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Ancient Egyptian Papyrus of Ani - Book of the Dead

A section of the Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead), a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations created circa 1250 BC, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Twelve gods seated in order, as judges, before a table of offerings. Below, the Psychostasis ot weighing of Conscience: the jackel head Anubis, trying in the Balance heart of the deceased against the feather symbolical of Law

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Leaf Excised from a Psalter: Flight Into Egypt, c. 1260. Creator: Unknown

Leaf Excised from a Psalter: Flight Into Egypt, c. 1260. Traditional locations within manuscript psalters were designated by decorated initials or, as is the case here, full-page miniatures. These locations marked the major divisions of the psalms as used in the daily office. The extraordinary quality of these miniatures suggests they once decorated a deluxe psalter made for a wealthy or aristocratic patron, possibly a cleric

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Coat of arms of African and Asian countries, chromolithograph, published 1897

Historical coat of arms of African and Asian countries: 1) Empire of Japan; 2) China; 3) Korea; 4) Liberia; 5) Tunisia; 6) Siam (Thailand); 7) Morocco; 8) Congo; 9) South Africa; 10) Orange Free State (former province of South Africa); 11) Madagascar; 12) Egypt; 13) Hawaii (today USA); 14) Persia (Iran). Chromolithograph after a drawing by Hugo Gerard Strohl (Austrian heraldist, 1851 - 1919) from "Meyers Konservations-Lexikon", 1897