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Initial from a psalter showing Saint Agapitus and the founder of the monastery, Duke Tassilo of Bavaria, holding the model of the first romanesque monastery church (1464). Saint's day: 18 August
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Initial from a psalter showing Saint Agapitus and the founder of the mona...

Gunther, son of Bavarian Duke Tassilo, died during a boar hunt. His father decided to build a monastery on the site of his son's death. From a hand-painted history of Kremsmuenster Monastery, illuminated by local painter Josef Kadariza in 1695.
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Gunther, son of Bavarian Duke Tassilo, died during a boar hunt. His father de...

After the destruction by Hungarian invaders in 900, Duke Heinrich II of Bavaria restores Kremsmuenster. The abbey's importance increases under the bishops Udalric, Wolfgang-Gotthard and Peregrin. From a handpainted history of Kremsmuenster, 1695
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After the destruction by Hungarian invaders in 900, Duke Heinrich II of Bava...

From "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540), a hand-painted book on astronomy by Peter Apianus, teacher to Emperor Karl V, to whom the work is dedicated. Paper disks can be moved by strings to show displacement of the heavenly bodies.
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From "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540), a hand-painted book on astronomy by Pet...

From "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540), by Peter Apianus, teacher to Emperor Charles Vth, to whom the work is dedicated. Paper disks can be moved by strings to show the displacement of the heavenly bodies.
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From "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540), by Peter Apianus, teacher to Emperor Charl...

"Christus ostendit patri suo cycatrices et vulnera" Christ, interceding with Godfather, shows his scars and wounds; Antipater shows his scars to Julius Caesar. From the "Speculum Humanae Salvationis", fol.44 v. Codes Cremifanensis 243
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"Christus ostendit patri suo cycatrices et vulnera" Christ, interceding with...

"Maria ostendit filio suo ubera et orat pro populo" - Saint Mary shows her breasts to her son and prays for mankind; Esther begs king Ahasuerus to save the jewish people. From the "Speculum Humanae Salvationis", fol. 45 r, Codex Cremifanensis 243.
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"Maria ostendit filio suo ubera et orat pro populo" - Saint Mary shows her bre...

Library of the Benedictine abbey Kremsmuenster,Austria. Central hall 65 m long; ceiling fresco shows King Solomon, the lunette paintings show scientists, writers and historians of antiquity and the great of the Benedictine order. 1684-1692
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Library of the Benedictine abbey Kremsmuenster,Austria. Central hall 65 m long;...

Library of the Benedictine abbey Kremsmuenster,Austria. Central hall 65 m long; lunette paintings show scientists, writers and historians of antiquity and the great of the Benedictine order. 1684-1692
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Library of the Benedictine abbey Kremsmuenster,Austria. Central hall 65 m long;...

Imaginary portrait of Pliny the Elder in a lunette in the library of the Benedictine abbey of Kremsmuenster. Shelves with books on mathematics and natural science below. 1684-1692
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Imaginary portrait of Pliny the Elder in a lunette in the library of the Be...

Ivory diptychon, French. Left: Adoration of the Magi Right: The lance pierces Saint Mary and Christ simultaneously. (end 14th). Each wing 15.8 x 11 x 2.2 cm
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Ivory diptychon, French. Left: Adoration of the M...

Ivory diptychon, French (end 14th). Left wing: Adoration of the Magi 15.8 x 11 x 2.2 cm
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Ivory diptychon, French (end 14th). Left wing: Adoration of...