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FATHER AND CHILD

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MARRIAGE

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MOTHER AND CHILD

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Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during  
the Purim festival. Queen Esther gives birth to King   
Cyrus, one of the many local additions to the original.
Judeo-Persian epic, written 1322 by a Jewish poet from 
Shiraz. Paper, 164 leaves, 24,5 x 18,5 cm
#30050526

Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Quee...

Seder plate, on which the symbolic foods are arranged  
during the Seder dinner, the home celebration of the   
exodus from Egypt. It shows a father and his sons      
around the Seder table, a round matzah in the center.  
From Hamburg, Germany, 1774. Pewter, 38 cm diameter.
#30050538

Seder plate, on which the symbolic foods are arranged during the Seder dinner,...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This  
contract of marriage is decorated with a traditional   
Persian symbol,the half-moon rising over lions.        
From Persia.                                           
Watercolour on paper, 95 x 68 cm
#30050611

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage is...

Wedding chest with linen; on the inside of the         
lid a carved and painted siren. Sirens were            
symbols of joy and happiness; in pre-Christian times   
they were attributes of an agricultural deity.         
From Novgorod
#30060160

Wedding chest with linen; on the inside of the lid a carved and painted...

Duke William's daughter Aelfgyve                       
is promised in marriage to King Harold II.                         
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Duke William's daughter Aelfgyve is promised in marriage...

Marriage sari (patolu)                                 
From Goujarat, India
#31020142

Marriage sari (patolu) From Goujarat, India

The miracle of Saint Quentin:a thief steals the horse  
from a priest's stable. Left third of the tapestry.    
Tapestry,330 x 790 cm                                  
Northern France,second half 15th.                      
MR R 825
#31030157

The miracle of Saint Quentin:a thief steals the horse from a priest's stable....

Model of a placenta, by Giovanni Battista Sandri.      
Museo Ostetrico Giovan Antonio Galli
#32010137

Model of a placenta, by Giovanni Battista Sandri. Museo Ostetrico Giovan A...

Model of uterus and vagina during birth.               
By Giovanni Battista Sandri                            
Museo Ostetrico Giovan Antonio Galli
#32010138

Model of uterus and vagina during birth. By Giovanni Battista San...

Two feti with placenta, one with open abdomen to show  
blood-flow from mother to child.                       
By the brothers Toselli.                               
Museo Ostetrico Giovan Antonio Galli
#32010139

Two feti with placenta, one with open abdomen to show blood-flow from mother t...

Extraction of the placenta.                            
By Giovanni Battista Sandri                            
Museo Ostetrico Giovan Antonio Galli
#32010140

Extraction of the placenta. By Giovanni Battista San...

Two feti in the womb with umbilical cord slung         
around heads and necks.                                
By Giovanni Battista Sandri                            
Museo Ostetrico Giovan Antonio Galli
#32010141

Two feti in the womb with umbilical cord slung around heads and necks....