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Creche with the Adoration of the Magi, early 19th, in the house of Franz Gruber, composer of the world- famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy night".
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Creche with the Adoration of the Magi, early 19th, in the house of Franz Gr...

Franz Gruber, schoolteacher in Arnsdorf, Austria. When the old organ broke down one Christmas, the Parish priest Joseph Mohr wrote a few verses and asked Gruber to compose a simple melody that could be accompanied on the guitar.The song "Silent Night,holy night" was born.
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Franz Gruber, schoolteacher in Arnsdorf, Austria. When the old organ broke...

The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy night" on the desk of composer and school teacher Franz Gruber in his house in Hallein,Austria.
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The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy...

Winter night in the village of Arnsdorf, Austria. It was here that the organ broke down before Christmas and school teacher Gruber composed a simple melody that could be accompanied on a guitar.The world's best loved Christmas song "Silent Night, Holy Night" was born.
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Winter night in the village of Arnsdorf, Austria. It was here that the organ...

Castle Pau, where Henri IV was born. Picture shows the tortoise shell supposed to have been his cradle, standards of the House of Navarra and the embroidered "H" of Henri.
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Castle Pau, where Henri IV was born. Picture shows the tortoise shell suppo...

Adoration of the Magi, detail from a triptych, French. 2nd half 14th. Ebony panel, H: 14,9 cm
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Adoration of the Magi, detail from a triptych, French. 2nd half 14th....

Standing male figure carved in hard reddish wood.Small breasts and protruding belly upon which stand three figures. On each arm two figures carved in relief between a binding of sinnet. Probably a high god giving birth to lesser gods. Cook Islands. H:65 cm LMS 169
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Standing male figure carved in hard reddish wood.Small breasts and protruding b...

The birth of the God Topiltzin,the major deity of the Toltecs.
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The birth of the God Topiltzin,the major deity of the Toltecs.

Amulet, from Persia. This amulet was meant to protect mother and child during childbirth. The name of god, "shaddai", Almighty, with a crown is encircled by an invocation against Lilith, an ancient Assyrian female demon.Parchment,watercolour,powdered gold, 29 x28 cm
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Amulet, from Persia. This amulet was meant to protect mother and child during...

Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Queen Esther gives birth to King Cyrus, one of the many local additions to the original. Judeo-Persian epic, written 1322 by a Jewish poet from Shiraz. Paper, 164 leaves, 24,5 x 18,5 cm
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Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Quee...

The miracle of Saint Quentin:a thief steals the horse from a priest's stable. Left third of the tapestry. Tapestry,330 x 790 cm Northern France,second half 15th. MR R 825
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The miracle of Saint Quentin:a thief steals the horse from a priest's stable....

Model of a placenta, by Giovanni Battista Sandri. Museo Ostetrico Giovan Antonio Galli
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Model of a placenta, by Giovanni Battista Sandri. Museo Ostetrico Giovan A...