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  • Reading room of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The reading room sits on 7 levels covering 20,000m2 with desks for 2000 readers, and is lit from north facing skylights in its glass roof. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. It commemorates the original Great Library of Alexandria, founded 3rd century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading room of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The reading room sits on 7 levels covering 20,000m2 with desks for 2000 readers, and is lit from north facing skylights in its glass roof. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. It commemorates the original Great Library of Alexandria, founded 3rd century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading room of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The reading room sits on 7 levels covering 20,000m2 with desks for 2000 readers, and is lit from north facing skylights in its glass roof. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. It commemorates the original Great Library of Alexandria, founded 3rd century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading room of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The reading room sits on 7 levels covering 20,000m2 with desks for 2000 readers, and is lit from north facing skylights in its glass roof. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. It commemorates the original Great Library of Alexandria, founded 3rd century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading room of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The reading room sits on 7 levels covering 20,000m2 with desks for 2000 readers, and is lit from north facing skylights in its glass roof. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. It commemorates the original Great Library of Alexandria, founded 3rd century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large Reading Room with zenithal glass roof designed by Jacques Gruber, in the Bibliotheque Carnegie de Reims, or Carnegie Library of Reims, a public library built on donations by Andrew Carnegie, designed by Max Sainsaulieu and built 1921-27 in Art Deco style, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The library is a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man wearing swimming trunks taking a shower on a concrete jetty while a couple sit on a bench reading books, at a beach at Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Reading room with barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Zenithal glass roof designed by Jacques Gruber, in the Large Reading Room of the Bibliotheque Carnegie de Reims, or Carnegie Library of Reims, a public library built on donations by Andrew Carnegie, designed by Max Sainsaulieu and built 1921-27 in Art Deco style, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The library is a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window by Jacques Gruber, detail, in the Large Reading Room of the Bibliotheque Carnegie de Reims, or Carnegie Library of Reims, a public library built on donations by Andrew Carnegie, designed by Max Sainsaulieu and built 1921-27 in Art Deco style, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The library is a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Liseuse, or Woman Reading, oil painting, c. 1922-23, by Henri Matisse, 1869-1954, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Troyes, inaugurated 1982, in the former Episcopal Palace, built 16th and 17th centuries, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum holds French painting collections from the mid 19th century to 1960s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman reading, 1901-2, charcoal and wax crayon on paper, by Ramon Casas, 1866-1932, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Armed soldiers in the reading room of the Duma, or parliament building, photograph by P Wolkof of Vetchernee Vremia, published in L'Illustration no.3868, 21st April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Martha, sister of Mary Magdalene and Lazarus, reading a book, oil painting on canvas, by Donato Creti, 1671-1749, in the Musee des Beaux Arts de Tours, a fine arts museum founded 1801, and housed since 1910 in the archbishop's palace on the Place Francois Sicard in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. The museum houses paintings from 14th - 21st centuries, sculpture, prints, ceramics and furniture, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman seated in an armchair reading, oil painting on wood, 17th century, in the Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, a Renaissance chateau built 1515-27 by Gilles Berthelot on the foundations of an 11th century fortress, Loire Valley, Indre-et-Loire, France. It is built in both Italian and French styles on an island in the Indre river, and is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. It is listed as a historic monument and is part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dona Llegint, or Woman Reading, oil painting on canvas, 1904, by Sebastia Junyent i Sans, 1865-1908, donation from the widow of the artist in 1916, from the collection of the Museu National d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reading Room of the Biblioteca Publica Arus, established 1895 by Rossend Arus, in his house designed by Bonaventura Bassegoda i Amigo on the Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The library is open to the public and contains over 80,000 works, specialising in freemasonry and social politics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man reading information panel entitled 'Treize Chibanis Harkis', an exhibition of paintings inspired by harki families from North Africa who fled to France and were interned at Rivesaltes and other camps, in Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Third Reader, depicting a man seated under a Gothic canopy reading the Book of Revelation, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First Reader, depicting a man seated under a canopy reading the Book of Revelation, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Third