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Historical Archive: Ships and Boats representations follow surviving objects Oseberg ship, oak with iron, c.820, OsloVSM, which has its own pages modern Viking ship, 2010-13, which has its own page boats lower center-left, right: petroglyphs from Lake Onega, granite, 3rd-2nd millennium BCE, Hermitage, which have their own page Roman ships, lighthouse (rotated to horizontal), ext. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages man in boat and fish from Antioch of Pisidia, ceramic, Roman (poss. Christian), KM 0000.09.3898 papyrus boat with Osiris as mummy and goddesses, jasper intaglio set in gold, 1st-6th c., Taubman, Bonner 1 mythological sarcophagus, end: Iphigenia's escape from Tauris, marble, Pécs-Aranyhegy (Hungary) mid 2nd c., HNM 62.84.2 ivory terminal: boat, sailors; 3rd-4th c., Vat 62588 Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page Noah with dove, gold-glass, 4th c., Vat 60674 Jonah sarcophagus found between Ilminster and Bath, Eng., marble, c.300, BM 1957,1011.1. This work has its own page. Genesis 8: return of the dove to Noah, and 3 Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace, sarcophagus lid fragment from Rome, near Saint Sebastian, 1st third of 4th c., Vat 31471 (ex 134). Clouds of smoke modern. For details see Vatican Museums. Christ and Apostles during the storm at sea, Oxyrhynchus papyrus, 313-640, Florence MA Jonah mosaic, from loculus in catacomb of Gordianus and Epimachus, Rome, late 4th c., Vat 31598 (ex 235). For detail see Vat. man in boat, upper center: Szilágy Somlyó amulet chain, gold/rock crystal, prob. c.400-50, poss. late 4th c., KHM VIIb 1. The Szilágy Somlyó treasure has its own page with other views. miraculous fishing on Lake Tiberias (John 21), ceramic ampulla, 6th c., ANAM ships at the port of Classe, north wall mosaic, early 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page. Louis the Pious (814-40) silver denier, ship reverse: M-G 330, Prou 63, Dorestad, CdM. For obverse see CdM. Louis the Pious (814-40) silver denier, ship reverse: M-G 351, Prou 187, Quentovic, ANS 57.21.1. For obverse see ANS. Meeting Abner and Joab at Lake Gabaon, ivory c.870, Louvre MR 374 Christ walking on water, saving Peter: Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page with additional boats. Noah's ark, under construction? ivory with Genesis scenes, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page Reliquary of SS. Adrian and Natalia, León 12th c., silver on oak, AIC 1943.65. This work has its own page. ships, lighthouse 1173-78, Pisa campanile, which has its own page, in cathedral complex voyage home of the Magi, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Thomas Becket ampulla shaped as the ship that brought him to England, with enthroned saint blessing, mid/late 13th c., tin alloy, MoL 84.407 Dagobert (c.603-39), prob. 1250s with restorations, Saint-Denis basilica. This work has its own page. Noah's Ark, mosaic c.1290-95, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Tristan embroidery, wool on linen, c.1300-25, WIEN Ha 1, WienMus, which has its own page with more ships Noah's Flood (center): Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page ships at top: shrine and reliquary of Thomas Becket, mid/late 14th c., lead alloy, MoL BC72[55]<1555> Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page with another boat apostles in boat (center): Orcagna altarpiece 1357, Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, which has its own page Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Apocalypse: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages. Jonah, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page construction of the Ark (bottom), stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages entering the Ark (top), Flood (bottom), stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages Andrea Guacioloti, Pope Nicholas V in the ship Eclesia, cast bronze 1455, UMMA 1984/1.283 King Henry VI (Henry of Windsor, as saint?) on a ship, late 15th c., lead alloy (imitation gold coin), MoL 75.1/3 Nef of St. Ursula, carnelian/gold/silver gilt/copper/enamel 1500, which has its own page alabaster memorial to James Hales (d. 1589), c.1596. Canterbury cathedral, which has its own interior page with oblique views. Christ child as mariner on ship of salvation, based on Italian print. Portuguese India, early 17th c., BM 1959,0721.1 faience tile, Lille first half 18th c., Lille Hospice Comtesse, which has its own page with architectural context. Engraved musket powder horn, cow, ox, or buffalo horn, 18th c. US, UMMA 2007/1.101. This work has its own page with more examples. landscape made of Russian stones, 19th c., Imola 11781 Martin Hansen c.1900, church ship Minerva, Jelling, which has its own page Louis Comfort Tiffany and studio, Wade Chapel, dedicated 1901, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland. This work has its own page. United States postage stamp: Navy issue, USS Saratoga, 1936-37, p.c. United States postage stamp: Navy issue, USS Saratoga, 1936-37, p.c. United States postage stamp: Navy issue, USS Saratoga, 1936-37, p.c. related: man w. workers building a ship, gold-glass fr. cemetery Giordani on via Salaria, 4th c., Vat 60788.2.1