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![[Christ crowned with thorns] / MS.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1400/01/01/christ-crowned-with-thorns-ms-1024.jpg)
![Roses and thorns - Rosas a abrojas [from] Four Mexican dances](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1885/01/01/roses-and-thorns-rosas-a-abrojas-from-four-mexican-dances-21-640.jpg "Roses and thorns - Rosas a abrojas [from] Four Mexican dances")
![Roses and thorns - Rosas a abrojas [from] Four Mexican dances](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1885/01/01/roses-and-thorns-rosas-a-abrojas-from-four-mexican-dances-42-640.jpg "Roses and thorns - Rosas a abrojas [from] Four Mexican dances")
![Roses and thorns - Rosas a abrojas [from] Four Mexican dances](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1885/01/01/roses-and-thorns-rosas-a-abrojas-from-four-mexican-dances-29-640.jpg "Roses and thorns - Rosas a abrojas [from] Four Mexican dances")
![[Abigail meeting David with presents]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1907/01/01/abigail-meeting-david-with-presents-640.jpg "[Abigail meeting David with presents]")
![[A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabitess, showing Bethlehem women in traditional headdresses dancing at a wedding]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1934/01/01/a-scene-from-a-reenactment-of-the-biblical-story-of-ruth-the-moabitess-showing-640.jpg "[A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabitess, showing Bethlehem women in traditional headdresses dancing at a wedding]")
![[Saint Peter or other person bearing cross, doves flying behind]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1880/01/01/saint-peter-or-other-person-bearing-cross-doves-flying-behind-640.jpg "[Saint Peter or other person bearing cross, doves flying behind]")
![[Head of Christ on the cross]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1610/01/01/head-of-christ-on-the-cross-640.jpg "[Head of Christ on the cross]")
![[Head of Christ on the cross]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1610/01/01/head-of-christ-on-the-cross-2-640.jpg "[Head of Christ on the cross]")
![[Crucifixion, profile, right]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1898/01/01/crucifixion-profile-right-1-640.jpg "[Crucifixion, profile, right]")
![[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1898/01/01/crucifixion-frontal-with-mary-mary-magdalene-joseph-and-st-john-640.jpg "[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)]")
![[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1898/01/01/crucifixion-frontal-with-mary-mary-magdalene-joseph-and-st-john-1-640.jpg "[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)]")
![[A crucifixion in the time of the Romans]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1900/01/01/a-crucifixion-in-the-time-of-the-romans-1-640.jpg "[A crucifixion in the time of the Romans]")