Images Dated 2011 December

Map of Britain in 597 AD

Map of territory controlled by Celts, Picts, Anglos, Saxons, and other tribes in Britain in 597 AD.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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Book of Kells illustration of St. Matthew

Saint Matthew, an illuminated manuscript page from the Book of Kells, 8th or 9th century AD.
Printed color reproduction of the document

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British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Duke of Wellington ordering the entire British line to advance at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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