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Historical Archive: Sickles, Scythes, and Flails sickle (top left): Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus, marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page. scythe: Reaper with bird, carnelian intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26123, Bonner 122 scythe: Reaper, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Taubman, Bonner 115 c.1100 pulpit ciborium, Sant'Ambrogio, which has its own pages. left, cutting grass with sickle: Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views, including reaping with lost scythe on west portal, see Chartres. flail, sickle: portal sculpture early 13th c., 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. scythe (Apoc.): Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages. flail: oak misericord, threshing grain, England late 14th c., V&A W.7-1921