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Historical Archive: First half of sixth century


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buckle, silver gilt/garnet, c.450-early 6th c., KHM VIIa 188
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ceramic vessels from Hemmingen grave 14, c.480-510, WLM
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seal matrix of Alaric II, sapphire, 484-507, Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum. This work has its own page.
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Ravenna, Arian Baptistry, late 5th to early 6th c. This work has its own page.
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pendant, gold/garnet/glass, late 5th-early 6th c., Black Sea: Gothic or Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:39
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earrings, gold/garnet/glass/pearls/silver/gilt, late 5th-early 6th c., Ostrogothic, Morgan 2012.2:111
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eagle brooch, gold/garnet/glass/pearls/silver/gilt, late 5th-early 6th c., Ostrogothic, Morgan 2012.2:108
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buckle, copper alloy/gilt/garnet/glass, late 5th-early 6th c., Spain? Morgan 2012.2:57
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capital from a Ravenna church, marble, 493-526, Ravenna Museo Nazionale 740
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altar table, marble (restored left), late 5th c.-c.550; MAN19589, 20300, 20580 et 90966. For detail see MAN.
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plaque with tiger, gazelle, and lion, bone, Byzantine Egypt c.500, KM 1981.04.0037
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bow brooch, silver gilt/garnet/copper alloy/iron, c.500 "Eastern Germanic," Morgan 2012.2:60a or b
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Gourdon Chalice and Paten. Gold, turquoise, red glass, and garnet, c.500, CdM. These works have their own page.
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death of Baldur? gold bracteate, c.500, Lejre
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Easterton Pictish slab, lines side, sandstone aft. 500, NMS X.IB 226, which has its own page
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eagle brooch, gold/garnet/cuttlebone, early 6th c., Morgan 2012.2:96
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Ravenna, Mausoleum of Theodoric, early 6th c., exterior. This monument has its own exterior and interior pages.
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detail, sarcophagus "of Honorius" in Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, marble, early 6th c.
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Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, early 6th century and 560s. This work has its own page.
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great square-headed brooch, early 6th c. Anglo-Saxon, copper alloy/gilt/enamel/iron, Morgan 2012.2:68
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buckle, belt of St. Caesarius, ivory, early 6th c., Arles. This work has its own page.
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black glass Anglo-Saxon spindle whorl with red streaks, c.500-530, from Cleatham grave 34, NLM, Cleatham 2830
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cruciform brooch, copper alloy/gilt/silver/iron, c.500-550 Anglo-Saxo, Morgan 2012.2:72. For detail see Morgan.
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gold bracteate from Wapno, Poland, c.500-50, MVF II. 5690
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buckle, bronze/glass/mother of pearl, Ostrogothic c.500-50, KHM VI 5349
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bird brooch, silver/gilt/garnet/iron, c.500-550 Frankish, Morgan 2012.2:20
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disk brooch, copper alloy, c.500-550, Morgan 2012.2:75
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rock crystal faceted spindle whorl, Alfriston grave 65, c.500-560, Lewes Castle Museum. For other views see Lewes.
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prob. Gundomar II (524-32), Burgundian pseudo-imperial gold tremissis of Justinian, obverse, Hermitage
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Gundomar II (524-32), Burgundian pseudo-imperial gold tremissis, reverse, Hermitage
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Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48, interior. This work has its own interior and exterior pages.
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solidus of Justinian I, gold, 527-65, DO BZC. For detail see DO coins.
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Barberini Diptych: triumph of Justinian, ivory 527-65, Louvre OA 9063. This work has its own page.
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Cup of Chosroes. Gold, rock crystal, red and green glass, Sassanian, 531-579. CdM Chab. 2538. This work has its own page.
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Theodahad (534-36) Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, obverse, Hermitage OH-З-91831
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Theodahad (534-36) Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, reverse: Victory, Hermitage OH-З-91832
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Theudebert I (Frankish king 534-48), pseudo-imperial gold solidus, SMBMünz 18202273
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Baduila (Totila, 541-52), Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, reverse: Totila, Hermitage OH-З-115056
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Baduila (Totila, 541-52), Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, obverse: Felix Ticinum (Pavia), Hermitage OH-З-115057
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Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page