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Scene of a hunt Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpainting; 0,40 x 0,26m P16
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Scene of a hunt Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpainting;...

Scene of a chariotrace Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpainting; 0,40 x 0,26m P16
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Scene of a chariotrace Herculanum, house of the Cerfs Around 60-80 CE Wallpai...

The Taj Mahal at Agra,Uttar Pradesh,India, built by Shah Jahan in 1632-43, with European sightseers on the terrace. Angels pouring gold from the clouds. Persian text and floral decoration in the border ID: Add 2157, fol.612
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The Taj Mahal at Agra,Uttar Pradesh,India, built by Shah Jahan in 1632-43, with...

The archangel Gabriel, from "The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence", around 1375-1425. Gabriel is an important figure to Muslims as well as to Christians. In Islam, Gabriel acts as God's messenger to the Prophet Mohammed on his Night Journey bringing him from Mecca to Jerusalem through Hell and Heaven and finally to the throne of God. "The Wonders of Creation" was compiled by Zakaria Qazwini, a judge living in Wasit,Iraq. 1963.4-20.01
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The archangel Gabriel, from "The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existen...

Angels paying homage to Adam watched by Iblis. In a highly decorated composition angels prostrate themselves in front of the naked figure of Adam. Iblis observes from the right corner. From the "Majalis al-ushshak". ID: Or 11837,fol.f 9 v
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Angels paying homage to Adam watched by Iblis. In a highly decorated composition...

An angel, 16th. Angel in Arabic dress, with text at the top and bottom of the page. From "Aja'ib al Markhtukat", the wonders of nature, by Al-Kazvrin. ID: Or 4701
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An angel, 16th. Angel in Arabic dress, with text at the top and bottom of the pa...

Shah Jahan, the Moghul emperor of India, riding a white elephant, 18th century. The elephant's coverings and tusks are richly decorated. Angels above carry a sword, a crown and a flaming bowl. Courtiers and soldiers on horseback in the foreground. From the Padshahnamen of Tarikh-i-Shah Jahahn" ID: Add 20734, fol.359
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Shah Jahan, the Moghul emperor of India, riding a white elephant, 18th century....

Psalter map, around 1250. Jerusalem in the center, surrounded by a zone of winds. The Psalter map is so called because it acompanied a 13th century copy of the Book of Psalms. One of the earliest maps with Jerusalem in the centre,reflecting the medieval world view. It is the earliest surviving map to depict Biblical events, for instance Moses crossing the Red Sea (the large red expanse, top right), and the earliest to display the "monstrous" races in Africa (the strange figures, some without heads, depicted on the right-hand edge). ID: Add.28681
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Psalter map, around 1250. Jerusalem in the center, surrounded by a zone of winds...

Manuscript by Logman: The fine Flower of Histories - Fighting at the gates of Jerusalem and the burial of Mohammed. 1583
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Manuscript by Logman: The fine Flower of Histories - Fighting at the gates of J...

Manuscript by Logman: The fine Flower of Histories - Mohammed sourrounded by his first disciples. 1583
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Manuscript by Logman: The fine Flower of Histories - Mohammed sourrounded by his...

Turkish book painting: Mohammed's vision of ascension. 1583
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Turkish book painting: Mohammed's vision of ascension. 1583

The blowing of the second trumpet. Commentary on the Apocalypse, published in 776 by Beatus of Liebana (730 -798, Spanish monk and theologian). This commentary was popular during the Middle Ages and survives in over 30 manuscripts (usually called Beatus) from the 10th through 13th century. From the Real Monasterio de Santa María de Guadalupe, Spain."And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea becme blood.." Apo 8: 8 - 9
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The blowing of the second trumpet. Commentary on the Apocalypse, published in 7...