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But It Is Not Enough for Me

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The Maiden and Death

The Maiden and Death. Edvard Munch

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Every evening from 2 to 16 October, a film about the life and faith of the Apostle Peter will be projected onto the façade of St Peter's Basilica in Rome

Medieval miniature of a funeral procession with a coffin under a blue pall with golden fleurs-de-lis, accompanied by men in red and dark robes.

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John I the Posthumous, King of France, lived five days in November 1316

John I was King of France for just five days in November 1316, from birth to death. He entered history under the name of John the Posthumous

Detail of the painting: a bearded rider in a red headdress, a horse’s head and a frightened fair-haired young woman with her mouth open.

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Arnold Böcklin’s painting “War”, created in 1896

Arnold Böcklin. War. 1896

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Self-Portrait of Horace Vernet in His Studio in Rome after His Return from a Journey through North Africa, 1835

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Thomas Schweicker (1540 - 1602) was an artist who had no hands

Thomas Schweicker (1540 - 1602) was an artist who had no hands. He worked sitting on the floor, holding a sheet of paper steady with one foot and guiding the pen with the other

Metal cat armour with a scorpion-like tail and a red fabric cover with a serrated edge, displayed against a red background.

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Cat armour in the photo is the work of Canadian artist Jeff de Boer

The Canadian artist Jeff de Boer is best known for making stylised armour for cats and mice. The very pieces shown in the photographs. Though the images of the armour are often passed off as photographs of a genuine historical artefact rather than the work of a contemporary artist

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442 years ago Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the globe, which I wish for you too

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A Teacher and His Students from the "Summa de potestate ecclesiastica" by the Italian Theologian Augustinus of Ancona

A teacher and his students from the "Summa de potestate ecclesiastica" by the Italian theologian Augustinus of Ancona. Those with a keen eye will have noticed that the tables with benches in this illustration of the fifteenth century bear a suspicious resemblance to the celebrated Erismann desks, invented

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One of the Best-Loved Shots in World Cinema

Detail of a painting: the bare torso of a bearded man with a rope around his neck and bound wrists, while another hand rests on his shoulder. Canvas in a gilded frame.

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