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The Haftarah

This illuminated, undated codex thought to date from the 18th century consists of a Haftarah (also seen as Haftorah) in 263 parchment sheets stitched together in a leather binding. In the Jewish...

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Fragment of the Picatrix

The document presented here is a two-page fragment of the work known in medieval Europe as the Picatrix. This was a book of astronomy, astrology, mystical and occult knowledge, alchemy, and magic...

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Advertisement of a Reward for the Apprehension of the Organizers of the...

Presented here is an advertisement, issued by the local Hungarian authorities, calling for the arrest of the leaders of the Slovak uprising of 1848‒49, Ľudovít Štúr (1815‒56), Michal Miloslav Hodža...

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Letter from Robert William Seton-Watson to Svetozar Hurban-Vajanský, 1908

Shown here is a letter dated June 15, 1908, from British historian and journalist R.W. [Robert William] Seton-Watson (1879‒1951) to Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský (1847‒1916), a Slovak writer, journalist,...

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Vesperae Bachanales

Pantaleon Roškovský (1734‒89) was a Slovak composer, organist, and teacher. Originally from Stará Ľubovňa, he entered the Franciscan order in 1755 and was ordained as a priest in Trnava in 1759. He...

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Shepherd's Harmony

As a young man, the composer, organist, and copyist Georgius (also seen as Jozef) Juraj Zrunek (1736–89) became a member of the Franciscan order, where he excelled as a music teacher. He worked...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

This photograph is from the historical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

This photograph is from the historical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

This photograph is from the historical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

This photograph is from the historical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

This photograph is from the historical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George and Those Awarded with Golden Sabers....

This photograph is from the historical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military...

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Awarded with a Golden Sword for the Defense of Kitab, August 13, 1870....

This photograph is from the historical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned...

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Awarded with a Golden Sword for the Defense of Kitab, August 13, 1870....

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