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Historical Archive: Chandeliers, Lamps, Lamp Stands, Lanterns, Braziers, Torches, Trindle representations follow surviving examples lamp holder with lamps, bronze, probably modern replica of Roman from Pompeii, KM 0000.02.9864. This work has its own page. lamp with mask of a face, ceramic, mid 2nd to early 4th c. Cologne, KM 0000.00.1698 lamp with gladiators, ceramic, 3rd c. Egypt, KM 1971.02.0233 conical lamp from Karanis, free-blown glass, 3rd-5th c., KM 0000.00.5545 lamp with peacock, ceramic, 4th c. Hippo Regius (Algeria), KM 0000.00.0202 ceramic lamp with menorah from Cyrenaica, Libya, 4th-5th c., Penn L-2002-1.1 dove oil lamp, bronze, 5th-7th c., KHM VI 681 bronze lamp: cock, 6th-9th c. Mediterranean, Sch H931. For view with full chain see Schn. Sion treasure, c.550-75, silver, which has its own page with another openwork lamp chandelier of Thietmar, copper gilt 1038-44, reworked c.1400, badly damaged 1942, restored 1982-89, in Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page Chandelier of Hezilo, gilded copper, 1061, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page. oil lamp, copper alloy, traditional Jewish shape, 12th c., MoL 1374. For details see MoL. chandelier 1156-84, Aachen cathedral. The cathedral and chandelier have their own pages. mosque lamp, enameled glass, Syria or Egypt, Mamluk Dynasty c.1315, CMA 1981.10. For another view see CMA. Mosque lamp, gilded and enameled glass, Egypt c.1330-45, BM 1869,0624.2. This work has its own page. Dečani monastery choros, bef. 1345, which has its own page mosque lamp of Sultan Hasan, gilded and enameled glass c.1360, Freer F1957.19, which has its own page original hanging lamp, Chapel of the Holy Cross 1360-65, Karlstejn Castle. This work has its own pages. Vincenzo Possanti, 1584 bronze chandelier "of Galileo", int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages with detail copper chandelier 17th c., Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page Great Chandelier of c.1600, recreated from fragments in 1970s, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page silver portal lamp 1628, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page Altneuschul, Prague, prayer hall lamp, 18th-19th c.? This work has its own pages with prayer hall chandeliers. silvered copper icon lamps early 19th c., Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page torch, top right: Augustus of Prima Porta, marble, early 1st c. CE, Vat MV.2290.0.0, which has its own page small brazier: painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page torches: Mithras fr. City of London temple, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., MoL A16933 Greek marble grave stone of Judas with lamp stand, palmettes, doves, flasks, from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense, 3rd-4th or poss. 2nd-3rd c., Rome, Vat 17584 Latin marble grave stone of Salutia prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense with menorah and open scroll, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30785 Greek marble grave stone of Primitiva and Euphrainon poss. from Trastevere with ethrogs, lulabs, menorahs, flasks, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30887 menorah with lamps: seasons sarcophagus with menorah, marble, c.250-350, Rome MNR 67611, which has its own page torch: Bacchus and Ariadne, ivory pyxis, 5th-6th c., Trier? KHM X41, which has its own page torch: Constantinople, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 37, which has its own page with companion panel torches: priestess at altar of Cybele (Nicomachorum ivory), early 5th c., Cluny Cl.17048. This work has its own page. torch: dream of Pharaoh, Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page torch upper right: Virgin and child ivory, mid 6th c., SMBByz 564/565, which has its own page with companion panel and another torch lamps: Riha paten, silver/gilt/niello, 565-78, DO BZ.1924.5, which has its own page torches: Rambona diptych, ivory, late 9th c.-c.900, Vat 62442, which has its own page with another torch torch: Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. torches: reliquary, sides bone, top ivory, c.1000-1050, Schn B159. For other views see Schn. torch: Betrayal, gold altar frontal, early 11th c., Aachen cathedral. The altar and cathedral have their own pages. lantern: Annunciation ivory, early 12th c., SMBByz 2787 torches: Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. lamp: Chartres west windows 1145-1155. For more lamps on west windows, and more views, see Chartres. lamp: vision of Constantine, Stavelot Triptych, Mosan, c.1156-58, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page. lamp, Temptation: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. lanterns, Betrayal: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. lamp: Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex lamps in hands? St. Catherine of Alexandria, fr. MS Golden Legend, north Italy? c.1265-1300, Cluny Cl. 23425 St. Eloi (Eligius) hammering at an anvil, horse, pilgrim giving a *trindle (coiled candle), late 13th c., lead alloy, MoL 87.14/2 angels with *torches, John the Baptist: priest holding head, Amiens early 14th c., lead alloy, MoL 93.166/1 lamps: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with lantern in Betrayal, in Pisa cathedral Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page brazier or torch, right: Man of Sorrows w. instruments Passion, Niccolo di Pietro Gerini c.1405-06, tempera/panel fr Santissima Annunziata, Florence: Arezzo MS lamps in sepulchre: Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page Rogier van der Weyden or shop, Annunciation c.1440, Louvre MR 813, which has its own page with chandelier brazier or torch (top right): Man of Sorrows from St. Nicholas church in Brzeg (Brieg), Wrocław 1443, MNW Śr. 343. This work has its own page. lantern: Betrayal of Christ, alabaster with polychrome and gilding, England c.1450-1500, loan to UMMA from Met 1948,48.175.1. This work has its own page. reversed torch: Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades in Tauris or Ulysses and Diomedes seizing Palladion, prob. c.1500-50, sardonyx cameo in 16th-c. gold and enamel mount, Florence MA 14468 Wise virgins: Hermann tom Ring, Last Judgement/ Triumph of Death 1550-52, oil/panel, Utrecht ABM s40. For full work with empty lamps see Utrecht. torch: Circumcision, 17th-c. marble relief in St. Séverin, Paris, which has its own page.