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The Burning of the Library at Alexandria in 391 AD   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Ambrose Dudley  (1867–1951)  wikidata:Q24044777 s:en:Author:Robert Ambrose Dudley
 
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Robert Ambrose Dudley
Description British illustrator
Date of birth/death 1867 Edit this at Wikidata 1951 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q24044777
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The Burning of the Library at Alexandria in 391 AD
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English: The Burning of the Library at Alexandria in 391 AD, illustration from 'Hutchinsons History of the Nations', c.1910 (litho), Dudley, Ambrose (fl. 1920s) / Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571, 1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium lithograph
medium QS:P186,Q15123870
Private collection
Credit line The Stapleton Collection
Notes Theodosius I (347-395 A.D.) was a zealous Christian and when he ordered the image of Serapis in Alexandria be destroyed, the Christians there burnt the valuable library housed in the Serapeum;
Source/Photographer Bridgeman Art Library: Object 357910
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