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Altars

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Enamel

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Engravings

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FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

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Jewelry

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Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

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Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

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TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

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14,174 photos
Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Saint Augustine is baptized by bishop       
Ambrosius in Milan. Left background:The angel tells    
Augustine "Tolle, lege" ("take and read").              
Photo: Garo Nalbandian                                 
Saint Augustine August 28th
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Saint August...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
Monica,mother of Saint Augustine,joins him in Italy,   
later dies in Ostia,387 CE.They both visit Simplicianus
a cleric and friend of bishop Ambrosius.
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Na...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
Saint Augustine sends monks from  his first monastery  
Thagaste (founded 388 CE) into the world to found      
other monastic communities.
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Na...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Thinking about his book on the Holy Trinity,
Augustine meets a child who tries to ladle water with  
a sieve.He understands the futility of trying to       
understand the mystery of the Trinity.Photo:Nalbandian
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Thinking abou...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
Saint Augustine presents the Augustinian hermits with  
the book of his rules for monastic life.
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Na...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
Saint Augustine dies in Hippo Regius in 430; the       
Vandals storm the city-gate (right background).
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Na...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
In a dream,an angel reveals to Saint Augustine the     
mystery of the Eucharist.
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Na...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
Augustine attends school;his mother Monica kneels      
before Saint Ambrosius,weeping."A child for whom so    
many tears are shed,cannot go wrong",he tells her.     
August 28th
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo N...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
Saint Augustine teaches rethoric; his mother starts    
out to visit Bishop Ambrosius.
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Na...

Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to          
Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo Nalbandian.                      
In Milan,Augustine and his mother Monica listen to a   
sermon by Bishop Ambrosius.                            
August 28th
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Saint Augustine altar,around 1520,ascribed to Jan Scorel.Photo:Garo N...

The Ghent altar - polyptique de l'agneau mystique,1432 
Top center:God Father with John Baptist and the Virgin.
Lower half,center:the adoration of the mystic lamb by  
angels and by saintly personages from the Old and New  
Testament;Side panels:Adam and Eve;pilgrims,hermits.
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The Ghent altar - polyptique de l'agneau mystique,1432 Top center:God Father wi...

The Ghent altar - polyptique de l'agneau mystique,1432 
Detail:Eve, from the open,Sunday and holiday-panels.   
See also 40-04-06/5-9
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The Ghent altar - polyptique de l'agneau mystique,1432 Detail:Eve, from the ope...