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Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund,    
Saints Giskald and Gundebald.The shrine is also        
dedicated to Saint Maurice,martyred on the site of the 
abbey in the third century CE.The archangel Michael    
from the roof of the shrine. Chased silver,gilt.
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Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gunde...

The Fifth Trumpet of the Apocalypse.The Fall of the    
Star of Satan.From the Liber Floridus by Lambertus     
Ms 724/1596 fol.12 verso.
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The Fifth Trumpet of the Apocalypse.The Fall of the Star of Satan.From the L...

Saint George and the dragon                            
from Novgorod, Russia                                  
Icon (end 15th)
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Saint George and the dragon from Novgorod, Russia...

Saint George and the dragon.                           
Icon
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Saint George and the dragon. Icon

Adam and Eve, fancy beasts and a donkey playing the    
harp; from the mosaic floor, cathedral of Otranto,     
southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger,   
Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrtaed in 1088. The    
mosaic floor of 1166 is a compendium of medieval lore. 
See also 40-11-24/36-46
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Adam and Eve, fancy beasts and a donkey playing the harp; from the mosaic f...

A beast with one single head but four bodies, from the 
mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern     
Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke
of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of
1166 is a compendium of medieval knowledge and lore.   
See also 40-11-24/36-46
#15030524

A beast with one single head but four bodies, from the mosaic floor of the cat...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported
by griffins. From the mosaic floor of the cathedral    
of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built    
under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated    
in 1088. The mosaic floor was completed in 1166.       
See also 40-11-24/36-46
#15030526

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported by griffins. From the m...

"Beasts of India" above the picture of India's         
conqueror Alexander the Great, from the mosaic floor of
the cathedral of Otranto. The cathedral was built under
Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. 
The mosaic was completed in 1166.                      
See also 40-11-24/36-46
#15030527

"Beasts of India" above the picture of India's conqueror Alexander the...

The Great Satan from the Gates of Hell. Mosaic floor of
the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral
was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and      
consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a     
compendium of early medieval knowledge and lore.       
See also 40-11-24/36-45


Apo 12: 9
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The Great Satan from the Gates of Hell. Mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otrant...

The Last Judgement: The devil dragging sinners from    
their tombs. From the Baptistery, Florence. Mosaics    
cover the entire cupola. They were begun in 1220 and   
completed a century later. The designs are by          
Florentine painters, among them Cimabue and Giotto.
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The Last Judgement: The devil dragging sinners from their tombs. From the Ba...

The Sea and its monsters; from the Last Judgement,     
Gracanica Church, Serbia.                              
H: 170 cm
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The Sea and its monsters; from the Last Judgement, Gracanica Church, Serbia...

Anastasis: Christ standing on the broken gates         
of hell, he pulls Adam and Eve to salvation. The       
guardian of Hades lies bound and gagged at Christ's    
feet. Around 1315. King's Church, Kraljeva Crkva,      
(King's Church) Studenica Monastery.           Detail
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Anastasis: Christ standing on the broken gates of hell, he pulls Adam a...