Ascension mb-code 42-23061321 18th century (c1890-c1893)

18th century (c1890-c1893)

They were able to sail closer to the wind and in shallower waters

built in 1889 by Dr Gottleib Wilhelm Leitner

With a Chinese style Chippendale chair

'The Three R's

Ascension mb-code 42-23061321 18th century (c1890-c1893)Ascension, c1155. Beginning of St John's Gospel. The Ascension, and below, St John enthroned between two visionary events of the Old Testament, and figures of the prophets commenting upon them. From the Floreffe Bible, produced in the Meuse Valley, France. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders, and Initials by George F Warner, series II, (British Museum, London, 1899).