Anartia

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Anartia is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. These butterflies are known as the Peacocks and are found in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the American continent.
 

South Aisle, Orleans Cathedral


 
These 5 stained glass windows are part of a series of 10 windows on the life of Joan of Arc. They are part of a commission by Jacque Galland and Esprit Gibelin for Orleans Cathedral in France.
 
 

North west chancel window - Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire


 
 
 
Medieval panels dated between 1330-1350 depicting three saints, including St Barnabas, and St Philip.
 
 
 

Francesco Algarotti - Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa

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This tomb dedicated to Francesco Algarotti (d1764), in the Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa, was designed by Mauro Antonio Tesi. It was erect on the instructions of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
 
 

Tomb of Galileo Galilei - Santa Croce Florence


 
The tomb of Galileo Galilei (d1642) at Santa Croce in Florence was erected in 1737. It was designed by Giulio Foggini and contains a bust of Galileo Galilei (by Giovanni Battista Foggini), and figures representing Astronomy (by Vincenzo Foggini), and Geometry (by Girolamo Ticciati).
 
 

Tomb of the Children of France - Tours Cathedral

This tomb, in Tours cathedral, by Michel Colombe was made in 1506 for the two sons of Charles VIII of France and Anne of Brittany. It is reputed to be the first tomb in the region that was made in the Italian style.

Triumph of Death - Camposanto Pisa

Painted by Buonamico Buffalmacco between 1336 - 1341 this fresco in the Camposanto, Pisa, depicts the Triumph of Death. This fresco is a variation on the Three Living and the Three Dead. On the right hand side of the painting rich men and women converse in a spring garden, one is playing music, another holds a hawk, and a small dog sits on the lap of another.

Life of Saint Martin Clerestory Window


 
This window depicting the Life of St Martin is one of the choir clerestory windows at Tours Cathedral. The main window consists of some eighteen panels in six registers and is dated to the completion of the just after the rebuilding of the chancel in last part of the 13th century.
 
 

Canons of Loches


 
This window, at Tours cathedral, is dated to the last part of the 13th century, was donated to Tours Cathedral by the Canons of the Collegiate church at Loches in commemoration for the Treaty of Paris (1259) between Louis IX of France and Henry III of England.
 
 

Heterotoma

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Heterotoma is a genus of Hemiptera bugs in the Miridae family.
 
 

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