from BL Royal 15 D II, f. 132

Conventionality cast to the four winds, Atlantic City

U.S. Forest Service could be scuttled if government reorganization plan goes thru, senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Aug 3. Appearing before the Senate Committee considering President Roosevelt's Government Reorganization Program, Col. W.B. Greely former Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, gave warning today that powers granted in the bill might mean the Forest Service "would be dismembered like Poland, scattered to the four winds or abolished altogether". He also charged that the proposal to change the name of the Interior Department to the Department of Conservation was a plan to transfer the Forest Service out of the Department of Agriculture to the Interior Department, 8/3/37

Daniel's vision: four winds, four symbolic beasts and a crying voice

Four Winds from BL YT 10, f. 11v

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