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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Crown of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (reigned 1042-1055) Detail: center panel showing the Emperor.
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Crown of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (reigned 1042-1055) Deta...

Crown of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (reigned 1042-1055) Detail: left panel shows Empress Theodora.
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Crown of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (reigned 1042-1055) Deta...

Crown of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (reigned 1042-1055) Detail: right panel shows Empress Zoe.
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Crown of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (reigned 1042-1055) Deta...

Crozier of Saint Julian of Cuenca. Archangel, serpent. Gold,enamel
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Crozier of Saint Julian of Cuenca. Archangel, serpent. Gold,enamel

Automaton, shaped like a Spanish monk with iron Clock-work mechanism, wooden head and hands, painted. H: 39 cm
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Automaton, shaped like a Spanish monk with iron Clock-work mechanism, wo...

Figure-clock, a Turkish ship with two seated figures and a Turkish dignitary standing in the center. Case: bronze, copper, fire gilded. 1580-1590 From Augsburg. H: 45 cm
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Figure-clock, a Turkish ship with two seated figures and a Turkish dignitary...

The so-called "Turkish bed,"1707,made for the Emperor's suite of the Abbey St.Florian.Monasteries and abbeys in Austria always reserved a suite of rooms for an eventual visit by the Emperor.The Turkish design com- memorates Imperial victories over the Turks.
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The so-called "Turkish bed,"1707,made for the Emperor's suite of the Abbey St.Fl...

Wooden cabinet inlaid with oval miniatures of the children of Queen Victoria:Top center:the Princess Royal;center row from l to r: Arthur,Alice, Edward,Prince of Wales;Alfred,Leopold; bottom row: Louise,Helena,Beatrice.
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Wooden cabinet inlaid with oval miniatures of the children of Queen...

Fireworks offered by the bishop of Soisson in honour of the Dauphine Marie-Antoinette on 12th and 13th of May 1771, on the occasion of her passage through town.
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Fireworks offered by the bishop of Soisson in honour of the Dauphine Marie-A...

View of the fireworks displayed on the Place Louis XV in Paris on the occasion of the marriage of Louis Auguste, Dauphin de France, with the Archduchess Marie Antoinette, sister of Emperor Joseph II. May 30,1770
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View of the fireworks displayed on the Place Louis XV in Paris on the occasion...

Sultan and his wife. Kloster Veilsdorf manufacture, around 1765
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Sultan and his wife. Kloster Veilsdorf manufa...

Turkish sultan. Hoechst Manufacture, 1750-1753
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Turkish sultan. Hoechst Manufacture, 175...