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Historical Archive: Victoria and Albert Museum, London


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barbarian prob. fr. sarcophagus Helena, slight angle from below, porphyry, 4th c., V&A A.102-1956
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barbarian prob. fr. sarcophagus Helena, greater angle from below, porphyry, 4th c., V&A A.102-1956
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barbarian prob. fr. sarcophagus Helena, profile, porphyry, 4th c., V&A A.102-1956
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Symmachorum ivory, late 4th to early 5th c., V&A 212-1865, which has its own page
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fish fibula, gold and garnet, 6th c., V&A M.120-1939
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disk fibula from Kings Field, Faversham, Kent, gold and silver-gilt with garnets and glass, 7th c., V&A M.110-1939
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silver ring: animal interlace, England c.775-850, V&A 628-1871
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silver ring: profile, England c.775-850, V&A 628-1871
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Beresford Hope reliquary cross: Mary, SS Peter, Andrew, John the Baptist, and Paul, enamel, gold, and silver gilt, 9th c., Italy?, V&A 265&A-1886
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Beresford Hope reliquary cross: Crucifixion, enamel, gold, and silver gilt, 9th c., Italy?, V&A 265&A-1886
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Beresford Hope reliquary cross: side, enamel, gold, and silver gilt, 9th c., Italy?, V&A 265&A-1886
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Andrews diptych, ivory, early 9th c. or poss 5th c., V&A A.47&A-1926
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Andrews diptych, oblique, early 9th c. or poss 5th c., V&A A.47&A-1926
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Werden Casket panels, ivory, early 9th c.?, V&A 149-, 149A-, 149B-1866
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Werden Casket: John the Baptist, ivory, early 9th c.?, V&A 149-, 149A-, 149B-1866
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Crucifixion, rock crystal intaglio (unengraved reverse), c.825-950, on triptych 1850-61, V&A 7947-1862
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Crucifixion ivory, c.860-70?, V&A 303-1867
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double sided cameo, Byzantine jasper, made for Leo VI (886-912), V&A A.21-1932. This work has its own page.
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Crucifixion, jasper, c.900, V&A A.77-1937
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Crucifixion, John, jasper, c.900, V&A A.77-1937
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Crucifixion, John, jasper, c.900, V&A A.77-1937
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Evangelist symbols and cross book cover or case, copper gilt and rock crystal on wood, 10th c., V&A 528-1893
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Matthew symbol on book cover or case, copper gilt and rock crystal on wood, 10th c., V&A 528-1893
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Crystal over repoussée Christ on book cover or case, copper gilt and rock crystal on wood, 10th c., V&A 528-1893
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Maries at the Sepulchre ivory, 1st half of 10th c., V&A 380-1871
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Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page.
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Basilewsky Situla, ivory, 980-81, V&A A.18-1933. This work has its own page.
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Byzantine pendant cross, gold with emeralds, enamel, 11th c., V&A M.386-1911
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Byzantine Last Judgment ivory, 11th c., V&A A.24-1926. This work has its own page.
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Byzantine Ascension ivory, 1st half of 11th c., V&A 152-1879
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pendant reliquary cross, walrus ivory with silver, England prob. mid-11th c., V&A A.6-1966. This work has its own page.
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Adoration of the Magi, whalebone, c.1120-50, V&A 142-1866, which has its own page
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Byzantine sgraffito ceramic bowl with bird of prey, c.1125-75, V&A C.32-1968
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Byzantine sgraffito ceramic bowl with wading water bird, c.1125-75, V&A C.20-1970
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Byzantine sgraffito ceramic bowl with wading water bird, oblique view, c.1125-75, V&A C.20-1970
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Last Judgment, enamel and gilt on copper, Winchester c.1150-60, V&A M.209-1925
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ivory crozier head, Annunciation to the Shepherds, center: Nativity, c.1150-70, V&A 218-1865
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ivory crozier head, St. Nicholas birth, refusal to nurse; c.1150-70, V&A 218-1865
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ivory crozier head, St. Nicholas giving dowry money, center: Lamb of God, c.1150-70, V&A 218-1865
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Moses with brazen serpent, copper alloy enameled and gilt, c.1160, V&A M.59-1952
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David summons Solomon (right), Solomon on David's mule (III Kings 1:32-38), walrus ivory, Germany c.1170-80, V&A 275-1867
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Thomas Becket reliquary, Limoges c.1180-90, V&A M.66-1997. This work has its own page.
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Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page.
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Islamic glass beaker c.1200-90, leather case England c.1450-1500, V&A C.1 to B-1959. This work has its own page.
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man between lillies, tin-glazed earthenware, south Italy, 2nd half 13th c., V&A C.120-1978
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ivory mirror case with chess game, Paris c.1300, V&A 803-1891. This work has its own page.
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Childhood of Christ, ceramic tile w. lead glaze, c.1330, V&A C.470-1927
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oak misericord: gathering grain sheaves into stooks (shocks), England late 14th c., V&A W.8:1, 2-1921
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oak misericord: loading grain on cart, England late 14th c., V&A W.53-1921
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oak misericord: threshing grain, England late 14th c., V&A W.7-1921
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walrus ivory crozier, Norway, late 14th c., V&A A.1-2002. This work has its own page.
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reliquary: blown glass beaker, wood, wax, Germany c. 1450, V&A C.280-1936
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Reliquary triptych, 1850-61: copper, copper gilt, enamel, gems inc. Carolingian crystal, on wood. V&A 7947-1862