A man with closed eyes lies in a bed under a white canopy. Beside him are a woman with children, men in dark coats and officers in uniforms with epaulettes.

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Farewell at a deathbed: family and officers gathered around the bed

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Today marks a year since the coronation of the new King of England, Charles III

A green tree projected on the apse wall, with light spots on the ribbed vaults. Stained-glass windows with figures are below, and a carved pulpit is at right.

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Light projection of a tree inside a Gothic church

Black-and-white photo: two women in headscarves and felt boots stand facing each other on a slope, with log houses and barns behind a fence.

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Two women talking in front of log buildings in a northern village

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The Women of Mezen, Arkhangelsk Governorate, in the 1900s

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How Can One See the Great Bear in a Plain Ladle?

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A Cat and Her Mistress from an Embroidered Quilt of 1790, Connecticut Museum of History and Culture

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Tikhon, the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia since the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, at the Easter moleben by the Nikolsky Gate, 5 May 1918

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Preparing a Curd Paskha by Nineteenth-Century Recipes

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Pattern for Embroidering a Griffin, 1589

The altar of the Contarelli Chapel with three Caravaggio paintings of Saint Matthew framed by coloured marble.

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Three Caravaggio Paintings of Saint Matthew in the Contarelli Chapel in Rome

The Church of Saint Louis of the French in Rome, between the Pantheon and Piazza Navona, became famous thanks to three masterpieces by Caravaggio, painted in 1599-1602 for the interior of the Contarelli Chapel. The canvases depict scenes from the life of Saint Matthew: the Calling, the Inspiration (the

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