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Hussite Wars
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Hussite Wars

Hussite Wars, illustration on folio 56a of the Jena codex, c. 1500.
Xolotl & Xiuhcoatl
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Xolotl & Xiuhcoatl

Painting of the dog-headed Aztec god Xolotl with the fire serpent Xiuhcoatl, from a facsimile of the pre-Hispanic Borgia Codex, 16th century. The British Museum, London.
Gospel of Nicodemus
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Gospel of Nicodemus

Page 66 of the 9th-10th-century manuscript of Codex 169(468), containing works by Isidore, Hucbaldus and Bernoldus as well as the Gospel of Nicodemus, copied at various times in Italy and Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Einsiedeln.
Aztec Supreme God Huitzilopochtli
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Aztec Supreme God Huitzilopochtli

Aztec supreme god Huitzilopochtli with hummingbird-inspired look, book illustration by unknown artist, included in the Codex Tovar by Juan de Tovar, p. 240, 1582. John Carter Brown Library, Providence.
The Vale Four Gospels from Georgia
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The Vale Four Gospels from Georgia

This is a festive and richly illuminated codex-type manuscript made of Persian and Italian watermarked paper. Written (or copied) in the Georgia Nuskhuri script by Zosime from Vale at Samtskhe Atabegs court scriptorium around 1514 CE, this...
The Gospel of Judas
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The Gospel of Judas

A fragment of the Gospel of Judas (from the Codex Tchacos). 300 CE, papyrus. (Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art, Basel, Switzerland)
Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI
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Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI

A medieval manuscript illustration depicting the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI (r. 1191-1197 CE). (Codex Manesse, 1305-1315 CE)
Page from the Masnavi
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Page from the Masnavi

Collection of poems (masnavi), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.625, fol. 51b A leaf from an elegantly calligraphed and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d.672 AH / 1273 CE). This codex...
Jan Žižka's Army
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Jan Žižka's Army

Jan Žižka leading his army, illustration from the Jena codex, c. 1490-1510.
King Solomon and the Hoopoe
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King Solomon and the Hoopoe

Collection of poems (divan), King Solomon and the hoopoe who brought news from Queen Sheba, Walters Manuscript W.636, fol. 84a An illustrated copy of the collection of poems (Dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī who flourished...
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