"The effigies of the two royal sisters speak for themselves as expressive and authoritative typical illustrations of the female dress of their era in its simplest and most characteristic forms, as the entire group in which they appear attests the dignified simplicity which the artists of the Middle Ages, with such excellent taste, have shown that they held to be appropriate for the costume, in itself always accurate and historically true." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Daughter of Edward III

"The effigies of the two royal sisters speak for themselves as expressive and authoritative typical…

"The effigies of the two royal sisters speak for themselves as expressive and authoritative typical illustrations of the female dress of their era in its simplest and most characteristic forms, as the entire group in which they appear attests the dignified simplicity which the artists of the Middle Ages, with such excellent taste, have shown that they held to be appropriate for the costume, in itself always accurate and historically true." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Daughter of Edward III

"The effigies of the two royal sisters speak for themselves as expressive and authoritative typical…

"And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word." Luke 10:39 ASV
<p>Illustration of Mary, Martha's sister, kneels at Jesus' feet and listens to him speak. Jesus is sitting on a bench against a wall and a woman can be seen working in a kitchen in the background.

Mary Sits and Listens at Jesus' Feet

"And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word." Luke 10:39…

"And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it." Exodus 2:3-5 ASV
<p>Illustration of Miriam, Moses' sister, kneeling over him as he lies in a basket on the edge of the river. Pharaoh's daughter approaches with four of her handmaids. Two handmaids are holding feathered fans. Pharaoh's daughter is wearing a crown.

Moses is Found by Pharaoh's Daughter as Miriam Watches

"And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime…

Geometric pattern for translation and rotation exercises.

Geometric Block Pattern 49

Geometric pattern for translation and rotation exercises.

Rustic Children, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

Rustic Children

Rustic Children, a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

"Nautical, one of a pair of hooks working on the same axis and fitting closely together: much used about a ship's rigging. Also clip-hook, clove-hook." —Whitney, 1889

Sister Hooks - Closed and Open

"Nautical, one of a pair of hooks working on the same axis and fitting closely together: much used about…

Sister reading to her brother.

Sister Reading

Sister reading to her brother.