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Bestiarium,England, end 12th. Latin,parchment,         
20 x 14,5 cm,91 pages.                                 
A whale,in mediaeval iconography often an allegory     
for the devil.The whale lifts the boat wihch founders. 
fol.71
#15020768

Bestiarium,England, end 12th. Latin,parchment, 20 x 14,5 cm,91 pages....

Raven picking at a dead                                
man's leg during the Flood.                            
Mosaic (12th)
#150301 4

Raven picking at a dead man's leg during the Flo...

Dove with an olive twig.                               
Mosaic (12th)
#150301 5

Dove with an olive twig. Mosaic (12th)

Noah helps pairs of animals enter the Ark.             
Mosaics of the story of the Flood, in the              
arcades of the atrium of the basilica.
#15030113

Noah helps pairs of animals enter the Ark. Mosaics of the story of...

Noah helps pairs of animals to enter the Ark.          
Mosaic of the story of the Flood in the arcades        
of the atrium.
#15030114

Noah helps pairs of animals to enter the Ark. Mosaic of the story of t...

The dove returns to the Ark, a green twig              
in her beak. Mosaic of the story of Noah               
and the Flood from the arcades of the atrium.
#15030115

The dove returns to the Ark, a green twig in her beak. Mosaic of t...

Various birds. Detail from the Story of                
the Flood, in the atrium of the basilica.              
Mosaic (14th)
#15030117

Various birds. Detail from the Story of the Flood, in the atrium...

Shrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund.       
On the narrow side Saint Maurice,martyred on the site  
of the abbey in the 3rd CE; He is shown, not as a      
Roman officer, but as a medieval knight in armour.     
Chased silver, gilt.
#15030126

Shrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund. On the narrow side Saint...

Shrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund.       
On the narrow side Saint Maurice,martyred on the site  
of the abbey in the 3rd CE; He is shown, not as a      
Roman officer, but as a medieval knight in armour.     
Chased silver, gilt.
#15030127

Shrine of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund. On the narrow side Saint...

Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund,    
Saints Giskald and Gundebald.The shrine is also        
dedicated to Saint Maurice,martyred on the site of the 
abbey in the third century CE.The archangel Michael    
from the roof of the shrine. Chased silver,gilt.
#15030130

Reliquary of the sons of Burgundian King Sigismund, Saints Giskald and Gunde...

The two blind men of Jericho under the mulberry tree.  
Detail of mosaics ordered by the Grand Legothete       
Methochites (1st quarter 14th) when he rebuilt         
the 3rd century Kariye "Chora" Church.
#15030153

The two blind men of Jericho under the mulberry tree. Detail of mosaics ordere...

Arrival of Pope Urban II in France, for the Council    
of Clermont,1095.                                      
From the Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon, Ms 22495,      
fol.15 France,1337.
#15030155

Arrival of Pope Urban II in France, for the Council of Clermont,1095....