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IX from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon

Steamers and warships can be seen in the background

Disraeli's first speech in the House of Commons

Convent of St Catherine with Mount Horeb mb-width 2429 Lancashire l-r Brian Jones'Convent of St Catherine with Mount Horeb, February 19th 1839' (1849). The Greek Orthodox St Catherine's Monastery stands at the foot of the mountain where, according to the Bible, Moses was given the Ten Commandments. It was built in the 6th century during the reign of the Emperor Justinian, around the site where Moses is said to have witnessed the Burning Bush. Plate 118 from Volume III of The Holy Land by David Roberts.