Images

Faltonia Proba teaching the history of the world since the Creation through her Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi. Miniature from a 15th-century CE manuscript of the De mulieribus claris by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Samurai facemask and armour from the Sengoku period (Warring States Period), 1467-1568 CE. (Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas, USA)

The Karamon Gate of Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. The castle was first built in 1603 CE by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (r. 1603-1605 CE)

The keep of Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. The castle was first built in 1603 CE by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (r. 1603-1605 CE).

A plan of Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. The castle was first built in 1603 CE by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (r. 1603-1605 CE) Key: 1) Higashi-Ōte-mon (Great Eastern Gate, today main entrance) 2) Guard house 3) Kara-mon 4) Honourable Carriage...

A painting of Azuchi Castle, built by Oda Nobunaga in 1579 CE on the edge of Lake Biwa, Japan.

Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino, Italy.

Temple entrance, Lalish (cropped image)

The Peacock Angel (Tawusi Melek in Kurdish) is the chief member of the Yazidi Holy Trinity. Cropped image, taken in Lalesh.

A portrait thought to represent Ashikaga Takauji (r. 1338-1358 CE), first shogun of Japan's Ashikaga shogunate (aka Muromachi shogunate) which would rule Japan until 1573 CE. (Tochigi Prefectural Museum, Utsunomiya, Japan)