The Genealogy of Christ, 800 AD Size:XS: 30 x 20cm 'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'

'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'

He wears a triple gold chain from which hangs a medallion with a classical head in profile

Plate 5 from the monograph 'Merkwurdige phanomene an und durch verschiedene prismen: zur richtigen wurdigung der Newton'schen und der von Gothe'schen farbenlehre'

Study of the 'small monument' [apparently a drinking fountain] at Vietro di Potenza

The Genealogy of Christ, 800 AD Size:XS: 30 x 20cm 'Soapey Samuel Kisses the Rod'The Genealogy of Christ, 800 AD, (20th century). A 20th century copy of the illustrated manuscript, produced by Celtic monks around AD 800. Illustration from The Book of Kells, described by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart, 4th edition, published in London in about 1920.