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This panel showing the Virgin Mary and the Christ child was made for the abbey of Klosterneuburg

This excellent edition will undoubtedly advance our interest in a period when the art of photography became not just a subject for professionals but an affair for countless amateurs

Ancient Lebanon: Monuments Past and Present Sale Home Based on the rich collectionsM. J. Strazzulla The borders of present day Lebanon, which were established as recently as 1920, coincide in part with those of Ancient Phoenicia, which was both the cradle of ancient civilization and the source of the linear alphabet, the basis for all Western alphabets. The book offers a concise history of this cultural crossroads, describing its invasion by successive waves of ancient peoples, including the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians,