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  • Priest preparing for mass in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, adjusting the chasuble of the priest who will perform midday mass, in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the sacristy, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, adjusting the chasuble of the priest who will perform midday mass, in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the sacristy, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco panel of the fall of Icarus, with Icarus' dead body on the ground, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco panel of the Daedalus and Icarus, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from the fresco panel of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peristyle, an open colonnade surrounding the viridarium or garden of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The peristyle has stuccoed tufa columns with Third Style painted decoration on the walls, 20-10 BC. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest preparing for mass in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest preparing for mass in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest preparing for mass in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, adjusting the chasuble of the priest who will perform midday mass, in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In the sacristy, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from the fresco panel of Daedalus and Icarus, with a boat of fishermen who collected Icarus' body, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco panel of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco panel of Andromeda freed by Perseus, with Andromeda chained to the rock on the left and King Cepheus of Ethiopia, Andromeda's father, thanking Perseus on the right, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco panel of Andromeda freed by Perseus, with Andromeda chained to the rock in the centre, and King Cepheus of Ethiopia, Andromeda's father, thanking Perseus on the right, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Andromeda chained to the rock, from the fresco panel of Andromeda freed by Perseus, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco panel of Andromeda freed by Perseus, with King Cepheus of Ethiopia, Andromeda's father, welcoming her hero, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco panel of Polyphemus with the nymph Galatea, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. On the right is the bow of a multi-level oared ship, probably a quinquereme, with high bulwarks and many armed men on deck. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Polyphemus, from the fresco panel of Polyphemus with the nymph Galatea, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a woman carrying a pot on her head, on a red background, in the cubiculum off the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes in red and yellow panels with lower black frieze, with in the central panel, Hercules in the garden of the Hesperides (on the right, the fall of Icarus and on the left, Andromeda freed by Perseus), in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The frescoes are in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the fresco panel of the fall of Icarus, with Icarus falling through the sky, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of an amorini or cherub, in the cubiculum of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco with a temple, stoa or covered colonnaded walkway, jetty and boat, on a wall in the garden of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a nymph from the fresco panel of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from the fresco panel of Daedalus and Icarus, with the Castle of the Minotaur in Crete, in the triclinium of the Casa del Sacerdos Amandus, or House of the Priest Amandus, Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is in the Third Style of Roman wall painting, 20–10 BC, characterised by an ornamental elegance in figurative and colourful decoration. Pompeii is a Roman town which was destroyed and buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Buildings and artefacts were preserved in the ash and have been excavated and restored. Pompeii is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a priest holding a curtain, from the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, died 1473, Catholic prelate and 64th bishop of Amiens 1457-73, made 1490, in the South side of the choir, South ambulatory, 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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  • Melchizedek, King of Salem and priest, wearing a crown and swinging a censer, showing that he is a high priest. He holds a chalice containing bread, representing the bread he offered to Abraham after his victory over the enemy kings, 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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  • Deceased on a boat pulled by 4 men along a river to Sais, on the south wall of the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Festive banquet for the men, fresco, detail of servants aiding an official, in the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • African storing goods as taxes to Egypt, including ivory elephant tusks, ebony logs, jars of oil, animal skins and precious stones, detail of a fresco of the vassal countries of the south (Nubia and Sudan), on the west wall of the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musicians playing benet or harp and out or lute, detail from a fresco of a festive banquet for the men, in the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nubians and Sudanese carrying ivory elephant tusks, animal skins and ebony logs as taxes, with animals including baboon, vervet monkey and cheetah or leopard, detail of a fresco of the vassal countries of the south, on the west wall of the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nubians and Sudanese carrying ivory elephant tusks and ebony logs as taxes, with animals including baboon and vervet monkey, detail of a fresco of the vassal countries of the south, on the west wall of the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nubians and Sudanese carrying ivory elephant tusks and ebony logs as taxes, with animals including baboon and vervet monkey, detail of a fresco of the vassal countries of the south, on the west wall of the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nubians and Sudanese, with a giraffe, vervet monkey and long horned cattle, detail of a fresco of the vassal countries of the south, on the west wall of the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The good man and the sinner, with an altar with eucharist chalice