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Perfectly Proportioned - The Sistine Chapel Ceiling - BBC Sounds

Perfectly Proportioned
The Sistine Chapel CeilingThe Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Released On: 19 Oct 1993
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Sister Wendy Beckett considers the history of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling

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