No. 8.—From a Greek Copy of the Book of Genesis, written in gold on purple vellum, A.D. 400.
No. 9.—From a MS. on papyrus written in Egypt 3d century B.C.
No. 10.—From a Charter of Childebert III. A.D. 703.
No. 11.—From a Charter of Charlemagne, about A.D. 785.
No. 12.—From a Charter of the Emperor Conrad I. A.D. 988.
No. 13.—Specimen of “Roman Saxon,” A.D. 600.
No. 14.—From a Charter of Dagobert I. about A.D. 620.
No. 16.—From a Deed of William the Conqueror.
No. 17.—The monogram signature to a Charter of Charlemagne about A.D. 785.
No. 18.—From a Charter of the reign of Hugh Capet, A.D. 988.
No. 20.—From a Deed of Stephen, dated A.D. 1139.
No. 21.—From a Deed of the reign of Richard I.
No. 22.—From a MS. of Wyckliffe’s translation of the Bible.
“_Qui sub Pontio Pilato crucifixus est, et sepultus, tertia die resurrexit._”
No. 24.—From a Charter of Sebbi, King of the East Saxons, A.D. 664,
“_Ego Sebbi Rex East Sax(onum) pro—confirmatione Subscripsi._”
No. 25.—Part of a Charter of Alfred the Great, A.D. 800.
No. 26.—From a Charter of Edward the Confessor, A.D. 1045.
No. 27.—From a Deed of the reign of Edward I.
No. 28.—From a Deed of William the Conqueror.
No. 29.—From a Deed of the reign of Edward III.
_Edwardus Dei gratia Rex Anglias Dominus Hiberniæ, Dux Aquitaniæ, &c._
No. 30.—From the Will of William Mikelfeld, Nov. 7, 1439.
No. 31.—From a Deed of the reign of Edward IV.
No. 34.—From a Deed of the reign of John.
No. 37.—From an English translation of the works of Chauliac, A.D. 1400.
No. 39.—From a MS. in the rounded hand of Italy, 15th century.
No. 40.—Letter from Columbus to the Viceroy of Castile, 15th century.
No. 41.—Letter of Anne of Brittany, 1514.
No. 42.—Signature of “Bayard,” the Chevalier.
No. 43.—Letter from Charles V. to Francis I.
No. 45.—Letter of the Earl of Essex, 1567.
No. 48.—Letter of Charles the XII of Sweden.
No. 51.—Letter of Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV of France.
No. 56.—The Empress Catherine II. of Russia, July, 1773.
The colored engraving is an illustration of the picture writing of the Mexicans, from Lord Kingsborough’s great work. The blue border represents a series of years, distinguished by the dots. The compartment with five dots representing the fifth year of the reign, that with ten the tenth, and so on. The pictures of the acts of the Prince being connected with each special year by means of a connecting line. The additional symbols have different significations—that of the flower signifying a calamitous year, &c. In this plate King Acamapich is represented in the first and sixth year of his reign; at the top of the page are warlike instruments, signifying his preparation for war; the figures below, on the right, are the four cities—Quahnahuac, Mezquic, Cuitlhuac and Xochimilco—represented by descriptive symbols. The four heads on the left are those of the respective kings or chiefs of these cities, beheaded by Acamapich, each distinguished by the iconographic symbol by which his name was expressed in this system of writing.