Gereon and Viktor panel. Front: Christ as the Ruler of the World with the martyrs St. Gereon and St. Viktor and further Saints of the Theban Legion. Cologne, c. 1000. Germany. Ivory in a former gem studded book cover from the 12th century. Museum Schnütgen. Cologne, Germany.

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