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  • Medicine Bird, crouching Indian holding a macaw, painting, oil on canvas, c. 1944, by Gerard Curtis Delano, 1890-1972, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The macaw was considered a sacred bird, a 'bird of the sun', and only high ranking shamans could use it. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winter landscape with ice skaters and bird trap, 1565, oil on canvas, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1525-69,  from the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp, Belgium. Brueghel was a Flemish Renaissance painter and painted many winter landscapes another genre scenes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona i Ocell, (Woman and Bird), 1982, Joan Miro, Parc Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona i Ocell, (Woman and Bird), 1982, Joan Miro, Parc Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona i Ocell, (Woman and Bird), 1982, Joan Miro, Parc Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona i Ocell, (Woman and Bird), 1982, Joan Miro, Parc Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona i Ocell, (Woman and Bird), 1982, Joan Miro, Parc Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona i Ocell, (Woman and Bird), 1982, Joan Miro, Parc Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona i Ocell, (Woman and Bird), 1982, Joan Miro, Parc Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain. The sculpture was covered in tiles by the artist's collaborator Joan Gardy Artigas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bird sculpture on a metal stand in a shop in the Passage Verdeau, a covered shopping arcade built in 1847, with a Neoclassical high glazed roof in fishbone design and many antique shops, in the Grands Boulevards district of the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The arcade is a continuation of the Jouffroy and des Panoramas arcades, with entrances at the Rue du Faubourg-Montmartre and Rue de la Grange-Bateliere. The arcade is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle of Delight, or Hayne Hudjihini, 1795-1822, 1 of the 5 wives of Chief Shaumonekusse of the Otoe tribe in present-day Nebraska, painting, c. 1822, oil on canvas, by Charles Bird King, 1785-1862, American artist, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. This painting was commissioned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs after Eagle of Delight accompanied her husband and other Indian chiefs to Washington DC to meet with President James Monroe. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a bird, from the lower black fresco frieze in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, in the large room adjoining the service room in the Fullonica di Stefanus, or Fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry in Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • White bird on a black background, 1st century AD, detail of the mosaic floor of the atrium of the Casa di Paquio Proculo, or House of Paquius Proculus, Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a bird, from the lower black fresco frieze in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, in the large room adjoining the service room in the Fullonica di Stefanus, or Fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry in Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a bird and fruit, in the newly discovered House of the Dolphins, a luxurious dwelling in the Regio V suburb of Pompeii, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. A new phase of official excavations has been taking place here since 2017 in an attempt to stop looters from digging tunnels and removing artefacts for sale. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a bird, from the lower black fresco frieze in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, in the large room adjoining the service room in the Fullonica di Stefanus, or Fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry in Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a bird, from the lower black fresco frieze in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, in the large room adjoining the service room in the Fullonica di Stefanus, or Fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry in Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of bird and plants on a white background, from a small room in the Casa dell Efebo, or House of the Ephebus, Pompeii, Italy. This room is decorated in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, a complex narrative style. This is a large, sumptuously decorated house probably owned by a rich family, and named after the statue of the Ephebus found here. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco detail of bird and plants on a white background, from a small room in the Casa dell Efebo, or House of the Ephebus, Pompeii, Italy. This room is decorated in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, a complex narrative style. This is a large, sumptuously decorated house probably owned by a rich family, and named after the statue of the Ephebus found here. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone frieze with a bird preening itself and a tree, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone frieze with a bird preening itself and a tree, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joan Miro's Woman and bird (Femme et oiseau, Dona i ocell), painted bronze, 1967, the Joan Miro Foundation, 1975, Josep Lluís Sert, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floor mosaic with bird panels, detail of purple gallinule and parrot, 2nd century AD, from the bedroom or cubilculum of the Villa of the Birds, an opulent villa in the residential district at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blue bird fresco, restored, Neopalatial period, 1600-1500 BC, section of the Monkeys and Birds fresco from the House of Frescoes at the Minoan palace of Knossos, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The bird sits on a rock with a background of rocks, wild roses and irises, painted in fluid lines with bright colours in a naturalistic and harmonious style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mythical creatures with the body of a bird, goat’s hoofs and a human head, early 13th century, Romanesque, by unknown Castilian artist, fresco transferred to canvas, detail from a frieze in the hall of the Benedictine abbey of San Pedro de Arlanza in Burgos, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The creatures represent bird sirens, ancient Greek symbols of shelter and protection, reminding us of temptations of the senses, deceit and the dangers of vice and falsehood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 03: A detail of archaeological finds on August 3, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. The wing feathers of a brown bird and various bird claws from the late Medieval period, were found by archaeologist Jacqui Wood in a pit.