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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Noah offers thanks at an altar. Mosaic from the story of the Flood in the arcades of the atrium of S.Marco Basilica, Venice.
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Noah offers thanks at an altar. Mosaic from the story o...

Various birds. Detail from the Story of the Flood, in the atrium of the basilica. Mosaic (14th)
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Various birds. Detail from the Story of the Flood, in the atrium...

Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept on the site of his martyrdom.A Christian officer in the Theban legion, he and his men were executed when they refused to sacrifice to Roman gods.On the roof:the angel drives Adam and Eve from paradise,Adam working.
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Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept on the site of his marty...

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. An angel from the roof of the shrine. Chased silver,gilt.
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Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gund...

Angels from the nine choirs of angels. From the cupola of the baptistery, San Marco, Venice.
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Angels from the nine choirs of angels. From the cupola of the baptistery, San M...

Saint Louis IX instructing his son Philippe,later Philippe III Le Hardi (1245-1285). From the Receuil de Traite de Devotion.French, around 1371-1378, Ms 137/1687, fol.119 verso.
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Saint Louis IX instructing his son Philippe,later Philippe III Le Hardi (1...

The Tree of Jesse,surrounded by biblical personages. From Rabanus Maurus,De Laudibus Sancte Crucis. French,1250-1300. Ms 240 fol.11
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The Tree of Jesse,surrounded by biblical personages. From Rabanus Maurus,De L...

Temptation and Death,from Saint Augustine's City of God;initial A. French,15th; Ms 246,fol.241 verso.
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Temptation and Death,from Saint Augustine's City of God;initial A. French...

A prophet with halo and a scroll. Mosaic (6th)
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A prophet with halo and a scroll. Mosaic (6th)

"Christ Militant" wearing the uniform of a Roman legionnaire, a snake and a lion under his feet. From the Archeopiscopal Chapel built by Bishop Peter II (494-519) Mosaic
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"Christ Militant" wearing the uniform of a Roman legionnaire, a snake and...

Noah, his family and some animals leave the Ark, mosaics from the story of Noah and the Flood, from the arcades of the atrium.
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Noah, his family and some animals leave the Ark, mosaics from the st...

Animals leaving Noah's Ark, from the Story of the Flood, in the atrium of the basilica.
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Animals leaving Noah's Ark, from the Story of the Fl...