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Illustration from La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1891)
Roman mosaic from House of the Faun, Pompeii.
Gold reliquary cross with ivory Christ and enamel, Germany, circa 900 - 1000 AD

πŸ“Έ The Victoria & Albert Museum
Early Celtic number symbolism.

a. Bronze decoration from Luristan;

b. Old Kilcullen Cross;

c. Kells, Market cross;

d. Gilt bronze disk, Togherstown (NMD);

e. Book of Kells;

f. Bronze plaquette in Trondheim Museum.
Archangel Michael through Art History

Hans Memling, c.1466-1473
Juan de la Abadia, c.1480-1495
Master of Castelsardo, 16th century
Raphael, 1518
Claudio Coello, c.1660
Luca Giordano, 1663
Sebastiano Ricci, c.1720
Antonio MarΓ­a Esquivel, 1840
Jupiter with the aegis.

* Date: A.D. 2nd-3rd century
* Medium: Parian marble
The Landscape at Yockenthwaite Prehistoric Cairn Circle, Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK