File:Porphyrogenetus.jpg

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English: A piece of carved ivory from the Pushkin Museum representing Christ blessing Emperor Constantine VII. Dated back to 945, the piece passed from the treasury at Etchmiadzin to the collection of Count Sergey Uvarov in the mid-19th century.
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Author Unknwon, but surely dead since the carven ivory was created in 945 (not 1945)
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Original upload 13 July 2005 by Ghirlandajo

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current19:14, 25 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 19:14, 25 October 2005605 × 1,091 (145 KB)Saperaud~commonswiki (talk | contribs)*'''Description:''' A piece of carved ivory from the Pushkin Museum representing Christ blessing Emperor Constantine VII. Dated back to 945, the piece passed from the treasury at Echmiadzin to the collection of Count [[Sergey Uvarov]

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