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Henry II of France
Henry II of France (r. 1547-1559), oil on canvas by the workshop of François Clouet.
Castle of Montal.
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Portrait of Catherine de' Medici
Portrait of Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589), oil on canvas by Germain Le Mannier, c. 1547-1559.
Uffizi, Florence.
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Fortification Walls, Sacsayhuaman
A section of the fortification walls of the Inca Sacsayhuaman (also Saqsawaman) fortress-temple complex of northern Cusco, 13th-15th century CE.
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Grafenstein Inscription
The Grafenstein inscription. Noric language recorded on a tile from the 2nd century CE, discovered in a gravel pit in 1977 in Grafenstein, Austria.
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Coronation of Manco Inca Yupanqui
An early 17th-century illustration by Felipe Guáman Poma de Ayala showing the coronation of the new Inca ruler, Manco Inca Yupanqui on 16 November 1533. Manco Inca was a puppet ruler of the conquistadors but he rose...
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Lezoux Plate
The Lezoux plate, a ceramic plate found in 1970 at Lezoux, Puy-de-Dôme, France. The engraved text is one of the longest ones in the Gaulish language, in a Gallo-Latin cursive script.
Prefectural Museum of Ceramics, Lezoux
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Larzac Tablet
Fragments of the Larzac Tablet, a lead curse tablet dated to c. 100 CE.
Musée de Millau, France.
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Index of Prohibited Books
Title page of the Index of Prohibited Books (Index Librorum Prohibitorum), published in Rome, 1711.
National Library of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
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Map of East Frisia
Map of East Frisia by the Dutch Johannes Florianus (1522-1585) for the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, one of the first accurate modern atlas, 1595.
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The Seal of the Upstalsboom
Seal of the Upstalsboom, the place where envoys from all Frisian areas met. The seal dates from 1324 and resembles St. Mary as the protector of Frisia. The Latin text translates: "Through this sign, the whole of Friesland...
