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Christ Appearing to His Mother, c1440. Artist: Rogier Van der Weyden

Christ Appearing to His Mother, c1496. The scene on the right panel of the Miraflores Altarpiece is the only one in this altarpiece that illustrates two events at once: in the foreground we see Christ appearing to the Virgin Mary, while in the background we can see the immediately preceding event, His resurrection on Easter morning. The artist may have thought it necessary to explain the main scene, which was not often painted. The winding road from the tomb to the building in the foreground makes it clear that Christ went to his mother at once, so that she would be the first to experience the joy of reunion with him. From the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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Reproduction of the Jaws of Banyoles, jaw of a pre-neanderthal found in 1887 by

Reproduction of the Jaws of Banyoles, jaw of a pre-neanderthal found in 1887 by Pere Alsius in a quarry of the Pla de la Formiga (Porqueras). It is believed from a woman of about 40 years prior to the last glaciation (Wurm)

1887, 200000 80000 Bc, Adult, Alsius, Anthropology, Archaeological Museum Comarcal De Banyonles, Archeology, Banyoles, Colour, Ethnology, Evolution, Female, Fossil, History, Hominid, Homo, Horizontal, Human, Hunter Gatherer Culture, Jaw, Lower Paleolithic 200000 80000 Bc, Other Material, Paleoanthropology, Paleolithic Lower Initial Pleistocene, Pere, Pla De La Formiga, Porqueras, Pre Neanderthal, Prehistory, Quarry, Recent, Reproduction, Santiago Ortega, Society, Spain Catalonia Pla De Lestany, Unknown

The courageous action of Eustache de Saint-Pierre at the Siege of Calais, 1346

The courageous action of Eustache de Saint-Pierre at the Siege of Calais, 1346. A scene from the 100 Years War, in which Edward III of England, having finally taken Calais, asks for six citizens to be sent to him, to die for their town. The six volunteers are led by Eustache de St Pierre, one of the town's elders, who was the first to volunteer. Their lives were spared by the intervention of Edward's queen, Philippa of Hainault

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