The Giant Bible of Mainz is a very large manuscript Bible produced in 1452–53, probably in Mainz or nearby. It is notable for its beauty, for being one...
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Lessing J. Rosenwald (category American people of German-Jewish descent)
of Art, both located in Washington, D.C. He was one of the founding donors of the National Gallery of Art when it opened in 1941. The "Giant Bible of...
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Hans P. Kraus (category American people of Austrian-Jewish descent)
Giant Bible of Mainz to Lessing J. Rosenwald who donated it the Library of Congress. Shortly before World War II, Kraus became the leading dealer of books...
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miniatures of the Giant Bible of Mainz of 1452–3 and other illuminations made in Mainz between then and 1482, including at least one illuminated copy of the...
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Ashkenaz (redirect from Ashkenaz (Bible))
ʾAškənāz) in the Hebrew Bible is one of the descendants of Noah. Ashkenaz is the first son of Gomer, and a Japhetic patriarch in the Table of Nations. In rabbinic...
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Pergamon Altar (redirect from Great Altar of Pergamon)
use of the altar and possible ways of sacrificing see Max Kunze: Der Pergamonaltar. Seine Geschichte, Entdeckung und Rekonstruktion. von Zabern, Mainz 1995...
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Marc Chagall (category Members of the Grand Orient of Russia's Peoples)
Publishing "Jewish Life and Times in Medieval Mainz" Archived 10 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, City of Mainz website "All Saints' Church, Tudeley". Archived...
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Ninety-five Theses (redirect from Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences)
of the Disputation Concerning the Value of Indulgences. Luther sent the Theses enclosed with a letter to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz,...
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Baetyl (section In the Bible)
term was used to refer to the names of gods or places. Examples include Bethel, a location described in the Hebrew Bible, and the deity Bethel, who was mentioned...
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Ägyptologische Studien 46. Mainz am Rhein, 1997 Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Münchner ägyptologische Studien 49, Mainz 1999. Marcel Marée:...
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