Légende

Alexander the Great lowered into the sea in a glass bell, 1350. It is said that Alexander was lowered into the sea in a sealed cask because he wanted to see the seabed. From "La Vraie Hystoire du Bon Roy Alixandre".

Date

1350

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_073

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,5Mo (2,9Mo) / 44,2cm x 28,6cm / 5224 x 3376 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation sea water glass people male library activities technology man men fish sailing discovery country French France sea life exploration monarch guy ship ships sealife geography activity color fishes bizarre king diving royal medieval rope ropes experiment location submarine century exploring royalty miniature concept weird marine life British Library manuscript discovering sailor metaphor sailors Colour aquatic life in over one's head water transport mediaeval Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century all at sea diving bell geographical feature illuminated manuscript in at the deep end sovereign testing the water Alexander the Great manuscript Unknown King of Macedonia Alexander III of Macedon Iskander Iskandar Alexander III of Macedonia Heritage Art