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Transfiguration of Christ, painting by Fra Angelico, photograph by Sailko, Florence, 22 July, 2009. This fresco painted by Fra Angelico in Cell 6 at the Convent of San Marco in Florence, now the San Marco Museum, shows Christ standing on...

Annunciation with Saint Peter Martyr, painting by Fra Angelico, photograph by Erik Möller, Florence, 19 May, 2005. In Cell 3 of the San Marco Convent, Fra Angelico painted the Annunciation with Saint Peter the Martyr in 1438 CE. Mary kneels...

San Marco Altarpiece, painting by Fra Angelico, photograph by Louis-Garden, Florence, 13 February, 2012. Between the years of 1438-1442 CE, Fra Angelico created The San Marco Altarpiece. As the name suggests, it was originally intended for...

Portrait of Fra Angelico detail, painting by Luca Signorelli, Orvieto, c. 1500. This posthumous portrait by the artist Luca Signorelli is believed to be of Early Renaissance artist and friar, Fra Angelico. It is included as part of a larger...

The reign of Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria (reign 997–1014) represents the final and most intense phase of resistance mounted by the First Bulgarian Empire against Byzantine expansion. Emerging from a period of political fragmentation following...

An 1886 cartoon drawn by Tom Merry showing the British prime minister William Gladstone dreaming of Queen Victoria's Christmas, a dinner with representatives of the nations in the British Empire. Gladstone is depicted as the miser Ebenezer...

Dolly the Sheep in a field at the Roslin Institute. Photo courtesy of the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK.

A watercolour painting by Joseph Nash (1809-78) of the Riding School Hall at Windsor Castle and showing the distribution of bounty to the poor on 1 January 1846 organised by Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901). (Royal Collection Trust)

A silver and garnet Celtic brooch given by Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) to Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) for Christmas 1849. (Royal Collection Trust)

A gold, pearl, and enamel bracelet showing all nine children of Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901). The bracelet was given by the Prince Consort, Albert (1819-61) to Victoria, one link each Christmas when a child reached the age of four. (Royal...