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The Bombing of Dresden in 1945
The bomber raid on Dresden was a controversial and highly destructive combined operation by Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers and United States Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers on 13, 14, and 15 February and 2 March 1945. The raid was...
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New Testament Text-Types
The books of the New Testament were written in the 1st century CE. As Christianity spread in the 2nd century CE, many copies were made, some by non-professionals. Early manuscripts are considered to be closer to the original than later manuscripts...
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Edda
Edda is a term used to describe two Icelandic manuscripts that were copied down and compiled in the 13th century CE. Together they are the main sources of Norse mythology and skaldic poetry that relate the religion, cosmogony, and history...
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Duke Heinrich von Breslau in the Codex Manesse
Page from the early 14th-century Codex Manesse - an illuminated book of poetry composed in Middle High German - depicting Duke Heinrich von Breslau (probably Henry IV of Silesia, also known as Henryk IV Probus in Polish) participating in...
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Henry I, Count of Anhalt in the Codex Manesse
Page from the early 14th-century Codex Manesse - an illuminated book of poetry composed in Middle High German - depicting Henry I, Count of Anhalt participating in a tournament.
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Dresden Memorial, 1962
A 1962 photograph showing a memorial for the tens of thousands of civilian victims of the bomber raid on Dresden in 1945 by the RAF and USAAF during the Second World War (1939-45). (Deutsche Photothek)
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Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer of Romantic music most famous for his epic operas like The Ring, Tannhäuser, and Tristan and Isolde. Wagner was concerned throughout his career with the theme of redemption through love and...
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Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda
The Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda is the oldest and most comprehensive extant source of Norse mythology. 14th century CE. It is housed at the Arni Magnusson Institute of Learning in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus, which may contain Constantine I’s original Bible.
Photo taken in Warsaw in 2015.
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Dresden, 1945
A photograph showing the destruction after the bomber raid on Dresden in 1945 by the RAF and USAAF during the Second World War (1939-45). (Deutsche Fotothek)
