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an image of three people standing in front of a star and the sky with stars on it

According to Herodotus, the Magi were the sacred caste of the Medes. They organized Persian society after the fall of Assyria and Babylon. Their power was curtailed by Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, and by his son Cambyses II; the Magi revolted against Cambyses and set up a rival claimant to the throne, one of their own, who took the name of Smerdis. Smerdis and his forces were defeated by the Persians under Darius I. The sect of the Magi continued in Persia...

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Dariusz caballeros: Happy Epiphany Feast

Salve, dear friends and fellow net travellers I wish y’all :) happy 'Los Reyes Magos' or Feast of Epiphany holiday A beautiful 1420s AD altar piece by Gentile da Fabriano reliquary chest from Cologne - with horses XVI century Flemish piece Bruegel's piece Dutch print enjoy ps great XV century Italian horses, saddles and bridles el al in the above Genitle da Fabriano and these details of Fra Angelico's & Filippo Lippi's Adoration of the Magi .

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an image of two men standing next to each other in front of a gold background

One of the British Library's newly digitised manuscripts is well worth a look this Christmas-time (Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1). It was made somewhere in North-East France or Flanders in the 12th century, and it contains eight sumptuous scenes from the early life of Christ. This cycle of images presumably...

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three statues are sitting on a table with candles

The three kings, the three wise men, the MAGI. -- GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, & MYRRH; These were the highly coveted materials given as gifts to Jesus in the Christian story of the THREE WISE MEN. -- ApotheKara’s THE MAGI incense blend is loaded with all three biblical gifts and more! https://www.etsy.com/listing/170340688/three-kings-incense-magi-christmas-yule?ref=shop_home_feat

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an old medieval painting shows the birth of jesus

Adoration of the three Magi (The three Magi are represented as three ages of man: Youth, Adult, Aged) Their crowns are really tiny. London BL Egerton MS 1139 Folio-2v [1131-43 CE] The Melisende Psalter (London, British Library, MS Egerton 1139) is an illuminated manuscript commissioned around 1135 in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, probably by King Fulk for his wife Queen Melisende. Source: www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_1139

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an image of two people dressed in blue and yellow with gold accents on their faces

The colors for today: Baja Breeze Night of Navy Dessert = gold I stamped the image on Baja Breeze CS then heat embossed it. Put my mask down and brayered the bg sky with Night of Navy. Added gold accents and framing and finally came in with white acrylic to add white elements to the design. TFL

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