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  • Detail of the Crucifix and Calvary sculpture, installed 1657, on the Charles Bridge or Karluv most over the Vltava river, Prague, Czech Republic. Bought in Dresden, this crucifix was originally made in 1629 by H Hillger after a design by W E Brohn. The golden Hebrew text was added in 1696, when the Prague authorities accused a local Jewish leader, Elias Backoffen, of blasphemy. His punishment was to raise funds for gold-plated Hebrew letters, spelling out the Kedusha from a Hebrew prayer. The inscription was a symbolic humiliation of Prague Jews. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Crucifix and Calvary sculpture, installed 1657, on the Charles Bridge or Karluv most over the Vltava river, Prague, Czech Republic. Bought in Dresden, this crucifix was originally made in 1629 by H Hillger after a design by W E Brohn. In 1861 the sandstone statues by Emanuel Max were added, portraying the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist.<br />
The golden Hebrew text was added in 1696, when the Prague authorities accused a local Jewish leader, Elias Backoffen, of blasphemy. His punishment was to raise funds for gold-plated Hebrew letters, spelling out the Kedusha from a Hebrew prayer. The inscription was a symbolic humiliation of Prague Jews. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle du Crucifix, with an altar with Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, 1876, by the Valentin brothers, a lateral chapel in the South ambulatory of the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. This chapel is the site of a holy well which is linked by underground conduit to an exterior well. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifix and candelabra from the coronation of Napoleon in 1804, from Arras cathedral, late 18th century, in the Chapelle Saint-Georges or Chapelle du Saint Sacrement, the 9th chapel of the ambulatory, in 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. Behind is a 19th century sculpture of St George killing the dragon. Photographed on 17th December 2018 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ enthroned, detail from a painted Italian crucifix, late 13th century Romanesque by unknown artist, tempera and gold leaf on wood, from Umbria or Le Marche, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifix with instruments of the Passion known as 'Improperes' for its crimes against Christ, on the wall of the North side nave of the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifix, polychrome wood with gold and tin leaf, 1150-1200, in the apse from the Romanesque Church of San Martin at Fuentiduena, Segovia, Spain, c. 1175-1200, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. Behind is a fresco of the Virgin and child in majesty, with the adoration of the magi and an archangel, c. 1100, attributed to the Master of Pedret. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wooden crucifix, 16th century, originally from the Church of St Joseph, now in Bari Cathedral, built in Romanesque style in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, consecrated 1292 and dedicated to St Sabinus, bishop of Canosa, in Bari, Puglia, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large stone sculpted calvary or crucifix in the Chapel of the Dead in the Abbey Church at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. This calvary was found in the village of Moussan and bought by the owners of the Abbey in 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Diagram showing the 2 wells, one inside the Chapelle du Crucifix and the other outside the cathedral, both linked by an underground conduit and fed from the same water source, at the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The linking of 2 indoor and outdoor wells is unique in France. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relics, candleabra and crucifix in a chapel in the North transept of the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Jerome, depicting the saint in prayer with a crucifix, holding a skull, oil painting on canvas, 1610-11, by Orazio Gentileschi, 1563-1639, in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, in the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, built in the 14th - 18th century by the House of Savoy as a castle and royal residence, in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse from the Romanesque Church of San Martin at Fuentiduena, Segovia, Spain, c. 1175-1200, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The statues to either side represent St Martin and the archangel Gabriel. The painted wooden crucifix with gold and tin leaf dates from 1150-1200. The frescoes depict the Virgin and child in majesty, with the adoration of the magi and an archangel, c. 1100, attributed to the Master of Pedret, originally from the Church of the Virgin near Tredos in the Pyrenees. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Virgin and child, with Mary holding the Christ child who has a crucifix halo and gestures to his mother, in the narthex of the Holy Resurrection Church or Kisha e Ristozit, 14th century, Mborje, Korce, Albania. The church, dedicated to St Mary, is a Cultural Monument of Albania. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main altar known as Cardinal's Altar, with 6 candlesticks and crucifix, gilded bronze, 1784, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Francis Borgia holding a crucifix, 4th Duke of Gandia, 1510–72, painting, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar, crucifix and candelabra in the Langon Chapel, originally the Romanesque choir of the Church of Notre-Dame-Du-Bourg near Bordeaux, France, founded 1126, a dependency of the Benedictine monastery Notre Dame de la Grande Sauve, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse from the Romanesque Church of San Martin at Fuentiduena, Segovia, Spain, c. 1175-1200, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The statues to either side represent St Martin and the archangel Gabriel. The painted wooden crucifix with gold and tin leaf dates from 1150-1200. The frescoes depict the Virgin and child in majesty, with the adoration of the magi and an archangel, c. 1100, attributed to the Master of Pedret, originally from the Church of the Virgin near Tredos in the Pyrenees. