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    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)
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    Architecture

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Communication

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)

    Mnemonic Alphabet of Jacobus Publicius (1482)
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    Communication

    Mnemonic Alphabet of Jacobus Publicius (1482)

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)
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    Love & Lust

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
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    War

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

    Rainbows in Art
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England
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    Science & Medicine

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England

    15th-Century Illuminations for Dante’s Divine Comedy
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    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend

    15th-Century Illuminations for Dante’s Divine Comedy

    The Art of Dreams
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)

    Rainbow-coloured Beasts from 15th-Century Book of Hours
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    Animals & Beasts

    Rainbow-coloured Beasts from 15th-Century Book of Hours

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)
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    People

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)