Reader, depicting a man seated under a Gothic canopy reading the Book of Revelation, with angel above holding a banner with the coat of arms of Louis I duc d'Anjou, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, with the Virgin reading and the archangel Gabriel, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, with the Virgin reading and the archangel Gabriel, detail, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Annunciata, or Virgin Annunciate, 1476, by Antonello da Messina, 1430-1479, depicting Mary interrupted at her reading by the Angel of the Annunciation, oil on wood, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Robert Badinter Library, a reading room for magistrates named after the French lawyer and politician b.1928, on the 30th floor of the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is lined with beech panelling and bookshelves, with parquet floor and white furniture. The new building contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height on top of the main building. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Science, an old man reading a book, an allegorical walnut wood sculpture by Francesco Pianta, 1657-76, in the Sala Capitolare or Chapter Room, 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 series is moralising in tone, with vices and virtues, and representations of the arts. The sculptures are dossali, originally intended for the rear of an altar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Robert Badinter Library, a reading room for magistrates named after the French lawyer and politician b.1928, on the 30th floor of the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is lined with beech panelling and bookshelves, with parquet floor and white furniture. The new building contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Robert Badinter Library, a reading room for magistrates named after the French lawyer and politician b.1928, on the 30th floor of the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is lined with beech panelling and bookshelves, with parquet floor and white furniture. The new building contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Robert Badinter Library, a reading room for magistrates named after the French lawyer and politician b.1928, on the 30th floor of the new law courts or Tribunal de Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and built 2014-17 on the Avenue de la Porte de Clichy in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room is lined with beech panelling and bookshelves, with parquet floor and white furniture. The new building contains the high court of Paris, the police court, the public prosecution service and all Parisian district courts. It is 38 storeys high and resembles 3 stacked blocks reducing in size with height. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Consecration of St Augustin, or Consagracio de Sant Agusti, c. 1462-75, tempera and stucco relief with gold leaf, from the St Augustine Altarpiece, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The painting depicts the saint being crowned by several bishops, in contemporary dress, with a donor reading on the left. This is a panel from the altarpiece from the convent church of Sant Agusti Vell, Barcelona, commissioned by the Guild of Tanners and painted by Jaume Huguet and Pau Vergos. The MNAC holds 7 of the 8 surviving panels from this altarpiece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Consecration of St Augustin, or Consagracio de Sant Agusti, detail, c. 1462-75, tempera and stucco relief with gold leaf, from the St Augustine Altarpiece, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The painting depicts the saint being crowned by several bishops, in contemporary dress, with a donor reading on the left. This is a panel from the altarpiece from the convent church of Sant Agusti Vell, Barcelona, commissioned by the Guild of Tanners and painted by Jaume Huguet and Pau Vergos. The MNAC holds 7 of the 8 surviving panels from this altarpiece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dormition or Death of the Virgin, with her soul ascending to Christ in heaven and priests reading texts by a candle below, from the Life of the Virgin, on the Altarpiece of the Constable or Epiphany Altarpiece, 1464-65, by Jaume Huguet, c. 1412-92, tempera on panel, in Gothic style, commissioned by Don Pedro of Portugal, in the Royal Chapel of Santa Agatha in the Palacio Real Mayor in Barcelona, Spain. The central panel is the most important and depicts the Adoration of the Magi. The side and top panels depict the Life of the Virgin and Jesus Christ, and Saints are portrayed at the bottom. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco by Degorce, 1936, with Robert de Sorbon, 1201-1274, underlining the links between the University and the Cite, in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Bookshelves and window in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Barrel vaulted ceiling with plaster reliefs in the Campus Library, inaugurated in 1936, with 50,000 books and 150 reading desks, in the Maison Internationale or International House, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, and Jean-Frederic Larson, and opened in 1936, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Warminster Jewel, 9th century AD, an amstel or manuscript pointer, found by a metal detectors in a field near Cley Hill, Warminster in 1997, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The amstel is made from rock crystal, set in a beaded wire frame of gold, with either a blue glass bead or a lapis lazuli cabochon (a gemstone that has been shaped and polished). The gold shaft would have held an ivory or wood pointer to be used as an aid to reading. