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Historical Archive: Pyxides and other boxes not including purpose-made reliquaries representations follow surviving objects Greek pyxis with nereid riding a hippocamp, ceramic, 3rd c. BCE, IMA 47.40. For lid detail see IMA. glass pyxis, 1st c. CE, Bologna ROM 31 Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page life of Dionysus, ivory pyxis, 5th c., Bologna pcr 12, which has its own page Bacchus and Ariadne, ivory pyxis, 5th-6th c., Trier? KHM X41, which has its own page Christian pyxis, ivory, 5th-6th c., Bologna BIZ 2, which has its own page ivory pyxis: Entry into Jerusalem, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114. For other sides see CMA. Resurrection, ivory pyxis, 6th c., eastern Mediterranean, VHM, loan from Sion CT. This work has its own page. pyxis with Christ and the Samaritan woman, ivory, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 A. This object has its own page. pyxis with Massacre of the Innocents, ivory, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 B. This object has its own page. horn box with bone lid, 8th-12th c., Sens CT TC.C'3. For profile view see Sens. Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, ivory pyxis, Trier? late 8th/9th c., KHM X42. This work has its own page. Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Apostles Pyxis, ivory, Constantinople c.980-1010, CMA 1973.4. For other views see CMA. Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine secular ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page. beaded ciborium, c.1250-1300, Schn N42, which has its own page Ivory box with Arabic inscription in tuluth script, late 13th-early 14th c. Spain or Egypt, Sens CT TC.C'5. For details see Sens. fir box with satin, mandrake root with sewn on rootlets, 14th-15th c., WienMus ciborium monstrance, silver gilt/rock crystal/enamel, c.1350-75, DMP PR109, which has its own page imperial ceremony, ivory pyxis, 1403-04, DO BZ.1936.24, which has its own page leather case England c.1450-1500, for Islamic glass beaker c.1200-90, V&A C.1 to B-1959. This work has its own page. Medici cameo: emperor with genius, sacrificing poss. to Hope, 1st-3rd c., sardonyx cameo in gilded metal, Florence MA 14443. This work has its own page. painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page with more boxes Symmachorum ivory, late 4th to early 5th c., V&A 212-1865, which has its own page Maries at the Sepulchre, ivory, St. Gall or north Italy, 10th c., MAAB. For full panel and Crucifixion see MAAB Maries at the Sepulchre ivory, 1st half of 10th c., V&A 380-1871 Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Adoration of the Magi, Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with another pyxis and other views. King Ramiro and companion, Spain 1060-80, ivory with glass from St. Aemilian reliquary, Hermitage Ф-2908. For another angle and detail see Hermitage. Adoration of the Magi, whalebone, c.1120-50, V&A 142-1866, which has its own page Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. ivory cross, c.1150-60, Cloisters 63.12, which has its own page. Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page with other boxes/pyxides. Adoration of the Magi, dome mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex Virgin and Child with SS Francis, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, and Mary Magdalen, c.1270-80, follower of Madonna del Voto Master, SPN 7. This work has its own page. Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral Virgin and Child with angels, Old Testament figures, and saints, Duccio workshop: Ugolino?, 1312-19, SPN 47. This work has its own page. Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page Adoration Magi and Cucifixion, ivory diptych, France c.1325-1350, Cluny Cl.15330-15331 Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment, France c.1350-1400, ivory, loan to UMMA from Met 1917,17.190.200. For full diptych see UMMA. dome: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages. Noli me tangere, early 15th-c. Spain, tempera/oil/gold on panel transferred to hardboard, SF 61.44.28. For detail see SF. North Paradise c.1405, Cathedral, Hildesheim, which has its own pages Man of Sorrows w. instruments Passion, Niccolo di Pietro Gerini c.1405-06, tempera/panel fr Santissima Annunziata, Florence: Arezzo MS Mary Magdalene: apse paintings, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with contemporary paintings Lady and the Unicorn (My only Desire), wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For full panel and others see Cluny. right: Hermann tom Ring, Last Judgement/ Triumph of Death 1550-52, oil/panel, Utrecht ABM s40. For full work see Utrecht.