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France's Incredible Oak Chapel
- 27 Mar 2012
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"Located in the French farming village of Allouville-Bellefosse, this amazing oak tree is home to more than just woodland flora and fauna: its hollow, thousand-year-old trunk serves as the base for two small chapels accessible via spiral staircases that surround the tree."

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Rosary [German] ca. 1500–1525
- 28 Dec 2011
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Rosary, ca. 1500–1525
German
Ivory, silver, partially gilded mounts

"Each bead of the rosary represents the bust of a well-fed burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. The terminals, even more graphically, show the head of a deceased man, with half the image eaten away from decay. Such images served as reminders that life is fleeting and that leading a virtuous life as a faithful Christian is key to salvation."

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