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Judas Iscariot the apostle, painted in a trompe l'oeil niche reading a book and holding a spear, attributed to Pierre Bourguignon Coustain, 15th century, on the wall of the chapel of the Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The rectangular chapel has a wooden barrel vaulted ceiling and walls painted with black, red and gold stripes, a Gothic window with 3 lancets and a copy of the tomb of Philippe Pot, 1428-93, the original being in the Musee du Louvre. Originally built in 1132 by Jean de Chaudenay, the castle was modified from a medieval fortress to a residence from 1457 under Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who gave the castle to his advisor Philippe Pot. The castle sits on an outcrop overlooking the valley of the Canal de Bourgogne and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Virgin Mary fainting, with St John the Baptist and Mary Salome supporting her, and a woman wearing a headdress reading from a bible, underneath the Crucifixion scene, from the Altarpiece of the Passion, late 15th century, in the Eglise de Saint-Roch, Ternant, Nievre, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned by Charles de Ternant, son of Philippe de Ternant, and depicts scenes of the Passion and the Glorification of Christ, including a sculpted triptych of the Entombment, Crucifixion and Pieta. It was made by Brabant and Flemish workshops in painted and gilded carved wood. The altarpiece has been restored many times and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Virgin Mary fainting, with St John the Baptist and Mary Salome supporting her, and a woman wearing a headdress reading from a bible, underneath the Crucifixion scene, from the Altarpiece of the Passion, late 15th century, in the Eglise de Saint-Roch, Ternant, Nievre, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned by Charles de Ternant, son of Philippe de Ternant, and depicts scenes of the Passion and the Glorification of Christ, including a sculpted triptych of the Entombment, Crucifixion and Pieta. It was made by Brabant and Flemish workshops in painted and gilded carved wood. The altarpiece has been restored many times and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gargoyle in the form of a monk reading from a book, on the facade of the Basilique Notre-Dame de l'Epine, or Basilica of Our Lady of the Thorn, L'Epine, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The church was built 1405-1527 in Flamboyant Gothic style, is listed as a historic monument and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of a cafe in Vienna with men drinking coffee and reading newspapers, c. 1850, painting. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of monk reading, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Cote d'Or, France. This Cistercian abbey was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1119, built in the Romanesque style. The abbey itself housed 300 monks from 1200, but was sacked during the French Revolution. This sculpture is from the tombstone of the wife of the Knight Mello d'Epoisses in the choir of the abbey church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman in Red Sitting and reading on her mobile phone, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France. In the background the balustrade catches the low light of the sunset. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Gargoyle in the form of a monk reading a book, on the facade of the Basilique Notre-Dame de l'Epine, or Basilica of Our Lady of the Thorn, L'Epine, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The church was built 1405-1527 in Flamboyant Gothic style, is listed as a historic monument and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Third Reader, depicting a man seated under a Gothic canopy reading the Book of Revelation, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Third Reader, depicting a man seated under a Gothic canopy reading the Book of Revelation, with angel above holding a banner with the coat of arms of Louis I duc d'Anjou, detail of the third piece depicting the Dragon, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First Reader, depicting a man seated under a canopy reading the Book of Revelation, detail of the first piece depicting the Seven Seals, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patrick Kollannur, sacristan, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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, preparing the books which will be read during mass, and finding the correct page to correspond to the day, 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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  • Chinese restaurant and Lucky Crystal Readings at night, in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. This is the largest enclave of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere and one of 9 Chinatown districts in New York City. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of St Catherine, known the Dukes Window, 15th century, with St Catherine figure added 16th century, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Moulins, originally built as a Flamboyant Gothic collegiate church in the 15th century, and became a cathedral with a Neo-Gothic nave added by Jean-Baptiste Lassus, Eugene Millet and Paul Selmersheim in the 19th century, at Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. On the left is Catherine of Armagnac, John II's wife, on her knees with a rosary and behind, St Anne teaching the Virgin. Next is Anne de Beaujeu in prayer with her husband, Duke Peter II, his daughter Suzanne and his son Charles with an angel above. In the centre, St Catherine tramples emperor Maxence. On the right is Duke John II on his knees with Charlemagne and Charles Cardinal of Bourbon. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803, leader of the Haitian Revolution, detail, painted bronze, 2014, by Sow Ousmane, 1935-2016, founded by Coubertin, in the courtyard of the Musee du Nouveau Monde, or New World Museum, opened 1982 in the Hotel Fleuriau, an 18th century mansion in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. He is depicted wearing a bicorne and holding the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803, leader of the Haitian Revolution, detail, painted bronze, 2014, by Sow Ousmane, 1935-2016, founded by Coubertin, in the courtyard of the Musee du Nouveau Monde, or New World Museum, opened 1982 in the Hotel Fleuriau, an 18th century mansion in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. He is depicted wearing a bicorne and holding the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803, leader of the Haitian Revolution, detail, painted bronze, 2014, by Sow Ousmane, 1935-2016, founded by Coubertin, in the courtyard of the Musee du Nouveau Monde, or New World Museum, opened 1982 in the Hotel Fleuriau, an 18th century mansion in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. He is depicted wearing a bicorne and holding the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grave of Antoine Haumont, 1935-2016, geographer, with bronze sculpture by Symbolist sculptor Etienne Pirot, known as Etienne, b. 1952, in the Cimetiere de Montparnasse, or Montparnasse Cemetery, created 1824, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cemetery holds 35,000 plots and houses monuments to the Siege of Paris and the Commune, as well as a 17th century mill tower, the Moulin de la Charite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boy climbing a tree, detail from the oriental painted rice paper wall coverings in the Salotto, or Living Room, used in the late 18th century by princess Giuseppina di Lorena Armagnac, wife of Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia Carignano, in the Chinese apartment of the Castello Reale di Racconigi, royal palace of the House of Savoy, at Racconigi, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. The palace is part of the House of Savoy UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Graziella, scene from the novel of 1852 by Alphonse de Lamartine about a fisherman's granddaughter, lithograph, by Godefroy Engelmann, 1788-1839, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Romantica, or The Novel, oil painting on canvas, by Santiago Rusinol i Prats, 1861-1931, from the collection of the Museu National d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Azulejos tiles with painted scene of servants sewing and washing up in a kitchen, 1789, at the Palau del Marques de Dosaigues, a Rococo palace of the Marqueses of Dos Aguas, in Valencia, Spain. Azulejos tiles are Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tiles. The building was originally built in Gothic style in the 15th century, but was remodelled in 1740 for the 3rd marquis of Dos Aguas, Gines Rabassa de Perellos y Lanuza, 1706-65, by Hipolito Rovira Meri, Ignacio Vergara and Luis Domingo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 7, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is blindfolded and crowned with thorns, and jeering soldiers appear as disembodied hands, a spitting head, cap raised in sarcasm, a hand and beating stick. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Dominic in thought, detail from Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 7, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is blindfolded and crowned with thorns, and jeering soldiers appear as disembodied hands, a spitting head, cap raised in sarcasm, a hand and beating stick. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 7, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is blindfolded and crowned with thorns, and jeering soldiers appear as disembodied hands, a spitting head, cap raised in sarcasm, a hand and beating stick. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Louis-Philippe Albert d'Orleans, comte de Paris, 1838-94, sitting with a newspaper by the garden wall of the Chateau d'Eu, photograph, by his younger brother Robert d'Orleans, duc de Chartres, in the collection of the Chateau d'Eu, in Eu, Normandy, France. The original was donated by the Association des Amis du Musee Louis-Philippe in 2017. The chateau was begun in 1581 by Henri de Guise and Catherine de Cleves and finished in 1665 by Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Grande Mademoiselle. In the 19th century the chateau was a royal residence of King Louis Philippe. The chateau houses the Musee Louis-Philippe and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, by Master of La Seu d'Urgell, late c. 1495, Gothic, oil painting with stucco relief and gold leaf on wood, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Archangel Gabriel, detail, from the Annunciation, central panel, from the Annunciation Triptych of the Renaissance Merode Altarpiece, c. 1427–32, by the workshop of Robert Campin, 1375-1444, Flemish, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The right hand panel depicts Joseph in his carpenter's workshop, and on the left, a kneeling donor and wife at open door. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philosophers and theologians, fresco, detail, 1633-37, by Cecco Bravo, Matteo Rosselli and Domenico Pugliani, of notable Florentines, in the Studio, designed by Michelangelo the Younger, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Consecration of St Augustin, or Consagracio de Sant Agusti, detail, c. 1462-75, tempera and stucco relief with gold leaf, from the St Augustine Altarpiece, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The painting depicts the saint being crowned by several bishops in contemporary dress. This is a panel from the altarpiece from the convent church of Sant Agusti Vell, Barcelona, commissioned by the Guild of Tanners and painted by Jaume Huguet and Pau Vergos. The MNAC holds 7 of the 8 surviving panels from this altarpiece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Students studying in the library, which stocks 20,000 books, 90% of which are German language publications, in the Maison de L'Allemagne or Germany House, or Maison Heinrich Heine, designed by Johannes Krahn, 1908-1974, and opened in 1956, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Students studying in the library, which stocks 20,000 books, 90% of which are German language publications, in the Maison de L'Allemagne or Germany House, or Maison Heinrich Heine, designed by Johannes Krahn, 1908-1974, and opened in 1956, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Library, with 20,000 books, 90% of which are German language publications, in the Maison de L'Allemagne or Germany House, or Maison Heinrich Heine, designed by Johannes Krahn, 1908-1974, and opened in 1956, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Library, with 20,000 books, 90% of which are German language publications, in the