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Spiritual Worlds
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Introduction
This collection includes artworks expressing Christian beliefs from France, Italy, Germany, and Flanders, as well as Muslim artowrks from Pakinstan, India, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire.
Many of the works have patterns. Look for regular and irregular repetition of shapes.
Diptych with scenes from the life of Christ
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Madonna and Child
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The Presentation in the Temple
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Crucifixion scene from Dominican Missal
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Sanctuary Curtain
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Madonna and Child with Saints Helen and Peter and Saints Catherine and Paul; The Angel of the Annunciation; Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata; The Virgin of the Annunciation; The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John
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The Adoration of the Magi
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Esther and Ahasuerus
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Coronation of the Virgin
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Monstrance (ostensoir)
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Leaf from an Antiphonary: Salvator Mundi (recto and verso)
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Rectangular Tile
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Page from the Manafi al-Hayavan
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Hexagonal Wall Tile
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Page from the Koran
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Jali
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Dish
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Wedding tunic
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