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Virgin of the Grapes, or Vierge aux Raisins, early 16th century statue of the Virgin and child with a bird eating a bunch of grapes, by Troyes School, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The Virgin is crowned and smiling, standing on a crescent moon, and the Christ child holds a vine, while a bird eats the grapes. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin of the Grapes, or Vierge aux Raisins, detail, early 16th century statue of the Virgin and child with a bird eating a bunch of grapes, by Troyes School, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The Virgin is crowned and smiling, standing on a crescent moon, and the Christ child holds a vine, while a bird eats the grapes. Behind is the grisailles stained glass window, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • ESSAOUIRA, MOROCCO - MAY 11 : A view from below of a seagull in flight on May 11, 2009 in Essaouira, Morocco. A bird sweeps over the Ramparts at sunset. The old town is visible in the background. Essaouira, on the windswept Atlantic coast of Morocco, was re-built in the 18th century by French architect Theodore Cornut to the orders of Sultan Ben Abdullah. Surrounded by ramparts it is a charming small town now becoming more popular with tourists. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • ESSAOUIRA, MOROCCO - MAY 7: A low angle view of boats in the harbour on May 7, 2009 in Essaouira, Morocco. A man standing on the moored wooden boats gazes towards the sunlit ramparts of the town as a bird flies overhead. Essaouira, on the windswept Atlantic coast of Morocco, was re-built in the 18th century by French architect Theodore Cornut to the orders of Sultan Ben Abdallah. Surrounded by ramparts, it is a charming small town now becoming more popular with tourists. Photo by Manuel Cohen
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  • Princess' Drawing Room, known as the Salon aux Oiseaux or Bird Room, in the Chateau de Chalais, in Chalais, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The Princesse de Chalais is the great grandmother of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord. The castle was built, between the Aude and Viveronne rivers, in the 11th century, destroyed during the Hundred Years War in the 15th century, and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was the home of the Talleyrand-Perigord family, princes of Chalais from the 14th century to 1883. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunter on horseback killing a bird, detail of a teginat or crossing of beams in a roof forming compartments, 1386-1440, tempera painting on wood, from the castle palace of Curiel de los Ajos, Valladolid, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gargoyle resembling a bird of prey, at the top of the 69m high North Tower, built 1235-50, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gargoyles serve to direct rainwater through their gaping mouths away from the cathedral walls, but the chimeras and strange mythical creatures also protect the cathedral by warding off evil. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zuni pottery canteen, 1885-1900, with design representing a rain bird and double-winged dragonflies, part of the Wetherill Family archive at the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The Wetherill family were ranchers who also discovered many of the Puebloan Ancestral ruins in Colorado, including at Mesa Verde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a mosaic depicting a bird in the Villa of the Aviary,  Carthage, Tunisia, pictured on January 27, 2008, in the morning. Carthage was founded in 814 BC by the Phoenicians who fought three Punic Wars against the Romans over this immensely important Mediterranean harbour. The Romans finally conquered the city in 146 BC. Subsequently it was conquered by the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage. The Roman Villa of the Aviary, with its octagonal garden set in a peristyle courtyard, is known for its fine mosaics depicting birds. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Bird, beside painted relief of a pile of offerings, including cows and birds, on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Queen Hatshepsut was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the bell tower, the pediment (c. 1706) by Francis Bird, illustrating the conversion of St Paul, and the dome, one of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the bell tower, the pediment (c. 1706) by Francis Bird, illustrating the conversion of St Paul, and the dome, one of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul's Cathedral, 1675 - 1710, architect Sir Christopher Wren : detail of the pediment (c. 1706) by Francis Bird, illustrating the conversion of St Paul, and the dome, one of the largest dome in the world, 111 metres high, London, England, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wall panels in oriental style with wild animals and bird, by Christiano Wehrlin, in the Sala da Giocco, or Games Room, used as a drawing room and music room in the 18th century, in the apartments of the duke of Chiablese, in the Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi, a hunting residence, rebuilt and designed early 18th century by Filippo Juvarra for Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy, in Stupinigi, Nichelino, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samite silk textile with bird with halo in a medallion on a yellow floral background, made in Central Asia, 7th - 8th century AD, from the exhibition 'Sur la Route de la Soie: Etoffes, Luxe et Pouvoir', June-October 2022, about the manufacture and trade of silk along the Silk Road, at the Musee d'Art et d'Archeologie de Cluny, Abbaye de Cluny, Cluny, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative frieze fragment with bas-relief of foliage and a bird, Coptic, 4th - 7th century AD, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bird catching a fish, detail, tapestry in the Tapestry Gallery, designed 1677 by Andrea Biffi, since 1886 housing a series of Flemish tapestries c. 1565, made by the workshop of Pieter Coecke van Aalst in Brussels, from cartoons by Michael Coxie and Willen Tons, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The tapestries are theological, with animals illustrating evil, sin and redemption. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Unicorn goring a lion, bird catching a fish and monkey protecting its young, detail, tapestry in the Tapestry Gallery, designed 1677 by Andrea Biffi, since 1886 housing a series of Flemish tapestries c. 1565, made by the workshop of Pieter Coecke van Aalst in Brussels, from cartoons by Michael Coxie and Willen Tons, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The tapestries are theological, with animals illustrating evil, sin and redemption. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Unicorn goring a lion, bird catching a fish and monkey protecting its young, tapestry in the Tapestry Gallery, designed 1677 by Andrea Biffi, since 1886 housing a series of Flemish tapestries c. 1565, made by the workshop of Pieter Coecke van Aalst in Brussels, from cartoons by Michael Coxie and Willen Tons, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The tapestries are theological, with animals illustrating evil, sin and redemption. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bird, stained glass panel, in the Hall of Intimates, a room used for private gatherings and piano recitals, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Demon and bird, from the Fall of Babylon invaded by demons, detail of the fifth piece depicting the 7 Cups, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone sculpture of a bird on the rib base of the vaulted ceiling of the refectory, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Soleil, or The Sun, card no. 18, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The sun is a life force which lifts our spirits, and is represented as a bird, the closes animal to the sun, in the tradition of Mexican or American Indian legends. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Soleil, or The Sun, card no. 18, (right), sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The sun is a life force which lifts our spirits, and is represented as a bird, the closes animal to the sun, in the tradition of Mexican or American Indian legends. On the left is Le Hierophant, card no. 5, representing a teacher, a guru, a prophet or a pope, he deciphers mysteries and spreads sacred knowledge. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Soleil, or The Sun, detail, card no. 18, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The sun is a life force which lifts our spirits, and is represented as a bird, the closes animal to the sun, in the tradition of Mexican or American Indian legends. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Soleil, or The Sun, card no. 18, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The sun is a life force which lifts our spirits, and is represented as a bird, the closes animal to the sun, in the tradition of Mexican or American Indian legends. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Soleil, or The Sun, card no. 18, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The sun is a life force which lifts our spirits, and is represented as a bird, the closes animal to the sun, in the tradition of Mexican or American Indian legends. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen. Behind is the giant bird cage, a geodesic dome structure designed in 1935 by architect Raffaele de Vico.
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen. Behind is the giant bird cage, a geodesic dome structure designed in 1935 by architect Raffaele de Vico.
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  • Statue of a bishop with a bird at his feet, and a stone bench, in the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1151, built by Arnau Bargues in Catalan Gothic style, in Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Poblet formed part of the Cistercian Triangle in Catalonia, along with Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus, and was the royal burial place of the Aragon dynasty. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hand painted chinoiserie wallpaper, detail of bird, fruit trees and flowers, in the Chinese drawing room, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The wallpaper was a gift from Scott’s cousin Hugh Scott, who worked for the East India Company. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wading bird, possibly a heron, fresco detail from the panel of the god Mars on a plinth in a garden, in the peristyle of the House of Venus in the Shell, or Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wading bird, fresco detail from the panel of the god Mars on a plinth in a garden, in the peristyle of the House of Venus in the Shell, or Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female with bird, detail from the sculpted Carrara marble fireplace in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Putti and scrolls, and a bird's nest amongst the stonework, sculptural detail from the ornate sculpted portal restored 1947-52 by Archbishop Robert E Lucey, of the church, built 1768, at the Mission San Jose, or Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, a Spanish catholic colonial mission and church originally established in 1720 and completed in 1782, to spread Christianity among Native Americans, the largest of 4 missions in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The complex was home to 350 Indians and had its own mill and granary. It was restored in the 1930s and again in 2011. It forms part of the San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Phoenix pecking at the fruits in a horn of plenty,  with the bird representing fire and the philosopher's stone, also rebirth and returning to oneself, from the coffered ceiling of the Oratory, carved in stone with 30 sections, each relating to a process in alchemy, in the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of temptation, with a bird blowing into the ear of a figure's head, sculptural detail from <br />
