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Title page to 'Gloria Mundi' (1625)
3 of 8 portraits of Roger Bacon
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Title page to 'Gloria Mundi' (1625)
after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1625
6 7/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (176 mm x 136 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D23981
Sittersback to top
- St Albert ('the Great') (circa 1193-1280), Philosopher and theologian. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Avicenna (circa 980-1037), Physician, philosopher and a scientist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Roger Bacon (1214?-1294), Philosopher. Sitter associated with 8 portraits. Identify
- Melchior Cibinensis, Alchemist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Democritus (circa 460 BC-circa 370 BC), Philosopher. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Arnaldus de Villa Nova (circa 1235-1313), Alchemist, astrologer and physician. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ramon Llull (1232-1315), Writer and philosopher. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Morienes, Alchemist; Byzantine monk. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Mary Prophetissa (active 3rd century), Alchemist. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Michael Sendivogius (1566-1636), Polish alchemist, philosopher and medical doctor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Philosopher and theologian. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Hermes Trismegistus, Egyptian-Greek deity and alchemist. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Lydia Miller; Samira Ahmed, Inspirational Women: Rediscovering stories in Art, Science and Social Reform, 2022, p. 71
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Events of 1625back to top
Current affairs
James I dies at Theobalds Palace, Hertfordshire and the Prince of Wales becomes Charles I. Charles's queen, Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV of France, arrives in Dover escorted by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.The court moves to Oxford temporarily due to an outbreak of the bubonic plague.
Art and science
Under the patronage of the queen, a new theatre company is formed, the Queen Henrietta's Men. Richard Perkins is a founding member.International
Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon, is recommended by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham to command a naval expedition to Spain. Though some Spanish ships were captured, Wimbledon failed to destroy Cadiz where most of the Spanish fleet was moored.Treaty of The Hague is signed between England and the Dutch Empire.
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