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse from the Romanesque Church of San Martin at Fuentiduena, Segovia, Spain, c. 1175-1200, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The statues to either side represent St Martin and the archangel Gabriel. The painted wooden crucifix with gold and tin leaf dates from 1150-1200. The frescoes depict the Virgin and child in majesty, with the adoration of the magi and an archangel, c. 1100, attributed to the Master of Pedret, originally from the Church of the Virgin near Tredos in the Pyrenees. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A room with a blackboard in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction, possibly a school, with a crucifix on the wall, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse from the Romanesque Church of San Martin at Fuentiduena, Segovia, Spain, c. 1175-1200, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The statues to either side represent St Martin and the archangel Gabriel. The painted wooden crucifix with gold and tin leaf dates from 1150-1200. The frescoes depict the Virgin and child in majesty, with the adoration of the magi and an archangel, c. 1100, attributed to the Master of Pedret, originally from the Church of the Virgin near Tredos in the Pyrenees. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rood screen, 17th century, separating the nave from the Gothic choir, topped with a crucifix and with 2 paintings surrounded by columns with corinthian capitals, in the Abbaye de Pontigny, or Pontigny Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded 1114, in Pontigny, Burgundy, France. The monastery was dissolved in 1791 during the French Revolution and only the abbey church survived, which is a 12th century Romanesque building. This is the largest Cistercian abbey in France and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the church at Mission Concepcion, or Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, a Spanish catholic colonial mission and church dedicated in 1755, to spread Christianity among Native Americans, 1 of 4 missions in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The nave is plain with a barrel vaulted ceiling, simple wooden pews and crucifix sculptures adorning the walls. This mission was founded by Franciscan friars and moved here from East Texas in 1731. The building consists of a nave, sanctuary, bell towers, convent and granary and was originally covered with frescoes, both inside and out, some of which were restored in 1988 and 2010. The mission is a National Historic Landmark and forms part of the San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A twin bedroom in an abandoned building in a state of dereliction with a crucifix remaining on the wall, in the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. In recent years, many buildings in the old town have been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of altar and stained glass window with crucifix design in the church of Notre-Dame du Raincy on May 24, 2009 in Le Raincy, Seine Saint Denis, France. Built in 1922-1923 by the architects and brothers Auguste and Gustave Perret, the cathedral was the first one to be built with reinforced concrete. The stained glass was created by Marguerite Hure based on sketches by Maurice Denis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of fresco of Christ with crucifix halo and book, with hand raised in gesture of blessing, from the Church of Labova e Kryqit, or church of the Holy Cross, dedicated to St Mary, one of the oldest churches in Albania, mainly 13th century although with Byzantine foundations of 527-565 AD in the time of Emperor Justinian, Labova e Kryqit, Gjirokastra, Albania. The nave and aisle form a cruciform plan and the high central cupola is typically Byzantine. The interior walls are covered with 9 levels of frescoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of Christ with crucifix halo and book, with hand raised in gesture of blessing, from the Church of Labova e Kryqit, or church of the Holy Cross, dedicated to St Mary, one of the oldest churches in Albania, mainly 13th century although with Byzantine foundations of 527-565 AD in the time of Emperor Justinian, Labova e Kryqit, Gjirokastra, Albania. The nave and aisle form a cruciform plan and the high central cupola is typically Byzantine. The interior walls are covered with 9 levels of frescoes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dawn at the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century, looking towards the Old Town bridge tower, with the Crucifix and Calvary sculpture, 1657, across the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began under King Charles IV, replacing the old Judith Bridge built 1158‚??1172 after flood damage in 1342. This new bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenny most) or the Prague Bridge (Prazsky most) but has been the Charles Bridge since 1870. The bridge is 621m long and nearly 10m wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two on the Lesser Quarter side and one in Gothic style on the Old Town side. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunrise at the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century, looking towards the Old Town bridge tower, with the Crucifix and Calvary sculpture, 1657, across the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began under King Charles IV, replacing the old Judith Bridge built 1158‚??1172 after flood damage in 1342. This new bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenny most) or the Prague Bridge (Prazsky most) but has been the Charles Bridge since 1870. The bridge is 621m long and nearly 10m wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two on the Lesser Quarter side and one in Gothic style on the Old Town side. