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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Noah's Ark. Illustration from "Histoire Universelle en Francais de la Creation du Monde jusqu'a Cesar". Painted by an anonymous monk between 1260-1270 in Akko, Kingdom of Jerusalem, then seat of the Knights of Saint John. MS 562
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Noah's Ark. Illustration from "Histoire Universelle en Francais de la Creati...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book, Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- cies are from a faksimile.The Fall; Adam who has disobeyed God falls into the black abyss of hell.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book, Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- cies are from a faksimile.The synagogue, holding Moses in her arms, the prophets in her lap.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book, Codex Rupertsberg,was lost during WW II.Transparencies are from a faksimile.God,the golden circle,creates the world in 6 days.Adam receives the flower of obedience.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book, Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- cies are from a facsimile.L:Prophets and patriarchs of the Old Testament,r:apostles,martyrs,of Christianity.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book, Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- cies are from a facsimile.The wall of the Law of the Old Testament and several divine virtues.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

A battle between Romans and Carthaginians, probably the battle of Cannae (216 BCE). Page from a manuscript "Ancient history to Caesar and the deeds of the Romans" much of which has been lost. 1470-1475 Parchment, 44,8 x 33,4 cm. R.F. 7251
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A battle between Romans and Carthaginians, probably the battle of Cannae (21...

"Maria ostendit filio suo ubera et orat pro populo" - Saint Mary shows her breasts to her son and prays for mankind; Esther begs king Ahasuerus to save the jewish people. From the "Speculum Humanae Salvationis", fol. 45 r, Codex Cremifanensis 243.
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"Maria ostendit filio suo ubera et orat pro populo" - Saint Mary shows her bre...

God Father measuring the universe. Bible Moralisee,perhaps from Reims,France,mid-13th. 130 pages, parchment, 24,4 x 26 cm Cod.2554 fol.I,verso.
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God Father measuring the universe. Bible Moralisee,perhaps...

Saint Gregory;initial R. Moralia in Job. MS 168,fol,4 verso. From the Abbey of Citeaux, early 12th.
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Saint Gregory;initial R. Moralia in Job. MS 168,fol,4 verso. From...

The battle of Badr, 624; page from volume IV of the Siyar-e-Nabi, the Life of the Prophet by Mustafa Darir, produced in the Imperial workshops of Constantinople for Sultan Murad III in 1594/95. Paper, 37 x 26 cm MAO 928
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The battle of Badr, 624; page from volume IV of the Siyar-e-Nabi, the Life of th...

Sultan Mehmet I.Celebi(1413-1421); Posthumous portrait, second half 16th. Paper, 17,4 x 9,2 cm MAO 835
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Sultan Mehmet I.Celebi(1413-1421); Posthumous portrait, second half 16th. Paper,...