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BIRTH

Father and Child

FATHER AND CHILD

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MARRIAGE

Mother and Child

MOTHER AND CHILD

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Virgin Mary and Child. Adoration of the Magi. Marble antependium from the high altar of Cologne Cathedral
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Virgin Mary and Child. Adoration of the Magi. Marble antependium from...

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...

Moses returns to Egypt with his wife Zipporah and two sons. Moses wears a medieval jews' hat.(Exodus 4,19-21). 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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Moses returns to Egypt with his wife Zipporah and two sons. Moses wears a...

Noah's wife and sons and the animals looking out of the Ark's windows. From Akko, then Kingdom of Jerusalem, detail of "Histoire Universelle en Francais de la Creation du Monde a Cesar" (1260-1270). Inv. 562
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Noah's wife and sons and the animals looking out of the Ark's windows. Fr...

Flight to Egypt. Book of Hours
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Flight to Egypt. Book of Hours

The Seventh Trumpet;The woman giving birth to a child saved from the Seven-headed Dragon by an angel. Book of Revelation 12:1-5.Northern France,MS 422.
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The Seventh Trumpet;The woman giving birth to a child saved from the Seven-hea...

5 illuminations with text on one page. Jesus' family tree from Josias to Azor. Upper register: siege of Jerusalem, center: the jews led into exile in Babylon, 3 pairs of ancestors, Salathiel, Abiud, Amor. Calf-hide from the diocese of Mainz, mid 13th. MS 13, folio 18 v.
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5 illuminations with text on one page. Jesus' family tree from Josias to Azor...

Description of the travels of the Venetian Charles Magius. He arrives in Venice and is reconciled to his family. Text reads: "You planned evil, God turned it to good." Painting shows the house of his father, a garden, and the family at dinner.
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Description of the travels of the Venetian Charles Magius. He arrives in Ve...

"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.L:God is present when a child is born.R:the stages of life,ending under God's tent.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

Marriage of Philippe II Augustus of France to Isabella, de Hainaut. From Jaques de Guise,Histoire des Nobles Princes de Hainaut,Ms.149,vol.3,fol.88. 2nd half 15th.
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Marriage of Philippe II Augustus of France to Isabella, de Hainaut....

The marvels that came to pass at the birth of King Alexander. From Jean Vauquelin,"Histoire du Grand Alexandre",1460. Fol.10 recto.
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The marvels that came to pass at the birth of King Alexander. From Jea...