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  • The Sacrifice of Isaac, with Abraham and his son Isaac climbing the mountain, with Isaac carrying the wood in the shape of a cross (an Old Testament antetype to the Road to Calvary), the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, 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. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 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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  • The New Covenant, Jonah is spat out by the whale towards the gates of Nineveh, accepting orders from God to prophesy in the city (an Old Testament antetype to the Resurrection), from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, 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. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 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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  • The Sacrifice of Isaac, with an angel stopping Abraham's knife and pointing to a ram, with Isaac's legs echoing the shape of a cross (an Old Testament antetype to the Road to Calvary), from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, 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. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 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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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts the Mystic Mill, it shows Moses grinding grain (symbolising the Old Testament) into flour (New Testament), which Saint Paul solemnly collects in a sack. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion, with Christ on the cross flanked by Ecclesia and Synagoga, from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, 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. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 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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  • The evangelist Mark being carried by the old testament prophet Daniel, showing the continuation of the 2 bible testaments (they use the same recount of the Passion) and the respect of the school of Chartres for the teachings of the ancients, 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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  • A butcher killing an ox, from the donor section of the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, 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. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 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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  • A butcher at work in his shop, with a customer buying a leg of meat and an assistant bringing in a new carcass, from the donor section of the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, 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. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 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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  • The Road to Calvary, Passion scene with Jesus carrying his cross, helped by Simon of Cyrene and a woman from Jerusalem, from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, 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. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 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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  • The evangelist Luke being carried by the old testament prophet Jeremiah, showing the continuation of the 2 bible testaments (they are the only ones to have written about the New Covenant) and the respect of the school of Chartres for the teachings of the ancients, 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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  • The evangelist Matthew being carried by the old testament prophet Isaiah, showing the continuation of the 2 bible testaments (they use the same wording in their Incarnation stories) and the respect of the school of Chartres for the teachings of the ancients, 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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  • The evangelist John being carried by the old testament prophet Ezekiel, showing the continuation of the 2 bible testaments (their writings on the Resurrection are very similar) and the respect of the school of Chartres for the teachings of the ancients, 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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  • General view of bas-relief sculptures illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see God separating the sea from the land. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Susanna and the elders stoned by guards, detail from the Chaste Suzanne sarcophagus, early Christian, with relief of deceased in medallion, and the story of Susanna and other old testament figures in the upper and lower registers, marble, mid 4th century AD, excavated at the Alyscamps necropolis in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Israelites crossing the Red Sea, painting, 1530, oil on wood, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1472-1553, in the Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. This old testament story fro Exodus recounts how Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea, which was parted by God, to reach Canaan. The Egyptian army are seen perishing in the waves. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Adam and Eve tasting the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Each panel has a decorated curly frame. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac. Behind them a ram is caught in a thicket. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Old testament prophet, corbel sculpture in Flamboyant Gothic style, in the late 15th century Chapel of Jean de Bourbon, named after an abbot of Cluny, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old testament prophet, corbel sculpture in Flamboyant Gothic style, in the late 15th century Chapel of Jean de Bourbon, named after an abbot of Cluny, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old testament prophet, corbel sculpture in Flamboyant Gothic style, in the late 15th century Chapel of Jean de Bourbon, named after an abbot of Cluny, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chaste Suzanne sarcophagus, early Christian, with relief of deceased in medallion, and the story of Susanna and other old testament figures in the upper and lower registers, marble, mid 4th century AD, excavated at the Alyscamps necropolis in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chaste Suzanne sarcophagus, Gallo-Roman early christian, with relief of deceased in medallion, and the story of Susanna and other old testament figures in the upper and lower registers, marble, mid 4th century AD, excavated at the Alyscamps necropolis in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Job, old testament prophet, detail from the border with prophets and sibyls with phylacteries predicting the death and resurrection of the Christ, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco of Moses, old testament Hebrew prophet, in the alcoves of the Capella de la Santa Cinta, built 1672-1725 in Baroque style, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco of Ezekiel, old testament Hebrew prophet, in the alcoves of the Capella de la Santa Cinta, built 1672-1725 in Baroque style, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail on the Renaissance choir stalls of the North choir built 1508-19, with more than 4000 figures from the old and new testaments and scenes from the life of the Virgin, in the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see God creating the birds. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see the animals entering Noah's Ark, two by two. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see God creating the fruit of the trees. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Christ with old testament prophets, mosaic, 1140-70, on the South wall of the sanctuary, in  the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling fresco of Isaiah, old testament Hebrew prophet, in the alcoves of the Capella de la Santa Cinta, built 1672-1725 in Baroque style, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Aaron, an old testament prophet and brother of Moses, originally on the facade of the cathedral, now displayed in the ambulatory, 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. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts old testament sacrifices. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see God creating the animals. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see God creating Day and Night. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Adam preparing food for Eve who is in bed nursing a child. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Adam digging the land and Eve spinning. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bas-relief sculpture, mid 13th century, on the base of the portal of the Upper chapel of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France. One of a series of reliefs illustrating scenes from the Old Testament book of Genesis. Here we see Noah's Ark floating on the flood. Each panel has a decorated curly frame with mythical beasts in the corner. Sainte Chapelle was built 1239-48 to house King Louis IX's collection of Holy Relics. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Old testament prophet, corbel sculpture in Flamboyant Gothic style, in the late 15th century Chapel of Jean de Bourbon, named after an abbot of Cluny, in Cluny Abbey or Abbaye de Cluny, a Romanesque Benedictine monastery founded 910 by duke William I of Aquitaine, in Cluny, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Until the 12th century Cluny abbey was the motherhouse for 1,100 priories and over 10,000 monks around Europe. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Susanna reading the book of the law, detail from the Chaste Suzanne sarcophagus, early Christian, with relief of deceased in medallion, and the story of Susanna and other old testament figures in the upper and lower registers, marble, mid 4th century AD, excavated at the Alyscamps necropolis in Arles, in the Musee de l'Arles Antique, an archaeological museum built 1995 by Henri Ciriani and extended in 2013, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old testament statue from the main facade of Granada Cathedral, Granada, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miracle of the Bronze Serpent, by Jacopo Tintoretto, 1518-94, painting on the ceiling of the Sala Superiore, in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a lay confraternity founded in 1478, based on the cult of St Roch, in San Polo in Venice, Italy. The Scuola was built 1515-60 by several architects: Bartolomeo Bon, Pietro Bon, Sante Lombardo, Antonio Scarpagnino and Giangiacomo dei Grigi. In 1564-87 Jacopo Tintoretto was commissioned to decorate the rooms with paintings of the Old and New Testaments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Moses Dreaming of Adam, 1905, by Frantisek Bilek, 1872-1941, Czech sculptor, in the small park next to the Old New Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter, Prague, Czech Republic. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • David, son of Jesse and King of Israel, author of the psalms of the bible, as an old bearded man playing his harp, lancet window from under the main North Rose stained glass window, 1233, on the Northern side of the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was offered by Blanche of Castile, then regent, mother of the future Saint Louis. 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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  • David, son of Jesse and King of Israel, author of the psalms of the bible, as an old bearded man playing his harp, and below, Saul, King of Israel, killing himself with his sword after the defeat of his army at the hands of the Philistines, lancet window from under the main North Rose stained glass window, 1233, on the Northern side of the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was offered by Blanche of Castile, then regent, mother of the future Saint Louis. 