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Clergy: Popes, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests



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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...

Comb of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Figures of Saints in relief: John Baptist, Saint Catherine, Saint Peter, Saint Paul. Ivory (2nd half 12th) Parisian work
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Comb of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Figures of Saints in relief: John Bapti...

Saint Ambrosius: De Officiis (latin), for king Ferdinand of Naples, around 1490 122 folios parchment, 27 x 19 cm Cod, 976 December 7th
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Saint Ambrosius: De Officiis (latin), for king Ferdinand of N...

0310000104 Monumental brass of an unknown bishop, Medieval, c1375-c1400. Fragment of a monumental brass with the head of an unknown bishop within an ornate architectural canopy. His mitre and the hook of his crosier are studded with jewels and depicted with great attention to detail. The crosier contains the Agnus Dei (the Lamb of God), the symbol of St John the Baptist, who may be the bishop's patron saint. Above the bishop, his soul is represented by a naked, mitred figure which is being received by Abraham in a length of cloth. To the left and right are angels with candles and the figures of St Peter (left), St Paul (right), and probably St John the Evangelist (far left) and another male saint with a sword, possibly St Matthew. The brass comes from Flanders, or possibly France. M&ME, 1853,2-21,1
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0310000104 Monumental brass of an unknown bishop, Medieval, c1375-c1400. Fragme...

0310000102 Portable altar, Medieval, from Germany, c1200. Portable altar engraved with the four symbols of the Evangelists and Saints Peter, Andrew, Stephen and Lawrence. Above the altar-stone, (likely to be a variety of Purbeck marble), there is an ivory of the Crucifixion and below it the Virgin and Child enthroned with two bishop saints. To either side is a miniature under crystal, of Saints Godehard (right) and Bernard (left), both bishops of Hildesheim. Beneath the ivory of the Virgin and Child is an inscription 'THIDERICVS. ABBAS. III. DEDIT', which reveals the identity of the patron as Theodoric, the third abbot of his name, possibly Abbot Theodoric who was abbot at Godehardiklosters, Hildesheim, Germany. In a cavity beneath are relics of saints. M&ME, 1902,6-25,1
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0310000102 Portable altar, Medieval, from Germany, c1200. Portable altar engrav...

The Hexham Plaque, Anglo-Saxon, 7th-8th CE. Silver incised from both sides in a linear fashion showing a figure with a halo and hands linked over a panel with two small crosses. He is probably wearing the robes of a bishop and holding a bible. The plaque was discovered in the 19th century in Hexham, Northumberland. M&ME,1858,8-14,1
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The Hexham Plaque, Anglo-Saxon, 7th-8th CE. Silver incised from both sides in a...

Procession of martyrs Saint Clement, Sixtus, Lawrence, Hippolytus, Cornelius, all carrying crowns -symbol of martyrs. Mosaic; 6th century CE See also 15-03-02/52
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Procession of martyrs Saint Clement, Sixtus, Lawrence, Hippolytus, Cornelius, al...

Mosaic of Saint Apollinaris. Saint Apollinaris, to whom the church is dedicated and whose remains were originally kept in the crypt beneath the altar, stands, arms uplifted in prayer. Apse mosaic; 533-49 CE
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Mosaic of Saint Apollinaris. Saint Apollinaris, to whom the church is dedicated...

Interior of the San Zeno Chapel, which was built in 822 CE by Pope Pascal I (817-824) as mausoleum for his mother Theodora. Basilica Santa Prassede, Rome.
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Interior of the San Zeno Chapel, which was built in 822 CE by Pope Pascal I (817...

Bishop Zaudria and people of the town of Anagni await the return of the reliquary of Saint Magno which was purloined by Saracens in 877 CE. Fresco; 13th century
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Bishop Zaudria and people of the town of Anagni await the return of the reliqua...

Aztec human sacrifice,Mexico, 16th
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Aztec human sacrifice,Mexico, 16th

The first meal ashore, a dinner in honour of William, Duke of Normandy, who is seen here sitting among his Barons. Bishop Odon de Conteville blesses the meal. Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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The first meal ashore, a dinner in honour of William, Duke of Normandy, who is...