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Bee. Face of a silver tetradrachm (Reverse: Front half of a stag and a palm tree) (4th BCE)
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Bee. Face of a silver tetradr...

Bee. Face of a silver tetradrachm (Reverse: Front half of a stag without palm tree, 10-02-03/61) (5th BCE)
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Bee. Face of a silver tetradr...

Bee. Face of a silver tetradrachm. (Reverse: front half of a stag and palm tree, 10-02-03/60) Diameter 2.4 cm - Weight 15.3 g Inv. 1929-6-2-5
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Bee. Face of a silver tetradrachm. (Reverse: front half of...

Front part of a grazing stag and inscription. Reverse of a silver tetradrachm (Face, bee, see 10-02-03/58)
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Front part of a grazing stag and inscription. Reverse of a silver tetr...

Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying time, a wheel of fortune, a level as a sign that all are made level by death. From the triclinium of the Bottega, Pompeii 15,2 Inv.109982
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Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying t...

The Coumans attack the region of Chernigov, aided and abetted by Oleg, the local prince (1094); An invasion of locusts. From the Radziwill Chronicle, an early history of Russia from the legendary beginn- ings to the 13th. Page 141 v.,612 miniatures, late 15th
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The Coumans attack the region of Chernigov, aided and abetted by Oleg, the...

The miracle of the bees, page from volume IV of the Siyar-e-Nabi, the Life of the Prophet by Mustafa Darir, produced in the Imperial workshops of Constantinople for Sultan Murad III in 1594/95. Mohamed's son-in-law Ali (with green turban), orders the bees of Abbas, Mohamed's uncle, to follow the group all the way to the Medina. Abbas (with white turban) walks next to Ali. This is the beginning of the Hegira, the beginning of the Muslim calendar. The miracle of the swarm of bees symbolizes the "umma" the flight from Mecca to Medina and the founding of the Muslim religion. Paper, 37 x 26 cm MAO 928
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The miracle of the bees, page from volume IV of the Siyar-e-Nabi, the Life of t...

Jean Marot, La Conquete de Genes (1507).King Louis XII leaves Alexandria, which he has just subdued.He wears a coat with a pattern of bees over his armour,a sign of benevolence towards the Italians.Inscription:"The King whom we obey has no sting".fol.15 verso FR 5091
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Jean Marot, La Conquete de Genes (1507).King Louis XII leaves Alexandria, which...

Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius,physician in Salerno,Italy. Middle 15th,Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages. A hive with bees. Fol.149
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Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th cen...

The Empress Marie-Louise, in a state robe embroidered with Imperial bees, around 1810. Oil on canvas, 241 x 160 cm Inv. 8682
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The Empress Marie-Louise, in a state robe embroidered with Imperial bees, around...

Caricature of Napoleon I,on his face the victims of the Russian campaign.The shoulder pad shows a hand gripping Germany;a spider spins its net from Elbe- river to Rhine;the red badge says in German:'Ehre fort' Honour lost. Colour engraving.
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Caricature of Napoleon I,on his face the victims of the Russian campaign....

Meissen plate with decor "Flying Dragon". Meissen painters copied Chinese dragons, but invented new variations. 1735
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Meissen plate with decor "Flying Dragon". Meissen painters copied...