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Franz Hartmann, Magic, white and black, 1910
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Diagram of the Four Elements, De Responsione Mundi Et Astrorum Ordinatione, 1472
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john flaxman, album of drawings for dante’s “divine comedy”, c. 1793
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Astronomical diagrams, Salzburg, early 9th century
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Ernst Haeckel’s Tree of Life, Darwin’s metaphorical description of the pattern of universal common descent made literal, 1879
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egyptian relief of lion | c. 380 - 200 BCE | egypt, early ptolemaic period
in the colleción amalita
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The history of the devil and the idea of evil, 1900
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Trésor de Boscoreale: Coupe à l'Afrique, 1st century BC/1st century AD, Imperial Roman, silver, 22,6 cm
Musée du Louvre Inv. MNC 1960/ Bj 1969
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Christian iconography, or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages, 1851
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Christian iconography, or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages, 1851
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oinochoe depicting Berenikē II Euergetis | c. 243 - 222 BCE | egypt, ptolemaic kingdom
Inscribed on the altar, "theôn euergetôn" - "of the benefactor gods". Inscribed above the altar (on the shoulder of the vase), " Berenikês Basilissês agathês tuchês" - "for the good fortune of queen Berenike"
in the j. paul getty museum collection
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A room in the library at Queen’s College, Oxford University
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appliqué depicting the sun god usil | c. 500 - 475 BCE | etruscan, late archaic or early classical period
in the j. paul getty museum collection
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