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Historical Archive: Skulls Jericho plastered skull with cowrie shell eyes, Neolithic, Ashmolean Jericho plastered skull with cowrie shell eyes, Neolithic, Ashmolean Jericho plastered skull with cowrie shell eyes, Neolithic, Ashmolean Jericho plastered skull with cowrie shell eyes, Neolithic, Ashmolean Jericho plastered skull with cowrie shell eyes, Neolithic, Ashmolean skull partly hidden by stand: Beresford Hope reliquary cross, enamel, gold, and silver gilt, 9th c., Italy?, V&A 265&A-1886 Crucifixion ivory, 10th c. Byzantine, on Small Bernward Gospels cover, Hildesheim 12th c., HildMus DS13. For other views see HildMus. Byzantine Last Judgment ivory, 11th c., V&A A.24-1926. This work has its own page. Crucifixion/Genesis ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with reverse Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. Spitzer Cross, copper gilt and enamel, French c.1190, CMA 1923.1051 Spitzer Cross, copper gilt and enamel, French c.1190, CMA 1923.1051 Spitzer Cross, copper gilt and enamel, French c.1190, CMA 1923.1051 Spitzer Cross, copper gilt and enamel, French c.1190, CMA 1923.1051 Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex Death: Apocalypse cycle c.1363/65, Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, which has its own own page with many details. Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page Lorenzo Monaco, Crucifix (croce dipinta), panel painting c.1420. MFAB. This work has its own page. Bernat Martorell, St. George, Spain 1434-35, tempera on panel, AIC 1933.786. This work has its own page. Desiderio da Settignano, Saint Jerome in the Desert, marble, c.1461, NGA 42.9.113. This work has its own page. Memento Mori bead poss. from a rosary, ivory, c.1500 France or Flanders, PMA 2007-133-1. This object has its own page. Death, alabaster c.1530, from the Cemetery of the Innocents, Paris; Louvre R.F. 2625. This work has its own page. Death riding a lion, wood, 1513, from a clock with moving figures at Kloster Heilsbronn, BNM MA3450 grave marker of Nicolas de Bonont and his wife and 15 children with Crucifixion, 1547, St. Séverin, Paris, which has its own page. skull, rock crystal, Italy, probably c.1550-1600, Louvre MR 327 skull, rock crystal, Italy, probably c.1550-1600, Louvre MR 327 skeleton knife grip, bronze, 17th-18th c.? KGM F 4890. For detail see Berlin. right of saint: Stigmatization of St. Francis, tapestry, c.1600-50, Ypres, which has its own page standing cross, boxwood with pearls and glass, Greece c.1650-1800, UMMA 1961/1.177. This work has its own page. Crucifixion, Juan Carreño de Miranda 1658, oil on wood, IMA 2009.377 Crucifixion, Juan Carreño de Miranda 1658, oil on wood, inscription: gift to King Philip IV of Spain, IMA 2009.377 dancing Death, frontal, ivory, Germany c.1700, Schn B151 dancing Death, profile Crucifix, tin-glazed earthenware, De Twee Scheepjes 1707-27 Delft, PMA 1921-3-171,a Crucifix, tin-glazed earthenware, De Twee Scheepjes 1707-27 Delft, PMA 1921-3-171,a Ludwig Gies, Dance of Death 1917, bronze, SMBMünz 18209057