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Arm reliquary of St Marcian
Reliquary in chased silver designed to hold the arm of St Marcian, proto-martyr and the first bishop of Syracuse. The ornamentation is a succession of ...
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Cylindrical seal (roller)
Seal from the Mesopotamia datable from 2330 BC It reproduces a scene of Presentation (of probably the owner) to a god. Extremely rare and precious object, ...
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The Normans, a European People
designed for 800 x 600 px. With the help of the European Commission · Project selected by the programme · Ville de Caen · version française · Italiano.
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Coutances : Cathedral
The first reference to the bishopric of Coutances dates from 511. A cathedral probably existed at this time. The building was razed to the ground by the ...
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Falaise : château
It was in the 11th century that Falaise became the new headquarters of the vicomté of Hiémois. As in Caen, the castle was at the origins of the town. ...
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Romanesque wall painting in Normandy
Romanesque wall painting in Normandy. Jacob fighting the Angel, church nave at Saint-Jean-le-Thomas ( Together with painted glass windows, mural painting is ...
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Reliquary cross
Gold cross decorated with filigrees, gems and cloisonné enamel. The cross bears a small cruciform reliquary on one side, and on the other, four medallions ...
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Reliquary cross
Gold cross decorated with filigrees, gems and cloisonné enamel. The cross bears a small cruciform reliquary on one side, and on the other, four medallions ...
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Norman Italy
Thus the monuments of Sicily and Molise need to be compared with those of Campania, Apulia and Calabria the better to gauge the originality of each of the ...
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The angevin empire
Henry II, Plantagenet, became King of England in 1154, but this was only one part of what is often known as the ‘Angevin empire’ which included much of ...
