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Ramanuja, bronze sculpture, 12th century; from a Vishnu temple in Tanjore district, India.
Shakyamuni
Rembrandt: Moses with the Tablets of the Law
St. Paul the Apostle
Kūfic script. Double page opening of a Qurʾān from Syria, 9th century ad. In the collection of R. Pinder-Wilson.
Ahura Mazdā
Pali language: manuscript
Martin Luther
Averroës.
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