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse of Santa Maria Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary of Girona, in the town of Girona, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Guell, Catalonia, Spain. The apse is polygonal and flanked by 2 short galleries, and is separated from the nave by a wall holding 3 rose windows. It has 10 trapezoidal rib vaults, seen here, which form 10 radiating chapels. The altar with crucifix is covered by a carved silver canopy, seen here. The cathedral was begun in the 11th century in Romanesque style, and later continued in the 14th century in Catalan Gothic style, redesigned by Pere Sacoma in 1312 and built by the school of Mallorcan architect Jaume Fabre. Of the original Romanesque building only the 12th century cloister and a bell tower remain. The cathedral was completed in the 18th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People crossing the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century, looking towards the Old Town bridge tower, with the Crucifix and Calvary sculpture on the left, across the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began under King Charles IV, replacing the old Judith Bridge built 1158‚??1172 after flood damage in 1342. This new bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenny most) or the Prague Bridge (Prazsky most) but has been the Charles Bridge since 1870. The bridge is 621m long and nearly 10m wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two on the Lesser Quarter side and one in Gothic style on the Old Town side. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dawn at the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century, looking towards the Old Town bridge tower, with the Crucifix and Calvary sculpture, 1657, across the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began under King Charles IV, replacing the old Judith Bridge built 1158‚??1172 after flood damage in 1342. This new bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenny most) or the Prague Bridge (Prazsky most) but has been the Charles Bridge since 1870. The bridge is 621m long and nearly 10m wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two on the Lesser Quarter side and one in Gothic style on the Old Town side. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamentation of Christ statue, 1858 by Emanuel Max, on the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century, over the Vltava river, Prague, Czech Republic. The statue was a commission from the Old Town's public authorities, and depicts Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary mourning the dead Christ, with a large crucifix. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dawn at the Charles Bridge or Karluv most, built 1357 - 15th century, looking towards the Old Town bridge tower, with the Crucifix and Calvary sculpture, 1657, across the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began under King Charles IV, replacing the old Judith Bridge built 1158‚??1172 after flood damage in 1342. This new bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenny most) or the Prague Bridge (Prazsky most) but has been the Charles Bridge since 1870. The bridge is 621m long and nearly 10m wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two on the Lesser Quarter side and one in Gothic style on the Old Town side. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of religious art, including paintings and crucifixes, in a first floor room of the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of religious art, including paintings and crucifixes, in a first floor room of the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of religious art, including paintings and crucifixes, in a first floor room of the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ en croix, oil and acrylique painting,  50x50cm, 2005, Manuel Cohen. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Saint-Vincent, built in 1701 to house the relics of St Vincent, who was martyred here in 303 AD, on a rocky outcrop which was once as island, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyx Chamber, 11th century, used as a monastic and royal treasury, in Westminster Abbey, founded in 960 AD and rebuilt 1245-1570 in Gothic style, in Westminster, London, England, UK. The pyx chamber contains a medieval tiled floor, 11th century walls and piers, 12th century capitals and a 13th century stone altar. The abbey is the traditional coronation and burial place for the British monarchy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of the Last Supper, detail of Christ, oil painting on wood, by Martin Gomez El Viejo and Gonzalo Gomez, c. 1554-56, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, and her guardian angel, 18th century, by an unknown artist, in the Chapel of the Ecole Saint Joseph (Saint Josephís school) at Le Puy en Velay, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, founded the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena in Langeac in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the frontispiece of the first edition of the life of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, published 1665 by Monsieur de Lantages of the Sulpician Seminary of Le Puy en Velay, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, late 19th century, by an unknown artist, in the Historial of Mere Agnes de Langeac, Langeac, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital with animals carrying the cross, the hand of God, a man meditating and angels pointing to Heaven and earth, in the galleries of the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Charity on the tomb of the Cardinals of Amboise, 1515-25, by Roullant Le Roux and Pierre des Aubeaux in Renaissance style, in Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. The tomb has 2 praying figures of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise, died 1510, archbishop of Rouen, and his nephew Georges II d'Amboise, died 1550, also archbishop and cardinal. Below are 6 statues representing faith, charity, prudence, power, justice and temperance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin in St Joseph's Chapel, Perpignan Cathedral, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France, and behind, the 19th century altarpiece in neogothic style with statues of (left-right) St Francis of Assisi, St Augustin and St Joseph holding the Christ child. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist of Perpignan, or Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan was begun in 1324 by King Sancho of Majorca in Catalan Gothic style, and later finished in the 15th century. The cathedral is listed as a national monument of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptismal font and altar behind, in the Marienkirche or St Mary's Church, begun in the 13th century but fully restored in 1950, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The entrance to Jerusalem at the top, showing Jesus, holding a palm branch, riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, over clothes and palm leaves on the ground, welcomed by the people. His disciples follow behind carrying his book, and on the right, the people of Jerusalem cheer and welcome him. Below l-r; the falling idols in the temple, the baptism of Christ in the river Jordan by John the Baptist with an angel holding Christ's tunic, and Joseph's dream that an angel announces he can return home with Mary and the child, from the Incarnation and childhood of Christ stained glass window, 12th century, on the Western facade of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Virgin Mary carrying the Christ child in her left arm, a reminder that Jesus is God in human form. He raises his right hand in blessing. In the Virgin's right hand is a flowering branch, lancet window of the South Rose window, 1221, on the Southern transept wall of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aegean ordered Andrew to be crucified and tied to the cross with ropes to prolong his suffering. The cross here is horizontal and guards tie intricate knots in the ropes. Section of Andrew being attached to the cross, from the Life of St Andrew stained glass window, 1210-25, in the Apostles chapel in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window has been altered many times, significantly in 1872 but also previously. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peter is nailed to a cross in the horizontal position by men working with hammers and nails. This is a copy by Coffetier of the original 13th century design. Section of the crucifixion of Peter, from the Life of St Andrew stained glass window, 1210-25, in the Apostles chapel in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window has been altered many times, significantly in 1872 but also previously. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor Charlemagne, 742-814, kneels before the altar at the imperial chapel at Aix-la-Chapelle, handing a relic, possibly the crown of thorns, to the abbot. Roland accompanies him, on the left. Medallion of Charlemagne donating his relics at Aix-la-Chapelle, from the Charlemagne window, early 13th century, in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jesus gestures to Philip to invite him to join him and  become one of his disciples. Philip is haloed and holds a book, gesturing that he will follow. Section of the calling of Philip, from the Apostles window, 1212-25, in the axial chapel in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window represents the birth of the Church, as the apostles are the first pillar of the church and therefore has the site with the most sunlight to illuminate the colours. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Josephine de Baussancourt, oil painting on wood, 1830, by Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Le-Brun, 1755-1842, from the collection of Clara de Baussancourt, daughter of the model, in the Musee Saint-Loup, or Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, housed since 1831 in the Abbaye de Saint-Loup, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave and choir, with baroque high altar, built 1641-47 by Tobias Pock, in the Stephansdom or St Stephen's Cathedral, catholic cathedral built 14th century under Duke Rudolph IV in Romanesque and Gothic style, on the site of an older church, in Stephansplatz in Vienna, Austria. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paris Bordone (5 July 1500 – 19 January 1571), Italian : Saint Jerome, oil on canvas in the Berthier Gallery, displaying the family collection of 130 paintings, 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 gallery was renamed in August 1797 after French general Louis-Alexandre Berthier who visited with Napoleon. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Francis, tempera painting on panel, late 15th - early 16th century, attributed to the Master of Los Balbases or Burgos, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja, painting, detail, 1788, by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, depicting the saint as a Jesuit priest helping an unrepentant dying man, in the Capilla de San Francisco de Borja, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Batllo Majesty, a crucifixion sculpture of Christ on the cross, 12th century Romanesque, tempera with walnut, willow, elm and oak, from a church in La Garrotxa, Girona, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The decorative tunic is influenced by Byzantine or Hispano-Muslim fabrics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Saint-Vincent at sunrise, built in 1701 to house the relics of St Vincent, who was martyred here in 303 AD, on a rocky outcrop which was once as island, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Saint-Vincent, built in 1701 to house the relics of St Vincent, who was martyred here in 303 AD, on a rocky outcrop which was once as island, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Saint-Vincent, built in 1701 to house the relics of St Vincent, who was martyred here in 303 AD, on a rocky outcrop which was once as island, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapelle Saint-Vincent, built in 1701 to house the relics of St Vincent, who was martyred here in 303 AD, on a rocky outcrop which was once as island, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In the foreground is a small beach, with people swimming and sunbathing. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel, with stone altar, statues in niches and stained glass windows, at the Manoir de Launay, built in the late 14th and mid 15th centuries, then bought by King Rene, duke of Anjou, in 1444, where he lived with Isabelle de Lorraine, at Villebernier, near Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. The manor house is Renaissance is style, with decorative turrets and moats, and the complex includes a chapel, Hall of the Lords, gallery, recess rooms, dovecote, kitchen, courtyards with peristyle colonnades. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel in the Chateau de Maintenon with stained glass, painting, 1837, by F E Ricois, 1795-1881, in the Salle de Saxe, at the Chateau de Maintenon, built 13th - 18th century, and from 1674, residence of Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719, second wife of King Louis XIV, at Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. The castle is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Langon Chapel, originally the Romanesque choir of the Church of Notre-Dame-Du-Bourg near Bordeaux, France, founded 1126, a dependency of the Benedictine monastery Notre Dame de la Grande Sauve, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Julie d'Antin, 36th and last abbess of Fontevraud 1765-92, who fled the Abbey due to the French Revolution, oil on canvas, 18th century, State Collection, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, 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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  • Portrait of Julie d'Antin, 36th and last abbess of Fontevraud 1765-92, who fled the Abbey due to the French Revolution, oil on canvas, 18th century, State Collection, in the Salle du Tresor, or Treasury, 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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  • Chapel with carved stone walls and altar and gold ceiling frescoes, 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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  • Gothic nave looking seen from the choir, with arcade, clerestory and triforium of stained glass, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. On the left is the funerary monument of Dagobert, 603-39, Merovingian king of France 629-39, with reliefs depicting the legend of John the Hermit, stone, c. 1264. In the centre is the new altar, by Vladimir Zbynovsky, a French-Slovakian artist, consecrated 14th January 2018. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of an Irish Benedictine Nun, painting by<br />
E Cracco, 1931, in the Community Room, used to display items from the history of the Benedictine order, in 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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  • Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, or Church of Our Lady of Mercy, built 1520-50 and restored many times, dedicated to the patron saint of Dominicans, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The colonial church as a wide vaulted nave with side chapels between its buttresses, a high choir, an octagonal apse and a baroque altar. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Agnus Dei or Lamb of God, from the stained glass window of the Apocalypse, 1215-25, in bay 14, in the ambulatory of 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. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of the Last Supper, detail, oil painting on wood, by Martin Gomez El Viejo and Gonzalo Gomez, c. 1554-56, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece of the Last Supper, oil painting on wood, by Martin Gomez El Viejo and Gonzalo Gomez, c. 1554-56, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir with 7 paintings by Carle van Loo, 1705-65, on the life of St Augustine and the siege of La Rochelle, in the Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Roman catholic convent church built 1629-1740 in Baroque style, on the Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, Place des Petits-Peres, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. Originally the chapel of the Augustinian fathers, the church was rebuilt from 1656 by Pierre Le Muet, consecrated in 1666 and finished by Sylvain Cartaud. The basilica was once a station on the Compostela pilgrimage route, and is famous for its ex voto offerings. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of Evry Cathedral of the Resurrection, or Cathedrale de la Resurrection d'Evry, seen from the first floor, designed by Mario Botta and built 1992-95, Evry, Essonne, France. The nave is housed within a cylindrical concrete tower, lined with handmade red bricks. Light floods in from the glass around the top of the walls, and the floor is in black granite. The white marble altar stands in front of a window with a tree design, and the crucifixion sculpture above is from Tanzania. The cathedral was opened in 1995, and consecrated and dedicated to St Corbinian in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of Evry Cathedral of the Resurrection, or Cathedrale de la Resurrection d'Evry, designed by Mario Botta and built 1992-95, Evry, Essonne, France. The nave is housed within a cylindrical concrete tower, lined with handmade red bricks. Light floods in from the glass around the top of the walls, and the floor is in black granite. The white marble altar stands in front of a window with a tree design, and the crucifixion sculpture above is from Tanzania. The cathedral was opened in 1995, and consecrated and dedicated to St Corbinian in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of Evry Cathedral of the Resurrection, or Cathedrale de la Resurrection d'Evry, seen from the first floor, designed by Mario Botta and built 1992-95, Evry, Essonne, France. The nave is housed within a cylindrical concrete tower, lined with handmade red bricks. Light floods in from the glass around the top of the walls, and the floor is in black granite. The white marble altar stands in front of a window with a tree design, and the crucifixion sculpture above is from Tanzania. The cathedral was opened in 1995, and consecrated and dedicated to St Corbinian in 1996. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion and fluted intertwined arches in the Villaviciosa Chapel, built under Alfonso X in the 13th century, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This chapel served as the sanctuary until the 16th century cathedral was built. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frontispiece of the first edition of the Life of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, published 1665 by Monsieur de Lantages of the Sulpician Seminary of Le Puy en Velay, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, late 19th century, by an unknown artist, in the Historial of Mere Agnes de Langeac, Langeac, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, late 19th century, by an unknown artist, in the Historial of Mere Agnes de Langeac, Langeac, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, 18th century, by an unknown artist, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, 18th century, by an unknown artist, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Refectory of the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, founded 1623 by St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, Langeac, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. In the far right corner is a statue of St Agnes, who was prioress here from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, late 19th century, by an unknown artist, in the Historial of Mere Agnes de Langeac, Langeac, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, and her guardian angel, 18th century, by an unknown artist, in the Chapel of the Ecole Saint Joseph (Saint Joseph’s school) at Le Puy en Velay, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, founded the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena in Langeac in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, 18th century, by an unknown artist, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, with her guardian angel, 18th century, by an unknown artist, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Refectory of the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, founded 1623 by St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, 1602-34, Langeac, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France. In the far right corner is a statue of St Agnes, who was prioress here from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frontispiece of the first edition of the Life of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, published 1665 by Monsieur de Lantages of the Sulpician Seminary of Le Puy en Velay, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the frontispiece of the first edition of the life of St Agnes of Jesus, 1602-34, published 1665 by Monsieur de Lantages of the Sulpician Seminary of Le Puy en Velay, in the Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, or Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, Langeac, Haute Loire, France. St Agnes of Jesus, or St Agnes of Langeac, founded the monastery in 1623, and was prioress from 1627. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of St Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556, founder of the Society of Jesus or Jesuit Order and its first Superior General, in prayer, by Jean Helart, 1618-85, French painter, in a carved wooden garland frame set in the wooden panelling of the refectory of the Ancien College des Jesuites or Former Jesuit College in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The College was built 1619-78 and is now the Euro-American campus of Sciences Po, or the Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris, and the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital depicting a seated Christ holding 2 chalices representing the eucharist, and a man gesturing in acceptance, in the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Transept and choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais or Cathedral of St Peter of Beauvais, an incomplete Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated in 1272, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France. The transept has large wooden braces to hold up the columns, due to the structural weakness of the transept which lacks the support of a nave. The cathedral consists only of a transept built in the 16th century and choir, with apse and 7 polygonal apsidal chapels from the 13th century. It was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hanging crucifixion sculpture of 'Le Christ aux bras ouverts' or Christ with open arms, by Goudji, French sculptor born 1941, commissioned by the diocese of Le Mans, blessed and opened 20th October 2013 in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. Christ is dressed in a tunic as a high priest of the temple of Jerusalem, uniting Christians and Israelites. The suspended alpha and omega symbolise that Christ is the beginning and the end. 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 - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Hanging crucifixion sculpture of 'Le Christ aux bras ouverts' or Christ with open arms, by Goudji, French sculptor born 1941, commissioned by the diocese of Le Mans, blessed and opened 20th October 2013 in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. Christ is dressed in a tunic as a high priest of the temple of Jerusalem, uniting Christians and Israelites. The suspended alpha and omega symbolise that Christ is the beginning and the end. 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 - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • Hanging crucifixion sculpture of 'Le Christ aux bras ouverts' or Christ with open arms, by Goudji, French sculptor born 1941, commissioned by the diocese of Le Mans, blessed and opened 20th October 2013 in the choir of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. Christ is dressed in a tunic as a high priest of the temple of Jerusalem, uniting Christians and Israelites. The suspended alpha and omega symbolise that Christ is the beginning and the end. 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 - Further clearance required, please contact us
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