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  • Martyrdom of St Catherine of Siena, painted high relief panel from an altarpiece by Antoine Besancon, 1734-1811, in the right transept of the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2310.jpg
  • Statue of St Anthony the Great, polychrome, with pig, staff and flames, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2307.jpg
  • Holy Twins with their grandmother St Leonine, on the base of the Virgin and child statue in polychrome wood, 14th century in Burgundian style, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2304.jpg
  • Statue of St Joseph and Jesus as a boy, polychrome, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2313.jpg
  • Statue of St Joseph and Jesus as a boy, polychrome, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2309.jpg
  • Three boys in the furnace, bas-relief fragment, alabaster, 17th century, from the Cathedrale Saint-Mammes in Langres, now housed in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2306.jpg
  • Virgin and child statue in polychrome wood, 14th century, in Burgundian style, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. On the base is St Benigne baptising the Holy Twins, their grandmother St Leonine and St Ceofilde. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2303.jpg
  • Stela, originally a Gallo-Roman funerary stela with 2 heads and a 16th century cross with Virgin and child from a Calvary sculpture, beside the steps to the crypt in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2315.jpg
  • Crypt, 9th century, with columns and 3 naves, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2314.jpg
  • Three boys in the furnace, bas-relief fragment, alabaster, 17th century, from the Cathedral St Mammes in Langres, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2312.jpg
  • Virgin and child statue in polychrome wood, 14th century, in Burgundian style, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. On the base is St Benigne baptising the Holy Twins, their grandmother St Leonine and St Ceofilde. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2311.jpg
  • Baptismal font, 13th century, with Carolingian chancel slab with relief of interlacing foliage, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2308.jpg
  • Virgin and child statue in polychrome wood, 14th century, in Burgundian style, in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. On the base is St Benigne baptising the Holy Twins, their grandmother St Leonine and St Ceofilde. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2305.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, meeting the bishop of Saint Denis, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC130.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, martyred at Soissons by being boiled alive in a cauldron of oil, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC086.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, at Soissons, hanging by their armpits at the gallows, possibly with the governor Rictus Varus giving the order, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC087.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, at Soissons, hanging by their armpits at the gallows, possibly with the governor Rictus Varus giving the order, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC120.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, at work in a cobblers workshop in Soissons, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC131.jpg
  • A horned devil in the bedroom of one of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC121.jpg
  • One of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, about to be beheaded by a soldier with a sword, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC122.jpg
  • One of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, about to be beheaded by a soldier with a sword, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC123.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, at Soissons, being drowned in the river with millstones round their necks while the governor Rictus Varus looks on, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC124.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, at Soissons, hanging by their armpits at the gallows while soldiers cut them with knives and the governor Rictus Varus looks on, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC127.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, martyred at Soissons by being boiled alive in a cauldron of oil, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC128.jpg
  • Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers, tied to a pillar and flogged with whips, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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
    LC14_France_MC129.jpg
  • St Mark (left), patron saint of the convent, and St John the Baptist (right), patron saint of Florence, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_732.jpg
  • Saints (left-right) St Francis, St Benedict, Bernard of Clairvaux, St Romuald, John Gualbert, Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_730.jpg
  • Saints (left-right) St Dominic, St Augustine, St Jerome, St Ambrose, St Francis, St Benedict, Bernard of Clairvaux, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_729.jpg
  • Saints (left-right) St Dominic, St Augustine, St Jerome, St Ambrose, St Francis, St Benedict, Bernard of Clairvaux, St Romuald, John Gualbert, Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.  The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_660.jpg
  • St Mark, patron saint of the convent, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_667.jpg
  • St John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence (left), and Mary of Clopas holding the arm of the Virgin (right), detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_665.jpg
  • Hands and book of St Mark, patron saint of the convent, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_663.jpg
  • Mary of Clopas and St John flanking the Virgin Mary, with Mary Magdalene supporting her seen from behind, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_661.jpg
  • St Augustine, St Jerome (bottom) and St Ambrose, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_731.jpg
  • St Damian (left) and St Cosmas (centre), protectors of the Medici family and patrons of the convent, and St Lawrence (right), patron of Lorenzo de Medici, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_728.jpg
  • Hands of St Jerome kneeling in prayer, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_681.jpg
  • St Francis, founder of the Franciscan order, with stigmata, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_680.jpg
  • Hands of St Bernard of Clairvaux, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_679.jpg
  • St John Gualbert, or Giovanni Gualberto, 985-1073, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_678.jpg
  • Bernard of Clairvaux, St John Gualbert, St Peter Martyr (left-right), detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_677.jpg
  • St John Gualbert, or Giovanni Gualberto, 985-1073, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_676.jpg
  • St Francis, founder of the Franciscan order, with stigmata, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_675.jpg
  • St Jerome kneeling in prayer, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_674.jpg
  • St Jerome kneeling in prayer, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_672.jpg
  • St Jerome kneeling in prayer, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_671.jpg
  • St Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_670.jpg
  • Mary of Clopas and St John flanking the Virgin Mary, with Mary Magdalene supporting her seen from behind, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_666.jpg
  • Hands of St Cosmas (left) and St Lawrence (right), detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_664.jpg
  • St Damian, St Cosmas, St Lawrence, St Mark, St John the Baptist; Mary of Clopas, Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St John (left-right), detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_659.jpg
  • Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_ITALY_MC_658.JPG
