Aggregate of patterned social arrangements in society

Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Woodcut.

Christ washes the feet of the apostles. Etching by R. Stang after J.F. Overbeck, 1847.

Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Engraving.

Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 13.4 x 7.6 cm

Christ washes the feet of the apostles; Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet; a farmer washes his cattle's feet. Engraving.

1 print : etching ; platemark 24.9 x 27.1 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 25 x 27.9 cm

Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter.

On social structure and science / Robert K. Merton ; edited and with an introduction by Piotr Sztompka.

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Christ washes the feet of the apostles; Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet; a farmer washes his cattle's feet. Engraving.

Christ washes the feet of the apostles. Etching by R. Stang after J.F. Overbeck, 1847.

Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter.

On social structure and science / Robert K. Merton ; edited and with an introduction by Piotr Sztompka.

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Christ washes the feet of the apostles; Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet; a farmer washes his cattle's feet. Engraving.

Christ washes the feet of the apostles. Etching by R. Stang after J.F. Overbeck, 1847.

Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

Risk society : towards a new modernity / Ulrich Beck ; translated by Mark Ritter.

On social structure and science / Robert K. Merton ; edited and with an introduction by Piotr Sztompka.

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