| 1. | Sebastiano del Piombo, Christopher Columbus (Metropolitan Museum, New York) | Frontispiece |
| 2. | Carpaccio, Meeting of Sts. Joachim and Anna. | Opposite page xxix |
| 3. | Titian, Emperor Charles V | xxxiv |
| 4. | Raphael, Drawing of Slaughter of Innocents. | On page [3] |
| 5. | Raphael, Dream of the Knight | Opposite page [4] |
| 6. | Raphael, School of Athens | Opposite page [8] |
| 7. | Raphael, Poetry (Mosaic, Vatican) | Opposite page [14] |
| 8. | Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks | Opposite page [20] |
| 9. | Raphael, Pope Julius II | Opposite page [37] |
| 10. | Fra Angelico, St Francis | Opposite page [53] |
| 11. | Perugino, Entombment (Pitti) | Opposite page [56] |
| 12. | Borgognone, St. Catharine of Alexandria | Opposite page [57] |
| 13. | Botticelli, Illustration for Dante | On page [61] |
| 14. | Bellini, Doge Loredano | Opposite page [62] |
| 15. | Correggio, Marriage of St. Catherine (Louvre) | Opposite page [66] |
| 16. | Gossaert, Virgin and Child Jesus (Italian Influence over Flemish) | Opposite page [69] |
| 17. | Van der Weyden, Mater Dolorosa | Opposite page [71] |
| 18. | Quentin Matsys, Legend of St. Ann (Centre) | Opposite page [73] |
| 19. | Van Oriey, Dr. Zelle | Opposite page [74] |
| 20. | Dürer, Title Page of Life of Blessed Virgin | On page [76] |
| 21. | Clouet, François, Elizabeth of Austria | On page [79] |
| 22. | Navarrete, St. Peter and St. Paul (Escurial) | On page [81] |
| 23. | Cespedes, The Last Supper (Cathedral, Cordova) | On page [83] |
| 24. | Bertoldo di Giovanni, Battle (Bargello) | Opposite page [85] |
| 25. | Rosselino, Antonio, Madonna | Opposite page [87] |
| 26. | Donatello, Gatamelata | Opposite page [91] |
| 27. | Benedetto Rovezzano, Chimney Piece | Opposite page [95] |
| 28. | Pulpit, Leyden | Opposite page [98] |
| 29. | Dürer, St John Baptist Preaching (Bas-relief in carved wood) | On page [100] |
| 30. | King Arthur (Innsbruck) | On page [103] |
| 31. | Henry VIII on Field of Cloth of Gold (Bas-relief, Rouen) | On page [104] |
| 32. | Goujon, Jewel Cabinet | On page [106] |
| 33. | Armor (fifteenth century, Paris) | On page [108] |
| 34. | Scent Box, chased gold | On page [111] |
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| 35. | Seats (fifteenth century miniatures) | On page [112] |
| 36. | Clock (Paris) | On page [113] |
| 37. | Alberti, San Francesco (Rimini) | On page [115] |
| 38. | Michelangelo, St. Peter's (Rome) | On page [116] |
| 39. | Alberti, Rucellai Palace (Florence) | On page [119] |
| 40. | Court, Doge's Palace (Venice) | On page [121] |
| 41. | Palladio, Barbarano Palace (Vicenza) | On page [123] |
| 42. | Hotel de Ville (Louvain) | Opposite page [124] |
| 43. | Alcalá, Paranimfo | On page [125] |
| 44. | Alcalá, Archiepiscopal Palace Court | On page [126] |
| 45. | Cloister (Lupiana, Spain) | On page [128] |
| 46. | Toledo, Alcazar | On page [130] |
| 47. | Melozzo da Forli, Angel with Lute (Rome) | Opposite page [141] |
| 48. | Violin and Bass Viol, Germany | On page [144] |
| 49. | Verard, "Book of Hours" Border | On page [147] |
| 50. | Fouquet, Miniature Livy MSS. (Paris) | On page [150] |
| 51. | Tory, Border from "Book of Hours" | On page [157] |
| 52. | Tory, Page of Collines' "Book of Hours" | On page [160] |
| 53. | Dürer, Marriage of Blessed Virgin | On page [163] |
| 54. | Black Letter bordered page | On page [165] |
| 55. | Playing Card | On page [167] |
| 56. | Stratford Guild Chapel | On page [175] |
| 57. | Stratford, Sir Hugh Clopton's Bridge | On page [176] |
| 58. | Bramante, Court of Hospital (Milan) | On page [195] |
| 59. | Memling, Martyrdom of St. Ursula (Bruges, Hospital of St. Jean) | Opposite page [197] |
| 60. | Holbein, Sir Thomas More | Opposite page [223] |
| 61. | Matteo Civitale, Faith (Bargello) | Opposite page [243] |
| 62. | Holbein, Henry VIII (London) | Opposite page [255] |
| 63. | Filippino Lippi, Madonna with Four Saints | Opposite page [260] |
| 64. | Stradan, Columbus on First Voyage (niello, ivory) | On page [276] |
| 65. | Columbus' Title of Letter | On page [282] |
| 66. | Columbus' Page from Letter (1494-) | On page [283] |
| 67. | Hospital, Mexico (founded before 1524) | Opposite page [287] |
| 68. | Hospital, (another view) | Opposite page [287] |
| 69. | Crivelli, Madonna Enthroned | Opposite page [290] |
| 70. | Holbein, Queen Catherine of Aragon | Opposite page [293] |
| 71. | Titian, Presentation of Virgin | Opposite page [296] |
| 72. | Palma Vecchio, St. Barbara | Opposite page [304] |
| 73. | Mostaert, Virgo Deipara (Antwerp) | Opposite page [312] |
| 74. | Bellini, Madonna, St. Catherine and Mary Magdalen (Venice) | Opposite page [318] |
| 75. | Pinturicchio, Holy Family (Siena) | Opposite page [326] |
| 76. | Dürer, Nativity On | On page [339] |
| 77. | Vivarini, St. Clare | Opposite page [341] |
| 78. | Titian, Paracelsus | On page [386] |
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| 79. | Holbein, Dr. William Butts | Opposite page [413] |
| 80. | Cima da Conegliano, Christ (Dresden) | Opposite page [431] |
| 81. | Titian, Ariosto | Opposite page [443] |
| 82. | Palma Vecchio, Poet (sometimes called Ariosto) | Opposite page [449] |
| 83. | Francia, Virgin Weeping over Body of Christ (London) | Opposite page [477] |
| 84. | Page from early printed book, with woodcut | On page [487] |
| 85. | Theatre, Title Page of Terence | On page [491] |
| 86. | Mantegna, St. George | Opposite page [501] |
| 87. | Correggio, Blessed Virgin and St Sebastian | Opposite page [508] |
| 88. | Cima da Conegliano, Incredulity of St Thomas (Venice) | Opposite page [519] |
| 89. | Tory, Francis I's Court | On page [534] |