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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Imre Nagy,Hungarian liberal Reform-Communist,at his home in
Budapest..Hungarian Prime Minister from 1953-1955,destituted by the Stalinists under Matyas Rakosi,he was made Prime Minister at the beginning of the Revolution on October 24, 1956.After the Soviets crushed the Revolution,Nagy was imprisoned and executed in June 1958.
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Imre Nagy,Hungarian liberal Reform-Communist,at his home in Budapest..Hungarian...

Liturgical comb showing Samson, killing the lion. Second School of Metz, around 870.
Ivory, silver (for an ancient repair), H: 19,5 cm
MR 358
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Liturgical comb showing Samson, killing the lion. Second School of Metz, around...

Panel of a diptych from Areobindus, "Paradise on earth".
Constantinople 506, later court of King Charles le Chauve, around 870.
Ivory, H: 34 cm
OA 9064
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Panel of a diptych from Areobindus, "Paradise on earth". Constantinople 506, la...

Fragment of a bookbinding: Meeting between Abner and Joab at Lake Gabaon, around 870. From the Treasury of St.Denis.
Ivory, H: 15,5 cm
MR 374
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Fragment of a bookbinding: Meeting between Abner and Joab at Lake Gabaon, around...

Tric-Trac pawn: Samson with foxes
Second half of the 12th century; Cologne
Ivory painted red
OA 10003
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Tric-Trac pawn: Samson with foxes Second half of the 12th century; Cologne Ivo...

Moses, King David and a prophet (one of four elements of an altar from the abbey of Maubuisson), attributed to Evrard d'Orléans (French Gothic sculptor, known 1292-1357)
Marble, with small traces of polychrome and gilding
0,53 x 0,37 x 0,08m
R.F. 476C
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Moses, King David and a prophet (one of four elements of an altar from the abbey...

Crown of the Holy Roman Empire (962 ?)                 
Made for Emperor Otto I (912-973)                      
Gold, silver, precious stones                          
from Reichenau (?), Germany                            
Inv. XIII 1
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Crown of the Holy Roman Empire (962 ?) Made for Emperor Otto I...

Crown of the Holy Roman Empire (962?)                  
made for Emperor Otto I (912-973)                      
Gold, silver, precious stones                          
from Reichenau (?), Germany                            
Inv. XIII 1
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Crown of the Holy Roman Empire (962?) made for Emperor Otto I...

Imperial Orb, last quarter 12th.                       
Gold, silver, precious stones                          
H: 21 cm                                               
Inv. XIII 2
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Imperial Orb, last quarter 12th. Gold, silver, precious s...

Imperial orb, sword, and scabbard, insignia and        
regalia of the Holy Roman Empire.                      
Sword: gold, silver wire, enamel, garnets. L: 110 cm   
First hald 11th                                        
Inv. XIII 17
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Imperial orb, sword, and scabbard, insignia and regalia of the Holy Roma...

Reliquary of Saint Stephen, part of the insignia and   
regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, second quarter 9th.  
Gold, silver, precious stones, probably from Reims.    
H: 32 cm                                               
Inv. XIII, 26
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Reliquary of Saint Stephen, part of the insignia and regalia of the Holy Roma...

Cross of the Holy Roman Empire, around 1024            
Gold, silver, precious stones. H: 77 cm                
Inv. XIII, 21
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Cross of the Holy Roman Empire, around 1024 Gold, silver, precious s...