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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Detail from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in champsleve technique on gilded copper (begun 1181)
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King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Detail from the Verdun A...

The Verdun Altar. Left: Christ's Ascension; below: Ascension of Eliah; right: Pentecost; below: Moses on Mount Sinai. Enamel plaque in champsleve technique on gilded copper (begun 1181)
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The Verdun Altar. Left: Christ's Ascension; below: Ascension of Elia...

"Goldenes Roessl" (Golden Horse). Altar (1404). King Charles VI adoring Virgin Mary and child, a stable boy ,wearing 2-colored Burgundian breeches, holds the king's horse. Limoges enamel and gold Height: 62 cm
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"Goldenes Roessl" (Golden Horse). Altar (1404). King Charles VI adoring Virgin...

Stable boy wearing two-coloured Burgundian breeches holds King Charles VI's horse. Detail from the altar "Goldenes Roessl" (Golden Horse), see 15-01-04/49. Limoges enamel and gold (1404) Height: 62 cm
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Stable boy wearing two-coloured Burgundian breeches holds King Charles VI's...

Saint George and Duke Charles Le Temeraire of Burgundy. Reliquary, gold and enamel, 1467 H: 85 cm
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Saint George and Duke Charles Le Temeraire of Burgundy. Reliquary, gold and enam...

God Father between Charlemagne and Saint John Baptist. Medallion, gold and translucent enamel (1370/1380), from the collection of Louis d'Anjou, France Back of a mirror,diameter: 6.8 cm MR 2608
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God Father between Charlemagne and Saint John Baptist. Medallion, gold and tran...

The three angels visit Abraham. They announce the birth of his son Isaac (Genesis 18,1-16).Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve-technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181, for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneuburg. Total length 460cm
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The three angels visit Abraham. They announce the birth of his son Isaac (Genesi...

An angel announces the birth of Samson to the barren wife of Manoah (Judges 13,2-5). Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve-technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181 for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneuburg, Austria. Total L:
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An angel announces the birth of Samson to the barren wife of Manoah (Judges 1...

Isaac is born to Abraham and Sarah, (Genesis 21,1-3). Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve-technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181, for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneuburg, Austria. Total L of the altar: 460 cm
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Isaac is born to Abraham and Sarah, (Genesis 21,1-3). Verdun Altar, 51 plaques i...

The birth of Samson, Manoah with a medieval jew's hat. (Judges 13,24). Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181 for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneuburg, Austria. Total L of the altar: 460 cm
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The birth of Samson, Manoah with a medieval jew's hat. (Judges 13,24). Verdun A...

The circumcision of Isaac (Genesis 21,4). Abraham with a medieval jews' hat. Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve-technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181, for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneuburg, Austria. Total L of the altar: 460 cm
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The circumcision of Isaac (Genesis 21,4). Abraham with a medieval jews' hat. Ver...

The circumcision of Samson. Manoah and the mohel, who carries out the circumcision, wear medieval jews' hats. Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve- technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181, for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneuburg.
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The circumcision of Samson. Manoah and the mohel, who carries out the circ...