separating, on the right, a priest who excommunicates a miser (purse around his neck) who will be thrown into the fire of hell, and another priest on the left gives a dying believer absolution, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, 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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  • 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 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 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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  • Head of the 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 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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  • Aaron, brother of Moses, holding the Book of the Law and a green branch, wearing the rational, a piece of fabric adorned with jewels representing the tribes of Israel, showing that he is a high priest, and below, Pharaoh falling from his horse as he pursues the Israelites across the Red Sea, 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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  • On the left, Melchizedek, King of Salem, dressed as a high priest with robes and incense, and on the right, Abraham with his son Isaac, whom he is ready to give in sacrifice. The figures stand on a lamb and a ram respectively, representing sacrifice, from the left 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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  • Joseph holds the baby Jesus still while a high priest performs the ceremony of circumcision. The circumcision of Jesus, by Jean Soulas, upper scene from the choir screen, 1519-21, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. These sculpted scenes show the change in style from Gothic to Renaissance in the early 16th century in France. 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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  • Colossal statue of Ramesses II, 15m high, later usurped by Ramesses VI, 1143-36 BC and later by the high priest Pinedjem, 1070-32 BC, in the Great Court, in the Precinct of Amun-Re, at the Karnak Temple Complex, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The statue wears a Nemes headdress and double crown, with crossed arms holding heka (crook) and nekhakha (flail). The site was developed c. 2055 BC - 100 AD, from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Kingdom and most of the buildings date to the New Kingdom, dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Ramesses II, 15m high, later usurped by Ramesses VI, 1143-36 BC and later by the high priest Pinedjem, 1070-32 BC, in the Great Court, in the Precinct of Amun-Re, at the Karnak Temple Complex, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The statue wears a Nemes headdress and double crown, with crossed arms holding heka (crook) and nekhakha (flail). The site was developed c. 2055 BC - 100 AD, from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Kingdom and most of the buildings date to the New Kingdom, dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Ramesses II, 15m high, later usurped by Ramesses VI, 1143-36 BC and later by the high priest Pinedjem, 1070-32 BC, in the Great Court, in the Precinct of Amun-Re, at the Karnak Temple Complex, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The statue wears a Nemes headdress and double crown, with crossed arms holding heka (crook) and nekhakha (flail). The site was developed c. 2055 BC - 100 AD, from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Kingdom and most of the buildings date to the New Kingdom, dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation of the Virgin in the temple, detail of a fresco by Charles Soulacroix, 1825-99, in the third apse chapel, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The fresco depicts a young Virgin holding a candle and wearing a crown of flowers, greeted by the high priest and Levis. St Anne and St Joachim are on the left. Charles Soulacroix, a sculptor, was commissioned in 1863-65 by Haffreingue to decorate the 6 apse chapels, these being his first frescoes. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. 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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  • Nailed feet of the 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 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 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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  • The Marriage of the Virgin, with Joseph holding his flowering rod, the holy spirit above and the high priest performing the ceremony, from the Life of the Virgin and the Childhood of Christ grisaille stained glass window with silver and gold on white glass, 1545, by the School of Fontainebleau, in the South chapel choir of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The apostles carry the coffin of Mary to her funeral in Jerusalem, while the Jewish high priest in the centre raises his hand, which withers when it touches the coffin. On the left, 2 apostles, one holding a palm frond, possibly St John. The Funeral of Mary, from the Glorification of the Virgin stained glass window, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window depicts the end of the Virgin's life on earth, her dormition and assumption, as told in the apocryphal text the Golden Legend of 1260. 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, as a baby, is presented in the temple, with St Simeon dressed as the high priest. The Presentation in the temple, by Francois Marchand of Orleans, 1542-44, from the choir screen, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. 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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  • The marriage of Mary and Joseph in front of the high priest, with St Anne and 2 witnesses, by Jean Soulas, upper scene from the choir screen, 1519-25, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. These sculpted scenes show the change in style from Gothic to Renaissance in the early 16th century in France. 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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  • Simeon, dressed as a high priest, holding the Christ child, with Joseph on the right and an unknown figure on the left. The presentation in the temple, by Francois Marchand of Orleans, upper scene from the choir screen, 1542-44, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. These sculpted scenes show the change in style from Gothic to Renaissance in the 16th century in France. 