1 (Frontispiece) Portrait of Christianus Ravius. Engraving after unknown artist, Amsterdam 1645. © National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D29240) iv
2 The Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in the 17th century (no. 4 in the scene). Watercolour by Johann Stridbeck the Younger, 1690. From the booklet “Die Stadt Berlin im Jahre 1690”, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Ms. boruss. qu. 9 3
3 Portrait of G. J. Vossius. Drawing by David Bailly, 1624. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-T-1963-259) 17
4 Page 9 from Ravius’s Specimen Lexici Arabico-Persico-Latini. Printed by Johannes Maire, Leiden, 1645. From the unique exemplar, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Ms. Arch. Seld. A. 73(1) 104
5 First page of Ravius’s “edition” and translation of part of the Qur’an. The final section of Prima Tredecim Partium Alcorani, printed by John Canne, Amsterdam, 1645–6. From the exemplar Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Orient. Lit. 622 117
6 Sion College, London. Engraving by W. Wise illustrating the building as it was in 1800 (and probably much the same when Ravius was there in 1648). The Wellcome Collection 23425i 158
7 Table illustrating the alphabets of the oriental languages and other elements of the “Sacred Tongue” according to Ravius. Engraved plate in Generall Grammer. Printed by W. Wilson, London, 1650. From the exemplar Bodleian Library, Oxford, 8° V 98 Art 177
8 Portrait of Johannes Matthiae, Bishop of Strängnäs. Painting attributed to Sébastien Bourdon.1 In the Bishop’s House, Strängnäs. Photograph Tobias Fischer 192
The attribution is plausible, since Bourdon was in Sweden, at the invitation of Queen Christina from 1652 to 1653, during which time he painted several remarkable portraits of the Queen and other notables: see Jacques Thuillier, Sébastien Bourdon 1616–1671: Catalogue critique et chronologique de l’œuvre complet (Paris &c, 2000), pp. 290–306. At that time Matthiae was a favourite of Christina. However Thuillier rejects the attribution on stylistic grounds (ibid. p. 491 no. 168), albeit solely on the basis of a black-and-white photograph.