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Alexandr Radayev
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The Black Books of Hours of the Late Fifteenth Century: the Pride of the Masters of Bruges
The Black Books of Hours of the late fifteenth century are the pride of the masters of Bruges. The principal patron of these masterpieces was the Burgundian court. Only a handful of books executed in this technique have survived to our day. To obtain the black pages, the parchment was
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Grand Duchesses Anastasia, Olga, Maria and Tatiana and Grand Duke Alexei Romanov photographed with their heads shaved after measles, June 1917
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Marble maps charting the territorial growth of the Roman Empire, set up under Benito Mussolini on the walls of the Basilica of Maxentius, the last building of imperial Rome
Cinema · Observations · People
Vasily Stalin in His Youth
It must be said that Gela Meskhi, who played the lead in the film "Son of the Father of Nations", bears a certain resemblance to him
Faith · Books · People
Saint John of the Cross, a Spanish Carmelite monk, in a painting
Seek in reading, and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer, and it will be opened to you in contemplation. The Spanish Carmelite friar Saint John of the Cross
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Madonna with the Sleeping Infant, Hans Baldung, 1515
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Cushions
Cushions. Albrecht Dürer
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On 24 August a painting in the style of Rembrandt went under the hammer at Thomaston Place
On 24 August a painting in the style of Rembrandt was offered at the Thomaston Place auction. From an opening bid of a mere 10 thousand dollars, bidding on the lot closed at 1.4 million. Kaja Veilleux, founder of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, admitted that the painting had been
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage
The 1953 Arbatskaya metro vestibule survives in the courtyard of the General Staff building
Where did the handsome surface vestibule of Arbatskaya metro station go? A building with columns and heavy stucco ornament, resembling a triumphal arch of three bays, is nowhere to be found on Arbat Square today. This vestibule of Arbatskaya station on the blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line was built in 1953,
Monarchies · Observations · Mores · Humour
Harry reportedly ready to return to royal duties if William apologises to him
More than four years have passed since Harold and Meghan left the royal family. Have you noticed how quiet and peaceful it has become? No grubby sensations, no vulgar scandals and, above all, it turns out that the institution of the British monarchy, with a history of more than a
Faith · Observations
The Worst Thing Is Not to Realise One's Own Ignorance
Saint Jerome