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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  • La Grande Plage, detail of priest, baskets of fish and villagers chatting, watercolour painting on canvas, 1925-35, by Augustin Hanicotte, in an exhibition entitled L’eau à la Bouche, February - May 2020, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. This large canvas pictures all of daily life unfolding on the beach at Collioure, with fishermen, priests, groups of women, traditional barques catalanes, the Chateau Royal and Fort Saint-Elme. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. 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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  • Vincent de Paul preaching, painting, 18th century, by Jean-Francois de Troy, 1679-1752, in the Eglise Saint-Pierre, built 1859-65 in Neo Romanesque style in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. St Vincent de Paul was a catholic priest who served the poor and was canonised in 1737. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a priest, Assyrian relief, gypsum alabaster, late 8th century BC, from the Tiglath-pileser III Palace at Nimrud, Iraq, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Cristo Lombardic, 1822-94, priest  from a maritime family from Herceg Novi who worked in schools and participated in the Herzegovinian uprisings, in the Museum Maritimum, or Maritime Museum of Montenegro, housed in a baroque palace built for the Grgurina family in the early 18th century, in Kotor, on the Bay of Kotor on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Base of a statue with inscription dedication to a priest from Tricasses at the Temple of the Three Gauls, Roman, early 3rd century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Base of a statue with inscription dedication to a priest from Tricasses at the temple of the 3 provinces of Gaul, Roman, early 3rd century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest of Isis, carrying canopic jar representing Osiris, statue, detail, black granite, Ptolemaic, from Alexandria, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacrifice, Roman relief, marble, detail, 1st century AD, from the Ara Providentiae in the Merida Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The scene depicts a veiled man thought to be Marco Agrippa behind a 3-legged table with children and a priest or camillus, who is opening an incense box, assistants and a double flute player. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacrifice, Roman relief, marble, 1st century AD, from the Ara Providentiae in the Merida Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The scene depicts a veiled man thought to be Marco Agrippa behind a 3-legged table with children and a priest or camillus, who is opening an incense box, assistants and a double flute player. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of the Vizier Nespeka-Shuty, the highest official under king Sheshonq III, a judge and priest of Amun and Maat, with scenes of worship carved into the body, 3rd intermediate period, 851-799 BC, limestone, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Francisco de Borja, painting, 1788, by Francisco de Goya, 1746-1828, depicting the saint as a Jesuit priest helping an unrepentant dying man surrounded by demons ready to take his soul, 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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  • 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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  • Priest blessing the lateen sailed boats gathering for the Trobades, an annual festival, this year held on 1st September 2020, on the beach at Anse de Paulilles or the Bay of Paulilles, in Catalogne du Nord, France. Both llaguts (small boats) and sardinals (large boats) sail from Barcares to Cadaques. The colourful traditional catalan boats or barques catalanes with triangular sails, have been used since Roman times for fishing sardine and anchovy. Paulilles is a protected area of the Mediterranean between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in Pyrenees-Orientales, on the Cote Vermeille or Vermilion Coast. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest talking to a fraternity member at Camp Optimum, a residential camp for men only, run by catholic group the Emmanuel Community, taking place 31st March - 3rd April 2016, in Autrans, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The camps were first conceived by John Eldredge in America and now take place in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Camp Optimum is run like a religious retreat where men study gender roles from the bible and examine the meaning and status of masculinity today. The men become members of the Optimum Brotherhood and discover a fraternity with fellow men. The aim of the Optimum Fraternity is to exchange, pray, support and serve together. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest approaching the altar at Camp Optimum, a residential camp for men only, run by catholic group the Emmanuel Community, taking place 31st March - 3rd April 2016, in Autrans, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The camps were first conceived by John Eldredge in America and now take place in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Camp Optimum is run like a religious retreat where men study gender roles from the bible and examine the meaning and status of masculinity today. The men become members of the Optimum Brotherhood and discover a fraternity with fellow men. The aim of the Optimum Fraternity is to exchange, pray, support and serve together. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles and a cross during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles and a cross during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele with relief of a man wearing a long chasuble, possibly a Parthian priest from Western Iran, 2nd-3rd century AD, 1 of 15 found in 1991 buried in a garden in Qal’at al Bahrain, displayed in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. These stelae may have been buried during the islamic period, or placed in graves during the Tylos phase, but their purpose remains unclear. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Manunu, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. Tane, the god of war and fish, was worshipped on this 2-platformed marae, and it contains the tomb of Raiti, the last high priest of Maeva, who died in 1915. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, by Francisco Palma Burgos, 1918-85, inaugurated in 1959, on the Plaza Primero de Mayo in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. San Juan de la Cruz, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. In 2009 the statue was restored by Manuel Martos Leiva. