EditorialHenry John Temple. Henry Hering; British, active 1850s-1860s. Date: 1860-1869. Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.4 cm (image/paper); 10.3 x 6.4 cm (mount). Albumen print. Origin: United Kingdom.
EditorialMurals in the church of the Benedictine monastery of Lambach, Upper Austria,1090. Perhaps a scene from the fight between Emperor and Pope about the nomination of bishops: Henry IV with crown and orb,three times excommunicated by papal anathema; a threa...
EditorialFontevrault Abbey church with the tombs of Henry II Plantagenet, King of England and Count of Anjou, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, who died in Fontevrault in 1204, and their son, King Richard the Lionhearted. Nave of the church.
EditorialPortable altar in slightly gilded silver and wooden core. Detail of the lower part, medallion with the mystic lamb on cruciform nimbus. Donation of the Emperor Henry II to the Cathedral of Basel, Switzerland. 11th century. Cluny Museum, Paris, France.