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Teutonic Knight
An illustration from the Codex Manesse depicting a Teutonic Knight. (14th century CE, Zurich, Switzerland)
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The Gospel of Judas
A fragment of the Gospel of Judas (from the Codex Tchacos). 300 CE, papyrus. (Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art, Basel, Switzerland)
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Xolotl & Xiuhcoatl
Painting of the dog-headed Aztec god Xolotl with the fire serpent Xiuhcoatl. From the pre-Hispanic "Borgia Codex", 16th Century CE. Image taken from a facsimile in the collection of the British Museum.
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Wolfram von Eschenbach & His Squire
A medieval illustration of the Germanic knight Wolfram von Eschenbach and his squire. 1305-1315 CE. (Codex Manesse, Zurich, Switzerland)
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Death of Pedro de Alvarado
A scene from the 16th-century Codex Telleriano-Remensis showing the death of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Alvarado was killed in Mexico when his horse fell...
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Gospel of Nicodemus
Page 66 of the 9th-10th-century manuscript of Codex 169(468), containing works by Isidore, Hucbaldus and Bernoldus as well as the Gospel of Nicodemus, copied at various times in Italy and Einsiedeln.
Stiftsbibliothek, Einsiedeln.
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Mixcoatl
Mixcoatl, the Mesoamerican god of hunting and the Milky Way. Here he is depicted in familiar guise with red and white striped face paint, black mask, and a bundle of arrows. Codex Borgia, pre-Columbian. (Vatican Museums, Rome)
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Positions of the Embryo in the Uterus in Soranus of Ephesus' Gynaecology
A Latin version of Gynaecology by Soranus of Ephesus, showing positions of the embryo in the uterus.
Codex 3714, fol. 28r.
Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels.
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The Discourses of Epictetus
Codex Bodleianus (Cod. graec. Misc. 251, Auct. T. 4. 13), Bodleian Library, c. 11th or 12th century CE. The Discourses of Epictetus by Arrian. The large stain on the manuscript on this page (Book 1. 18. 8-11) has made this passage partially...
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Ulrich von Zatzikhoven
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven, Lanzelet
Codex Palatinus Germanicus 371, 1420 CE