Encyclopedia entry for the English scholar who wrote a history of the early centuries of Anglo-Saxon England and an encyclopedia which consisted largely of excerpts from Pliny the Elder.

An image of "The Council of War on Board 'De Zeven Provincien', the Flagship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, on 10 June 1666", created by Willem van de Velde the Elder in 1666 (Oil on canvas, 117 x 175 cm).

An image of "Christ in the House of Simon", created by Dieric the Elder Bouts during the 1440's (Oil on wood, 40,5 x 61 cm).

An image of "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden", created by Jan the Elder Brueghel during the 1610's (Oil on copper, 48,6 x 65,6 cm).

An image of "The Alchemist", created by David the Elder Teniers during the 1640's (Oil on canvas, 44 x 58 cm).

An image of "The Toilet of Venus", created by Karoly the Elder Marko during the 1830's (Gouache an cardboard, 19 x 26 cm).

An image of "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1504 (Limewood, 69 x 51 cm).

An image of "The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach in 1536 (Oil on panel, 51 x 35 cm).

An image of "Landscape with the Parable of the Sower", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1557 (Oil on panel, 70 x 102 cm).

An image of "The Fall of the Rebel Angels", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1562 (Oil on oak, 117 x 162 cm).

An image of "The Adoration of the Kings", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1564 (Oil on wood, 111 x 84 cm).

An image of "The Return of the Herd (November)", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1565 (Oil on panel, 117 x 159 cm).

An image of "The Hunters in the Snow (January)", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1565 (Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm).

An image of "Adoration of the Kings in the Snow", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1567 (Tempera on panel, 35 x 55 cm).

An image of "The Animals Entering the Ark", created by Jan the Elder Brueghel in 1615 (Oil on copper, 25,5 x 37 cm).

An image of "St Bonaventura Receiving the Host from the Hands of an Angel", created by Francisco de Herrera the Elder in 1628 (Oil on canvas, 234 x 218 cm).

An image of "The Battle of the Sound", created by Willem van de Velde the Elder in 1658 (Pen and ink on panel, 98 x 141 cm).

An image of "Portrait of the Artist and His Wife at the Spinet", created by Johann Heinrich the Elder Tischbein in 1769 (Oil on canvas, 48 x 34 cm).

An image of "The Gathering of the Manna", created by Dieric the Elder Bouts from 1464-67 (Oil on panel).

An image of "The Feast of the Passover", created by Dieric the Elder Bouts from 1464-67 (Oil on panel).

An image of "Salome with the Head of John the Baptist", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach from 1509-10 (Oil and tempera on oak, 61 x 50 cm).

An image of "The Virgin of the Grapes", created by Lucas the Elder Cranach from 1520-25 (Oil and tempera on beechwood, 60 x 42 cm).

An image of "The Adoration of the Kings", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel from 1556-62 (Tempera on canvas, 122 x 168 cm).

An image of "The Execution of the Innocent Count", created by Dieric the Elder Bouts, c. 1460 (Oil on wood, 324 x 182 cm).