the Gothic crypt, c. 1200, in Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tootsa katsina by Viets Lomahaftewa, Hopi, Shung-opavi artist, made 1952 from wood, paint and feathers, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Tootsa katsina is a hummingbird katsina (seen here with the bird on his head) who sings prayers for moisture and dances quickly to encourage rain. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mon-Chonsia or White Plume, a Native American chief from present-day Kansas, hand-coloured lithograph, 1836, by Cephas G Childs, 1793-1871, American artist, after an original painting by Charles Bird King, 1785-1862, American artist, as copied by Henry Inma, from the collection of Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Mon-Chonsia formed part of a delegation to Washington DC in 1821-22 asking for peace on the Western borders. White Plume wears earrings of wampum and hair pipes, trade objects made from shell. The lithograph was published in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published 1844. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tootsa katsina by Viets Lomahaftewa, Hopi, Shung-opavi artist, made 1952 from wood, paint and feathers, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Hopi katsina figures or kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to teach girls about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain and act as messengers between humans and the spirits. The Tootsa katsina is a hummingbird katsina (seen here with the bird on his head) who sings prayers for moisture and dances quickly to encourage rain. The Hopi tribe live in North East Arizona and have been making these katsina figures since the 19th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Four-faced Hamat’sa Mask, c. 1938, by George Walkus, Canadian, c. 1890-1950, made from wood, paint, string and cedar bark, bought through the Native Arts Acquisition Fund, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. Native Americans on the North West Coast use masks in feasts called potlatches, held to celebrate clan status. This mask represents a bird monster called Galokwudzuwis, or Crooked Beak, and is worn by a member of the Hamat’sa Society. Above the crooked beak is the head of a crane, while two raven heads project from the back of the mask. By pulling strings, parts of the mask move to create sound and movement during the dance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room, and of a gilded bird and garland from the archway between the Black and Red rooms, in the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250,000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural capital with a bird in flight, by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry of Guigone de Salins, with the motto of Nicolas Rolin, Seulle and a star, coat of arms, N and G initials and a bird on a branch, 15th century, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wall painting with the motto of Nicolas Rolin, Seulle and a star, the initials N and G and a bird on a branch, in the Chapel, in the Salle des Povres or Room of the Poor, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Font and wall painting with the motto of Nicolas Rolin, Seulle and a star, the initials N and G and a bird on a branch, in the Chapel, in the Salle des Povres or Room of the Poor, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wall painting with the initials N and G (Nicolas de Rolin and Guigone de Salins) and a bird on a branch, in the Chapel, in the Salle des Povres or Room of the Poor, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry of Guigone de Salins, with the motto of Nicolas Rolin, Seulle and a star, coat of arms, N and G initials and a bird on a branch, 15th century, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Anthony tapestry, with St Anthony the hermit with his bell and book, saint protector of the Hospices, and the motto of Nicolas Rolin, Seulle and a star, coat of arms, N and G initials and a bird on a branch, late 15th century, in Les Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu de Beaune, a charitable almshouse and hospital for the poor, built 1443-57 by Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrer, and founded by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins, in Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The hospital was run by the nuns of the order of Les Soeurs Hospitalieres de Beaune, and remained a hospital until the 1970s. The building now houses the Musee de l'Histoire de la Medecine, or Museum of the History of Medicine, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved polychrome Romanesque capital, 12th century, with dove representing Christians, pecking an owl, a night bird, representing heathens, and acanthus leaves, in the nave of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved polychrome Romanesque capital, 12th century, with dove representing Christians, pecking an owl, a night bird, representing heathens, and acanthus leaves, in the nave of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), on the left a bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, and on the right an animal figure, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), on the left a bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, and on the right an animal figure, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), and the bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Statue of a cherub holding a bird, from the Schloss Charlottenburg or Charlottenburg Palace, built 1695-1713 by Johann Arnold Nering in Baroque and Rococo style, Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany. The original palace was commissioned by Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg and later Friedrich I of Prussia. Prussian rulers occupied the palace until the late 19th century. After being badly damaged in the war, the palace was restored and is now a major tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle Head sculpture, 1940, by Wilhelm Lemke, based on a design by Ernst Sagebiel, at Eagle Square, Platz der Luftbrucke, at the entrance to the former Tempelhof International Airport, built 1920s and 1930s, Berlin, Germany. The sculpture was part of a 4.5m bird which stood on top of the Tempelhof building but was removed after the war in 1962 to make room for a radar and was moved here in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone sculpted bird creatures (this one has a broken beak) on the capital of a column on the exonarthex of the Church of St Mary, 13th century, in the Ardenica Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery near Apollonia, Fier, Albania. 8 of these capitals all display various monsters and fantastic creatures. The church is of Byzantine-orthodox architecture but with many Romanesque features, and contains frescoes by Kostandin and Athanas Zografi which date to 1744. The monastery was founded in 1282 by Andronikos II Palaiologos and is dedicated to the Byzantine victory over the Angevins in Berat during the Siege of Berat of 1280ñ81. