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A Nestorian nun, hand-coloured print, Mannheim, about 1788

Date: 1788s

Hand-coloured print "Nestorianische Nonne / Religieuse Nestorienne" published by C. F. Schwan at Mannheim in 1787-1790, after the engraving in Hélyot's history of religious orders: a nun of the Church of the East veiled in black.

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A Nestorian nun, hand-coloured print, Mannheim, about 1788

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