Juan Ribalta
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on copper, ca. 1620
Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts
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Juan Ribalta
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on copper, ca. 1620
Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts
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Dagger Set
- Unknown Artist / Maker
- Dated: circa 1600
- Culture: German
- Mediul: Steel, silver, gold and antler, false-damascened and inlaid
- Measurements: Length: 23.7 cm, blade; width: 2 cm; weight: 0.225 kg
- Inscription: ‘I I H I N I N’
Source & Copyright: The Wallace Collection
Composer: Matías Durango (1636-1698)
Music: ‘Pues mi Dios ha nacido’ (Villancico a la Navidad a 4)
Performer: La Boz Galana
Pues mi Dios ha nacido por mí, déjenle volar
Pues está desvelado por mí, déjenle dormir
que no hay pena en quien duerme en el sueño
se ensaya a morir, déjenle dormir.
Silencio, silencio, que duerme, cuidado, que vela.
No le despierten, si le despierten, déjenle velar.
Pues del cielo a la tierra rendido Dios viene por mí;
si es la vida jornada sea el sueño posada feliz.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) (French)
Salve Regina
by Jordi Savall (Le Concert Des Nations)
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Basket-hilted Sword
- Made by John Beckett
- Dated: 1761
- Culture: English, London, with Spanish blade
Source & Copyright: Royal Armouries
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Vive Louis XIV, he became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII, today in 1643.