  • Section from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, possibly depicting a guard with a spear talking to the governor, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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 Emperor talks to a soldier with a sword, from the Scenes of the Life and Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian stained glass window, attributed to Nicolas le Prince, donated in 1530 by the cobblers guild in Gisors, in 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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  • St Augustin with the heart of divine love, St Martha and the tarasque, St Vincent with grapes, a holy martyr and a deacon, from the right wing of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Augustin with the heart of divine love, St Martha and the tarasque, St Vincent with grapes, a holy martyr and a deacon, from the right wing of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galero or red hat with strings and tassels worn by catholic clergy, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A holy abbot, a holy martyr, St Michael fighting a devil, St Apollonia holding a tooth in pliers, St Denis, from the left wing of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin, in the the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Organ, 17th century, in the nave of the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The organ has been recently restored. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting on an altar in the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The painting is possibly of the Christ child as the good shepherd. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Justus by Torcuato Ruiz del Peral, 18th century, on an altarpiece in the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue, possibly of Christ with the Sacred Heart, in the the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a nun with a book, in the the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_GRANADA_MC056.jpg
  • Statue of St Pastor by Torcuato Ruiz del Peral, 18th century, on an altarpiece in the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_GRANADA_MC054.jpg
  • Statue, possibly of St Joseph holding the Christ child by Jose de Mora, 18th century, in the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Maria Santissima de los Remedios, in the the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of sculpted cherubs with dove of peace behind, in the the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Christ wearing the crown of thorns and carrying the Cross, in the the Jesuit Church of Saints Justus and Pastor of Alcala, built 1575 on the site of a mosque in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Saints Justus and Pastor were 4th century schoolboy christian martyrs, who were killed for their faith under the persecution of the christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Martyrdom of St Catherine with soldier preparing to behead her, from the central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Martyrdom of St Catherine, from the central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The Emperor Maxentius tries to execute Catherine on a spiked wheel and eventually has her beheaded (right). The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Martyrdom of St Catherine, from the central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The Emperor Maxentius tries to execute Catherine on a spiked wheel and eventually has her beheaded (right). The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chancel of All Saints Church, designed in Gothic Revival style by William Butterfield, 1814-1900, and built 1850-59, on Margaret St, Fitzrovia, London, England. The High Victorian interior is richly decorated, with tiled floor, walls in geometrically patterned brick, tile, marble and painted tiles, friezes, a painted ceiling, and painted and gilded timberwork by Ninian Comper, 1864-1960. Butterfield married Gothic elements such as arches and pinnacles, with modern Victorian brick. The building is Grade I listed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • All Saints Church, designed in Gothic Revival style by William Butterfield, 1814-1900, and built 1850-59, on Margaret St, Fitzrovia, London, England. Butterfield married Gothic elements such as arches and pinnacles, with modern Victorian brick. The building is Grade I listed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of All Saints Church, designed in Gothic Revival style by William Butterfield, 1814-1900, and built 1850-59, on Margaret St, Fitzrovia, London, England. The High Victorian interior is richly decorated, with tiled floor, walls in geometrically patterned brick, tile, marble and painted tiles, friezes, a painted ceiling, and painted and gilded timberwork by Ninian Comper, 1864-1960. Butterfield married Gothic elements such as arches and pinnacles, with modern Victorian brick. The building is Grade I listed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Depicted beneath the crosses (left-right), St Lawrence, St Mark, St John the Baptist; Mary of Clopas, Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St John; St Dominic, St Augustine, St Jerome, St Ambrose, St Francis, St Benedict. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Beheading of St John the Baptist, from the left central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Temptation of St Anthony, from the right central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. Anthony is depicted with his pig, tempted by devils. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of St Anthony being tempted by a devil, from the right central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0185.jpg
  • Detail of Temptation of St Anthony, with a devil and a woman with a poison chalice, from the right central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0186.jpg
  • The Temptation of St Anthony, from the right central section of the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. Anthony is depicted with his pig, tempted by devils. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0189.jpg
  • Coats of arms of the Dukes of Burgundy, from the Altarpiece of Saints and Martyrs, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapterhouse at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0193.jpg
  • Nave of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The nave is divided by rows of marble columns with corinthian capitals topped with a wooden architrave. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iconostasis, detail of inlaid geometric patterns in ebony and ivory, 13th century, in the Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ Pantocrator with evangelists and angels, fresco on the wooden canopy above the altar, in the sanctuary of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altar under a wooden canopy in the sanctuary of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. On the right is the apse, decorated with coloured marble and mosaics. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt, stone relief at the entrance to the Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0146.jpg
  • Icon of the Virgin Mary with Christ child and angels, in the Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, or Abu Serga, founded 4th century, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The church is believed to have been built on the site where the Holy Family stayed after their Flight into Egypt, and is the oldest church in Egypt. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roofline statues of Christ and saints, Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), by Constantine the Great, 4th century, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Seat of the Bishop of Rome (i.e. the Pope), the cathedral contains the papal throne, ranks above St Peters Basilica and falls under the special jurisdiction of the Holy See despite being in Rome. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Raymond of Pennafort, patron saint of canonists, 1175-1275, canonised 1601, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Raymond of Pennafort, patron saint of canonists, 1175-1275, canonised 1601, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hugh of Saint-Cher, 1200-63, first Dominican cardinal, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hugh of Saint-Cher, 1200-63, first Dominican cardinal, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hugh of Saint-Cher, 1200-63, first Dominican cardinal, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jordan of Saxony, second master general of the order after St Dominic, 1190-1237, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pope Innocent V, first Dominican pope, 1225-76, St Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, 1170-1221, Pope Benedict XI, 1240-1304, (left-right), detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Above is the skull of Adam beneath Jesus' cross. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bernardo Fiorentino, martyr, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bernardo Fiorentino, martyr, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Vincent Ferrer of Valencia, canonised in 1455, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Vincent Ferrer of Valencia, canonised in 1455, detail from the bottom frieze of portrait medallions of Dominican genealogy, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, Fra Angelico's assistant, from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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