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Allegory of Justice - Themis, oil on canvas by Marcello Bacciarelli, 18th century. National Museum of Warsaw, Poland.

A 1617 portrait by Paul van Somer of Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman, and author. (Łazienki Palace, Warsaw)

A 10th century CE fresco of the Archangel Michael from the cathedral at Faras, Nubia. The cathedral was first built c. 707 CE and again in the 11th century CE. (Polish National Museum, Warsaw)

A 19th-century illustration of Ryujin, the dragon king and sea god of Japanese mythology. Here he is chasing the princess Tamatori. National Museum, Warsaw.

An 1836 watercolour and ink portrait by Maria Wodzińska of the Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810-49). Maria was, for a while in the mid-1830s, engaged to Chopin.(National Museum, Warsaw)

Romeo says farewell to Juliet before going to exile in Mantua, hurried along by Juliet's Nurse (right), oil on canvas painting by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1796. National Museum, Warsaw.

A fresco of Bishop Marianos and the Vrigin Mary, Faras Cathedral, Nubia (modern Sudan). 11th century CE. (Polish National Museum, Warsaw)

Codex Vaticanus, which may contain Constantine I’s original Bible. Photo taken in Warsaw in 2015.

A model of the cathedral at Faras, Nubia, as found by Polish archaeologists 1961-4 CE. The cathedral was first built c. 707 CE and this model is of the 11th century CE version. (Made by Zbigniew Doliński, Polish National Museum...

Chronos and His Child by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, National Museum in Warsaw, a 17th-century depiction of Titan Cronus as "Father Time," wielding a harvesting scythe.