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone depicting 2 birds of prey, one with 4 legs, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of carved stone depicting 2 birds of prey, one with 4 legs, originally from Fier, from the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce, Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration showing a man climbing foliage and a bird pecking him on the main door separating the terrace from the Trading Hall or Hall of the Columns at La Lonja de la Seda or the Silk Exchange, Valencia, Spain. Built 1482-1533 by Pere Compte, Johan Yvarra, Johan Corbera and Domingo Urtiaga, the Silk Exchange is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Border detail from the Roman mosaic of the Abduction of Hylas by the nymphs, with putti and a dead bird, 3rd century AD, from the House of the Procession of Venus, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic from the Church of the Apostles, Madaba, Jordan. The ruins of this Byzantine church date to 578 AD, and are currently being restored. On the floor is a mosaic depicting the twelve apostles and Thalassa, a woman representing the sea. Known as the  "Personification of the Sea", the mosaic shows Thalassa emerging from the sea, surrounded by mythical aquatic creatures, rams, bulls, parrots and exotic vegetation. Here we see a detail of a man holding a bird. The mosaic was signed by a mosaicist named Salamanios. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from below of a stone carving of a bird of prey with a small animal in its talons, on the facade of the Galerie d'Anatomie Comparee et de Paleontologie (Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy), built from 1892 to 1898 by Ferdinand Dutert and located in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Vue en contre-plongée de l'artiste portant un oiseau d'argent créé par ses soins. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Low angle view of Goudji carrying a bird of his creation. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Vue générale de l'autel de l'église  avec la niche contenant le calice et l'oiseau créés par les soins de Goudji et arborant désormais la nouvelle croix. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. General view of the altar with the niche containing the chalice and the bird created by Goudji and with the new cross standing on the altar. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Détail de l'oiseau et du calice dans une niche de l'autel de l'église créé par les soins de Goudji. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. Detail of the bird and the chalice located in a niche of the altar of the church. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Détail de l'oiseau et du calice dans une niche de l'autel de l'église créé par les soins de Goudji. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. Detail of the bird and the chalice located in a niche of the altar of the church. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Détail de l'oiseau et du calice dans une niche de l'autel de l'église créé par les soins de Goudji. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. Detail of the bird and the chalice located in a niche of the altar of the church. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Detail of mosaic in the House of Neptune, Italica, Seville, Spain, pictured on December 28, 2006, in the morning. The mosaic depicts a hunter with a large wading bird. Italica was founded by Scipio Africanus in 206 BC as a centre for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, a defeat for Carthage during the Punic Wars, and became a military outpost. The name signifies that the original settlers were from an Italian regiment. It was one of the first cities in Roman Hispania and was the birthplace of two Roman Emperors: Trajan (53-117 AD) and Hadrian (76-138 AD). The House of Neptune is named for its central mosiac showing the God of the Sea with his trident surrounded by sea creatures. The city declined after the fall of the Roman Empire. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Anthropomorphic stone sculpture of a man holding a bird on the rib base of the vaulted ceiling of the refectory, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eagle of Delight, or Hayne Hudjihini, 1795-1822, 1 of the 5 wives of Chief Shaumonekusse of the Otoe tribe in present-day Nebraska, hand-coloured lithograph, 1833, by Cephas G Childs, 1793-1871, American artist, after an original painting by Charles Bird King, 1785-1862, American artist, from the William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, in the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA. The original painting was commissioned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs after Eagle of Delight accompanied her husband and other Indian chiefs to Washington DC to meet with President James Monroe. The lithograph was published in History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published 1844. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room used as an office for checking in and out clothes, decorated with frescoes in the Fourth Style of Roman wall painting, 60-79 AD, with red panels with decorative borders above a lower red frieze, and architectural motifs with garlands and bird life on a white ground above, in the Fullonica di Stefanus, or Fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry in Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone sculpted bird creatures on the capital of a column on the exonarthex of the Church of St Mary, 13th century, in the Ardenica Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery near Apollonia, Fier, Albania. 8 of these capitals all display various monsters and fantastic creatures. The church is of Byzantine-orthodox architecture but with many Romanesque features, and contains frescoes by Kostandin and Athanas Zografi which date to 1744. The monastery was founded in 1282 by Andronikos II Palaiologos and is dedicated to the Byzantine victory over the Angevins in Berat during the Siege of Berat of 1280ñ81. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Demon and bird, from the Fall of Babylon invaded by demons, detail of the fifth piece depicting the 7 Cups, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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