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Jomon Incised Vase
A Jomon incised vase. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE, Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)
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Jomon Incense Burner
A Jomon incense burner. Rokugo Ishinadate, Misato-cho, Akita, Japan. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)
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Jomon Vase
A Jomon vase, Japan. Jomon Period, 4000-3000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)
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King Arthur, Winchester
King Arthur at the Great Hall, Winchester.
16th-century painting of King Arthur on the Round Table, believed to bear the face of Henry VIII who commissioned the repainting.
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King Arthur Statue
Tintern Station, Gwent, Circle of Legends.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth was the first to create a complete work on the story of King Arthur in his History of the Kings of Britain.
Tintern Station, Gwent, The Cirle of Legends.
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King Arthur, English Manuscript
Miniature of King Arthur, holding a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Virgin and Child. 14th-century CE manuscript from England. Peter of Langtoft and others: Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse...
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Kharosthi Script
An example of a Kharosthi inscription on paper found at Yingpan in the Tarim Basin (northwest China) dated to the 2nd to 5th century CE.
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Japanese Calligraphy
An example of Japanese calligraphy. From a scroll with extracts from the 'Tale of the Genji' or Genji Monogatari, written in the 11th century CE by Murasaki Shikibu. Ink on decorated paper. Attributed to Prince Son'en (1298-1356 CE). (Tokyo...
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Tale of Genji
A scroll with extracts from the 'Tale of the Genji' or Genji Monogatari, written in the 11th century CE by Murasaki Shikibu. Ink on decorated paper. Attributed to Prince Son'en (1298-1356 CE). (Tokyo National Museum)