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, by Francisco Palma Burgos, 1918-85, inaugurated in 1959, on the Plaza Primero de Mayo in Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. San Juan de la Cruz, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. In 2009 the statue was restored by Manuel Martos Leiva. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A priest and a levite see the injured Jew left half dead after being attacked by thieves and they do not stop, 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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  • Painting of St Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556, founder of the Society of Jesus or Jesuit Order, on his deathbed with a priest administering Last Rites, by Jean Helart, 1618-85, French painter, in the wooden panelling of the refectory of the Ancien College des Jesuites or Former Jesuit College in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The scene reflects the event as described in a letter from Jesuit Jean Polanco to his superior in Rome, P Ribadeneira. 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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  • Painting of St Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556, founder of the Society of Jesus or Jesuit Order, on his deathbed with a priest administering Last Rites, by Jean Helart, 1618-85, French painter, in the wooden panelling of the refectory of the Ancien College des Jesuites or Former Jesuit College in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The scene reflects the event as described in a letter from Jesuit Jean Polanco to his superior in Rome, P Ribadeneira. 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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  • Painting of St Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556, founder of the Society of Jesus or Jesuit Order, on his deathbed with a priest administering Last Rites, by Jean Helart, 1618-85, French painter, in the wooden panelling of the refectory of the Ancien College des Jesuites or Former Jesuit College in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The scene reflects the event as described in a letter from Jesuit Jean Polanco to his superior in Rome, P Ribadeneira. 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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  • The resurrection of a priest by the tomb of St Stephen, c. 1155-65, stained glass window at the West end of the North aisle in the nave of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. This is part of the cycle of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, whose martyrdom is depicted in 5 Romanesque medallions in the cathedral's windows. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man, possibly St Stephen, being lowered into a sarcophagus with priest swinging censers and administering last rites, 14th century, stained glass window in the nave of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, 1542-91, Spanish priest, Carmelite friar and saint, by Miguel Moreno, Spanish artist born 1967, given to the town of Granada by Emuvys, March 2010, on the Bulevar de la Avenida de la Constitucion, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de Sahagun, 1419-79, Augustinian friar, priest and saint, in wood, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Centre: 4 clerks carry a reliquary while the faithful kneel; top: cured cripples discard their crutches; right: pilgrims kneel and pray or sing in front of a priest holding a processional cross; bottom: a paralysed man is healed; left: a bishop blesses the shrine and others kneel in prayer. Third medallion of the Miracles of Our Lady stained glass window, 1200, depicting miracles of healing and the faith of pilgrims, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window was destroyed in 1816 and restored in 1927 under Lorin. 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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  • Joseph holds the baby Jesus whilst a priest circumcises him in the temple. The circumcision of Christ, by Jean Soulas, upper scene from the choir screen, 1519-25, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. These sculpted scenes show the change in style from Gothic to Renaissance in the early 16th century in France. 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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  • L-r; Melchizedek, King of Salem, dressed as a high priest with robes and incense, standing on a sacrificial lamb; Abraham with his son Isaac, whom he is ready to give in sacrifice, standing on the ram; Moses, holding the tablets of the law with a snake on a column; Aaron slaughtering a lamb in the temple, and King David, holding a spear and standing on the lion of the family of Judah, from the left 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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  • Aaron, brother of Moses, holding the Book of the Law and a green branch, wearing the rational, a piece of fabric adorned with jewels representing the tribes of Israel, showing that he is a high priest, 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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  • The Jew, having promised to convert should St Nicholas bring the dead man back to life, is baptised by a priest, immersed in a font. 2 clerics stand by, one holding vials of holy oils. This story represents the sacraments. Section of the baptism of the Jew, keyframe window from the Life of St Nicholas window in the centre of the Confessors chapel of St Nicholas in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. St Nicholas was bishop of Myra in the 4th century and his life story is included in the liturgical manuscripts at Chartres. The lower section of this window was destroyed in 1791 and restored in 1924 in keeping with its original style. 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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  • Block statue of the scribe Nebnetro, possibly a priest, with inscriptions and reliefs showing the gods Ptah, Rehorakhty, Osiris and Amun, granite, New Kingdom, from Karnak, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest of Isis, carrying canopic jar representing Osiris, statue, black granite, Ptolemaic, from Alexandria, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0603.jpg
  • Embroidered details with Lamb of God, on a priest's chasuble worn during mass, in the sacristy at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. In this room, preparations are made for services and mass, and books and robes are stored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing nude 'priest king' in limestone, Uruk period, c. 3300-3200 BC, from Southern Mesopotamia, from the Museo Archeologico in Padua, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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