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Christ in Limbo by Fra Angelico, c 1441 CE. Fresco at San Marco in Florence.

A 16th century CE manuscript illustration showing James I of Scotland (r. 1406-1437 CE) and Queen Joan Beaufort. From the Froman Armorial. (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh).

A statue of James I of Scotland (r. 1406-1437 CE) on the exterior of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

A 16th century CE portrait of James I of Scotland (r. 1406-1437 CE). (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)

Statue of the Roman poet Ausonius (c. 310–c. 395 CE) in the village of Neumagen-Dhron in Germany. Decimius Magnus Ausonius was from Burdigala (modern Bordeaux in France) and was tutor to the future emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed...

The Moselle Valley is known as Germany's oldest wine-growing region and is home to the world's steepest vineyards. The Romans brought viticulture to this area and planted vines along the Moselle River 2000 years ago. Along the entire Moselle...

The Igel Column is a multi-storey Roman sandstone funerary monument located on the left bank of the Moselle some eight kilometres south of Trier. It was erected around 250 CE by two wealthy merchants of Celtic origin, the brothers Secundinius...

The Roman Temple Tawern (German: Römischer Tempelbezirk Tawern) is a reconstructed Gallo-Roman sanctuary on the Metzenberg in Tawern near Trier (western Germany). The original sanctuary was built in the 1st century CE above a major road leading...

A 16th-century manuscript illustration showing Robert II of Scotland (r. 1371-1390) and his second wife Euphemia, Countess of Moray. From the Froman Armorial. National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The original coat of arms of the Scottish house of Stewart. The royal house was founded by Robert Stuart, Robert II of Scotland (r. 1371-1390).