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Book of Revelation
The book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John of Patmos is one of the most famous books in the New Testament. Written near the end of the 1st century CE, it is the only apokalypsis (Greek: "unveiling of unseen realities") that was included...
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Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation, folio 6v and 7r of illuminated manuscript Fr 403 by Maître de Sarum and Hennequin de Bruges, 1240-1250.
National Library of France, Paris.
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Scenes from the Book of Revelation
Scenes from the book of Revelation (Apocalypse of John), stained glass window of the Auxerre Cathedral, c. 1240.
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The Vision of Ezekiel
The Vision of Ezekiel by Raphael, 1518.
Pallazzo Pitti, Florence.
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The Vision of Robespierre
The Vision of Robespierre, a painting by French painter Jean-Joseph Weerts, sometime before 1927.
Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Roubaix.
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Vision after the Sermon by Gauguin
An 1888 oil on canvas, Vision after the Sermon, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. The scene shows Breton women in their traditional headgear watching an enactment of a sermon they have just heard (from the...
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Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head by Fuseli
A 1793 CE painting by Henry Fuseli, 'Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head', showing the Shakespearean character based on Macbeth Macfinlay, king of Scotland (r. 1040-1057 CE).
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The Vision of Saint Bruno
The Vision of Saint Bruno, oil on canvas by Pier Francesco Mola, c. 1660.
Getty Center, Los Angeles, California.
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Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt
The vacillating nature of Ancient Egypt's associations with the Kingdom of Kerma may be described as one of expansion and contraction; a virtual tug-of-war between rival cultures. Structural changes in Egypt's administration led to alternating...
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Ezekiel
Ezekiel was both a priest and a prophet who lived in the 6th century BCE. The prophets of Israel were oracles (a term for a person as well as a place) for ways in which humans communicated with their gods. The oracle was possessed by the...