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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  • Mosaic of a medallion with the head of Adam from the House of Farid el-Masri in the Museum of Madaba, Jordan. The museum was made up of several old houses which contained Byzantine mosaics dating from the 5th to 7th centuries. This head is in the centre of a larger floor mosaic depicting four trees laden with fruit and figures of rams, hares, birds and a lion facing a zebu. It may represent the Biblical paradise from the Book of Isaiah. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostles, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostles, including Judas with a black halo, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, and behind, Judas with a black halo, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hands in prayer of a seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostles, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, and behind, Judas with a black halo, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostles, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostles, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated apostle, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_ITALY_MC274.jpg
  • Seated apostles, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_ITALY_MC277.jpg
  • The apostle Peter, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jesus Christ preaching, with hand raised to heaven, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Jesus wears robes of red, representing blood and humanity, and blue, representing divinity. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Finger of Jesus Christ pointing to heaven, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jesus Christ preaching, with hand holding a roll of paper, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Jesus wears robes of red, representing blood and humanity, and blue, representing divinity. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hands of the apostle Peter, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jesus Christ preaching, with hand raised to heaven, detail from The Sermon on the Mount, Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, c. 1395-1455, and followers, painted 1438-46 on the wall of Cell 32 in the North wing of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Jesus wears robes of red, representing blood and humanity, and blue, representing divinity. Fra Angelico painted over 40 frescoes on the walls of the convent. Jesus is depicted seated amongst the 12 apostles, preaching a sermon on how to live in righteousness, including his interpretation of the Ten Commandments and other elements from the Old Testament. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses smashes the Tablets of the Law with the Ten Commandments, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • God forbidding Adam and Eve to taste the tree of knowledge of good and evil (the forbidden fruit), from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • Adam and Eve ashamed before God, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • Christ's descent from the cross and resurrection (left), the crucifixion (right) and the Holy Spirit (above), stained glass window, 1974, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, with the studio of Jacques Simon, in the axial chapel of the apse of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, 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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  • Above, Jonah prays to God, unsure whether to fulfil his mission to Nineveh or flee to Tarshish, while the red whale waits to swallow him. In the middle, the sacrifice of Isaac by his father Abraham and the descent from the cross. Below, he sacrifice of the pelican; a pelican lands on her nest of chicks as a symbol of the resurrection to come, and David holds a banner from a psalm 'I am like a pelican made', quatrefoil from the Typological Passion stained glass window, 1210-25, in the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window, unusually, reads from top to bottom. 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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  • Above, Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, crossing his arms over so as to give the birthright to Ephraim the youngest son, on the right. In the middle, Samson carrying the gates of Gaza, the anointing and entombment of Christ and David fighting with a lion. Below, donor windows of the blacksmiths and farriers; men throwing fuel into a forge, a farrier fitting a horseshoe while 2 men hold the horse and 2 blacksmiths beating a red hot piece of iron on an anvil, quatrefoil from the Typological Passion stained glass window, 1210-25, in the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window, unusually, reads from top to bottom. 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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  • God confounds Adam and Eve and turns them out of the Garden of Eden, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • An angel with flaming sword closes the door of the Garden of Eden, which is red, however the wings of the angel and the door panel are green, the colour of hope, as God does not forsake man, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • Detail from the mosaic of the procession of the relics of St Mark to St Mark's Basilica, c. 1270-75, above the St Alipius Gate, a lateral portal of St Mark's Basilica, or Basilica San Marco, Venice. This is the oldest mosaic in the building and the oldest representation of the basilica. It is also thought to represent crowds celebrating the crowning of a new doge. The basilica was consecrated 1084-1117 and was originally the chapel of the Doge, becoming the city's cathedral in 1807. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ's descent from the cross and the sacrifice of Isaac (left), and Abraham and Melchisedec (right), stained glass window, 1974, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, with the studio of Jacques Simon, in the axial chapel of the apse of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, 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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  • Moses, representing the law, from the Transfiguration of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1437-45, by Fra Angelico, 1387-1455, in the convent of the Basilica di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The fresco depicts Christ with outstretched arms and the apostles Peter, James and John at his feet, flanked by the Virgin Mary and St Dominic, with the heads of Elijah and Moses. The fresco is painted in cell no. 6, a monk's cell, to encourage private devotion. The convent is now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, and was home to Fra Angelico, who was a Dominican monk and prior and who decorated the chapter house, cloister and first floor cells. