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Historical Archive: Swords, Long Knives, and Daggars through the late twelfth century Represenataions follow surviving objects. rolled up sword fr. Vold, iron/silver, 10th c., OHM C15888 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. Valerian (253-60) captured by Shapur I (241-72), Sassanian sardonyx cameo, c. 260 CE, CdM Babelon 360 Mars, 4th c., sapphire intaglio, Florence MA 14723. For modern impression see Florence MA. sword hilt fr. life-size figure, bronze, 4th c., SF 1952.44. For detail see SF. Tetrarchs, porphyry, c.305, San Marco, Venice. This work has its own page. Passion sarcophagus, marble, c.350 CE, Vat 31525. This work has its own page. Passion/tree sarcophagus, marble, Rome c.360, Vat 28591. For other views see Vatican Museums. gold bracteate, 5th c. Denmark, prob. Tyr overcoming Fenris, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-5837 short sword or knife: sacrifice of a captive funeral cushion, linen and wool loop textile with inset, 5th-6th c., Pushkin 5180 Abraham and Isaac: Christian pyxis, ivory, 5th-6th c., Bologna BIZ 2, which has its own page Sacrifice of Isaac, presbytery mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. Cup of Chosroes. Gold, rock crystal, red and green glass, Sassanian, 531-579. CdM Chab. 2538. This work has its own page. Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page with more weapons scabbard: David and Goliath, Constantinople 629–30, Met 17.190.396, which has its own page with sword Oseberg cart, 8th-early 9th c., OsloVSM, which has its own pages St Mary Bishophill Jr, York, cross fragment with secular figures, millstone grit (sandstone), 8th-9th c., Yorkshire Museum 1979.53. For another view see York. angel with sword and scabbard, marble, Byzantine 9th-10th c., MFAB liturgical scenes, ivory, c.870-75? Louvre MR 368, MR 369. This work has its own page. Putto and panther ivory, 10th c. Byzantine, Louvre AC 865 Weston church cross fragment side 2, top recut with Viking imagery, Yorkshire Museum. For full object see York. soldier, Byzantine ivory 10th-11th c., Schn B6 Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page with more swords, club seal matrix of Godwin, walrus ivory, early 11th c., BM 1881,0404.1. For detail and reverse see BM. sacrifices Melchisedek, Abraham, ivory, early 11th c., Louvre OA 11738 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 with more examples. Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page with spear, club knife or short sword: Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page judicial scene, St. Stephen: copper, 12th c.? Vat 61919 Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. Chartres west windows 1145-1155. For more views see Chartres. ivory game piece, Hercules and the Erymanthian boar?, Cologne c.1150, UMMA 1987/1.262. For other views see UMMA. Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page with more swords. 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 more swords and prob. later quiver. Pisa baptistery lower level 1152-70, which has its own page, in cathedral complex battle of the Milvian Bridge: Stavelot Triptych, Mosan, c.1156-58, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page. man fighting wyvern, enameled copper, Mosan c.1160-70, Louvre 8098 bracteate of Margrave Otto I, Brandenburg 1170-84, MNW NPO 3383 St. Valerie of Limoges reliquary, gilt copper/enamel, Limoges c.1175, Hermitage Ф-175. For oblique view see Hermitage. Thomas Becket reliquary, Limoges c.1180-90, V&A M.66-1997. This work has its own page with another sword. Seal of Pierre de Courtenai (modern cast), count of Nevers, 1184. AN D863 reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1190-1200, Cluny Cl. 23296 For details see Cluny. candle-stick in the form of a mounted knight, Lotharingia? late 12th c., KGM 85.56. For reverse see Berlin. sword and scabbard: portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page with more swords St. Demetrios, stone (shale/schist?), late 12th-early 13th c., Byzantine? Novgorod AM