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What is Saint Sebastian usually shown pierced by?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which film series used copies of The Lady and the Unicorn?

    Answer: Harry Potter

    Why: Five of the six tapestries are usually read as the senses: taste, hearing, sight, smell and touch.

  2. 2 Medium

    What bird fed its chicks its own blood, in bestiaries?

    Answer: Pelican

    Why: Bestiaries read the bleeding pelican as Christ, who saved humanity with his own blood.

  3. 3 Hard

    How long after the Limbourgs died was the Très Riches Heures finished?

    Answer: About 70 years

    Why: All three brothers died in the first half of 1416, and none of them had reached 30.

  4. 4 Easy

    What was Hagia Sophia built as in 537?

    Answer: A church

    Why: Ottoman rule turned it into a mosque in 1453, and many of its mosaics were later plastered over.

  5. 5 Medium

    What did the Latin root of 'miniature' mean?

    Answer: To color red

    Why: Because manuscript pictures were small, the word drifted to mean any tiny painting, then anything small.

  6. 6 Hard

    Which language did Aldred add to the Lindisfarne Gospels?

    Answer: Old English

    Why: His 10th-century gloss is the oldest surviving translation of the Gospels into English.

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