Maison de L'Allemagne or Germany House, or Maison Heinrich Heine, designed by Johannes Krahn, 1908-1974, and opened in 1956, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Library, with 20,000 books, 90% of which are German language publications, in the Maison de L'Allemagne or Germany House, or Maison Heinrich Heine, designed by Johannes Krahn, 1908-1974, and opened in 1956, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Detail from a portrait of Al-Rakuniyya, 1135-91, female Andalusian poet, by Jose Luis Munoz, b. 1969, in graphite, charcoal, tempera, acrylic, gold leaf and oil on wood, in the Centro Cultural y Museo Casa de Sefarad, a museum and cultural centre opened 2006 in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Claude Debussy, 1862-1918, French composer of Impressionist music and Emma Bardac, 1862-1934, singer and mistress of both Gabriel Faure and Claude Debussy, on a garden bench in 1914, photographer unknown. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Bouquiniste on the Quai de Montebello, Paris, France. Bouquinistes are second hand and antiquarian booksellers who work from locked boxes on the banks of the river Seine. The traditional bouquinistes have been in place since the 16th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old women sitting in the narrow stepped streets of the old town or Casc Antic of Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Tortosa is an ancient town situated on the Ebro Delta which has a rich heritage dating from Roman times. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sebastien Ziegler, archaeologist at the Mairie at Chateau-Thierry, studying fragments of objects excavated at the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, photographed at work at the Laboratoire d'Archeologie, Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fulbert meets the Pope (left) with the crossed keys indicating the successor of St Peter, and Fulbert studying in Reims (right) with an open book and 2 masters, from the Life of Fulbert stained glass window, in the south transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window replaces the original 13th century window depicting the Life of St Blaise, which was destroyed in 1791. It was created in 1954 by Francois Lorin as a gift of the Institute of American Architects, on a theme chosen by the Canon Yves Delaporte. It depicts the life of Fulbert, bishop of Chartres in the 11th century. 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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  • Prayer hall of the Grand Mosque or Ulu Cami, built 1396-99 under the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I by the architect Ali Neccar in the Seljuk style, Bursa, Turkey. Here we see some of the 192 monumental wall inscriptions written by the famous calligraphers of that period and the fountain (sadirvan) where worshipers can perform ritual ablutions before prayer. The mosque is a large rectangular building with 2 minarets, and 20 domes supported by 12 columns. Supposedly the 20 domes were built instead of the 20 separate mosques which Sultan Bayezid I had promised for winning the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396. The dome over the sadirvan is capped by a skylight creating a soft light which illuminates the large building. The mosque is in the old city centre of Bursa and remains the largest mosque in the city. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Saint Paul, 16th century by Paolo Taccone, Ponte Sant'Angelo, the bridge over the Tiber, which links the Castel Sant'angelo (in the background) to the Vatican City, 134 AD, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedroom of Antoni Amatller, with red wallpaper and carved wooden furniture, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Forbidden Reading, 19th century painting by by Karel Ooms, showing Sephardic Jews afraid of being caught reading their sacred texts during the Spanish Inquisition, from the collection of the Crespo Lopez family exhibited in the 16th century Palacio de los Olvidados or Palace of the Forgotten, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Palace is one of the few remaining old aristocratic houses in good condition, thought to belong to a Jew and now housing artefacts of Jewish culture and history. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Forbidden Reading, 19th century painting by by Karel Ooms, showing Sephardic Jews afraid of being caught reading their sacred texts during the Spanish Inquisition, from the collection of the Crespo Lopez family exhibited in the 16th century Palacio de los Olvidados or Palace of the Forgotten, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Palace is one of the few remaining old aristocratic houses in good condition, thought to belong to a Jew and now housing artefacts of Jewish culture and history. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South Gallery of the Cloister of Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The original cloister was built 1180-1210 in Romanesque style, with double columns topped by foliage capitals supporting semicircular arches. The cloister was later altered in the 13th century after the Albigensian Crusade, when large tympanums were added above with oculi and pointed arches. The original wooden roof was also replaced with stone. The South Gallery is the oldest part of the cloister, with coloured marble columns and benches for the monks to sit and read. The cloister was used by the monks for resting, walking, reading and studying in between religious duties. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Secret cupboard in the Studiolo, or Cabinet of Catherine de Medici, decorated with 180 carved, painted and gilded oak panels, made before 1520 in Italian Renaissance style, on the first floor of the Renaissance Francois I wing, built 1515-18, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The room was dedicated to reading, poetry, meditation and study. There are 4 secret compartments hidden in the panelling to conceal works of art, in the tradition of a cabinet of curiosities. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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