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A Stained Glass Window Showing Two Franciscan Monks
A stained glass window from Saint-Corentin Cathedral, Quimper, France, showing two kneeling Franciscan monks.

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A Monk Tasting Wine
A 13th century CE illuminated manuscript showing a monk tasting wine as he draws off a jug from a barrel. ('Li Livres dou Santé', British Library, London)

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Four Monks by Rinaldi
A painting of four monks by Claudio Rinaldi (1852-1909 CE). (Dorotheum, Munich)
![Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Detail]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9695.jpg?v=1733478187)
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Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Detail]
Detail of a limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The eye sockets were filled in with white shell set in bitumen. She wears a Sumerian garment with a bare right shoulder. Front view. From the Temple of Sin, Khafajah...
![Head of a Sumerian Male from Tell Asmar [Rear View]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9689.jpg?v=1599124502)
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Head of a Sumerian Male from Tell Asmar [Rear View]
Limestone head of a statue of a Sumerian male; the rest of the body is lost. The eye sockets are empty but might well have been filled in with a white shell or a precious stone set in bitumen. Me holding the head. Back view. From the Single-Shrine...
![Head of a Sumerian Male from Tell Asmar [Left Side]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9688.jpg?v=1599124502)
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Head of a Sumerian Male from Tell Asmar [Left Side]
Limestone head of a statue of a Sumerian male; the rest of the body is lost. The eye sockets are empty but might well have been filled in with a white shell or a precious stone set in bitumen. Side view, left. From the Single-Shrine at the...
![Head of a Sumerian Male from Tell Asmar [Right Side]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9687.jpg?v=1599123604)
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Head of a Sumerian Male from Tell Asmar [Right Side]
Limestone head of a statue of a Sumerian male; the rest of the body is lost. The eye sockets are empty but might well have been filled in with a white shell or a precious stone set in bitumen. Side view, right. From the Single-Shrine at the...

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Head of a Sumerian Male from Tell Asmar
Limestone head of a statue of a Sumerian male; the rest of the body is lost. The eye sockets are empty but might well have been filled in with a white shell or a precious stone set in bitumen. Front view. From the Single-Shrine at the Temple...
![Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Rear View]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9685.jpg?v=1599123604)
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Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Rear View]
Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. The feet stand on a semi-rectangular base with a back-pillar. Back view. From the...
![Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Left Side]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9684.jpg?v=1599123604)
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Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Left Side]
Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. The feet stand on a semi-rectangular base with a back-pillar. Side view, left. From...