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elijah, representing the prophets, from the Transfiguration of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1437-45, by Fra Angelico, 1387-1455, in the convent of the Basilica di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The fresco depicts Christ with outstretched arms and the apostles Peter, James and John at his feet, flanked by the Virgin Mary and St Dominic, with the heads of Elijah and Moses. The fresco is painted in cell no. 6, a monk's cell, to encourage private devotion. The convent is now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, and was home to Fra Angelico, who was a Dominican monk and prior and who decorated the chapter house, cloister and first floor cells. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Israelites cast a golden calf and worship it as an idol (in a previous section they had melted down their jewels), from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • Adam and Eve eating 3 of the forbidden fruit, and the serpent, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • The creation of Adam, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • God making Adam master over the animals,<br />
from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • The creation of Eve, with God pulling her from the rib of Adam, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, 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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  • Moses, Adam and Eve witnessing the Resurrection of Christ, tympanum mosaic from the upper level over the main portal of Western facade of St Mark's Basilica, or Basilica San Marco, Venice. The basilica was consecrated 1084-1117 and was originally the chapel of the Doge, becoming the city's cathedral in 1807. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of the procession of the relics of St Mark to St Mark's Basilica, c. 1270-75, above the St Alipius Gate, a lateral portal of St Mark's Basilica, or Basilica San Marco, Venice. This is the oldest mosaic in the building and the oldest representation of the basilica. It is also thought to represent crowds celebrating the crowning of a new doge. The basilica was consecrated 1084-1117 and was originally the chapel of the Doge, becoming the city's cathedral in 1807. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L-r; Jeremiah, the prophet of the New Covenant, holding the cross foretelling Christ's Passion; Simeon, holding the Christ child in his arms during the presentation in the temple; St John the Baptist, emaciated from his time in the wilderness, carrying a sacrificial lamb, and St Peter, dressed as a Pope and standing on a rock, from the right splay of the central bay of the North Portal, built 1198-1217, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. The North Portal was the last of the 3 portals to be built at Chartres and is monumental in scale. Its sculpted works follow the theme of Redemption. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted sculptures in southern nave of Collegiate Church of Candes-Saint-Martin, Indre-et-Loire, France. The sculptures represent King David playing his harp, and above, Christ telling St Peter to put away his sword. The church was built in the 12th century and fortified in the 15th, and is built on the site of the death of St Martin in 397 AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abraham welcomes the three angels at the Oak of Mamre, mosaic, 1140-70, on the South wall of the nave, in the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Judith, who has just killed Holofernes, charcoal drawings around the door to the church attic, made 1882-91, drawn by 2 unknown men, possibly bell ringers, in the bell room of the Eglise Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Menilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Menilmontant is a Roman catholic church built 1863-80. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tower of Babel, mosaic from the Genesis cycle in the nave of Monreale Cathedral or the Duomo di Monreale, built 1172-89 under King William II in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. This mosaic depicts the sons of Noah building the tower using cut stone and mortar. The cathedral interior is covered in Byzantine style glass mosaics made 12th and 13th centuries depicting biblical stories. The church is a national monument and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve with an angel, 1 of 6 carved panels depicting biblical scenes, originally part of the double doors of a large cabinet, in the Oak Room, c. 1800 and enlarged in 1820, in Malahide Castle, originally built in the 12th century by the Talbot family, and home to them for almost 800 years, near Malahide in County Dublin, Ireland. The room is lined with oak panels which have darkened with age, some of them intricately carved. Malahide castle is situated in a 260 acre estate, the Malahide Demesne Regional Park, and is home to the Talbot Botanical Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zechariah, Benjamin and Amos, from Bay 103 depicting prophets and patriarchs, stained glass window, 1270, in the choir, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in the late 19th and early 20th century. 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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  • Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden by an angel with a sword, sculptural detail from a carved capital on the South portal on the South facade 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. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph's cloak, stained with blood, is given to his father, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, 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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