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Tric-Trac pawn: person wearing a mitre riding an ocean monster
End of 12th century; Norway ?, Cologne ?
Walrus ivory
MRR 428
#30010149

Tric-Trac pawn: person wearing a mitre riding an ocean monster End of 12th cent...

Frankish casket made of whalebone with Anglo-Saxon runic inscription.
#30010152

Frankish casket made of whalebone with Anglo-Saxon runic inscription.

Lombard marble relief with dragons from sarcophagus of Abbess Theodata, from monastery of Santa Maria della Pusterola, Pavia. Around 735 A.D.
see also 30-01-10/1 and 30-01-01/57
#30010156

Lombard marble relief with dragons from sarcophagus of Abbess Theodata, from mon...

Lombard marble with decorative figure of a griffin surrounded by birds and leaves; from the period of Patriarch Manentius ; 8th century CE; Bacilica Aquileia, Italy.
#30010158

Lombard marble with decorative figure of a griffin surrounded by birds and leave...

Seal of Henry II Plantagenet (1139-1189).              
Reverse side,cast.
#30010214

Seal of Henry II Plantagenet (1139-1189). Reverse side,cast.

Coronation mantle of Norman King Roger II of Sicily,
embroidery, silk and pearls, Royal workshop, Palermo,
Italy. Tree of life in the center, lions killing
camels on either side. Kufic inscription around the
border, giving the Hegira date 528 (1133-1134}, Inv. XIII 14  See 30-01-02/15-18
#30010215

Coronation mantle of Norman King Roger II of Sicily, embroidery, silk and pearl...

Lion's head from the  centerpiece of the coronation    
mantle of Norman King Roger II of Sicily, 1133-1134.   
Royal workshop, Palermo, Italy.                        
See 30-01-02/15-18                                     
Inv. XIII 14
#30010216

Lion's head from the centerpiece of the coronation mantle of Norman King Ro...

Tree of Life and a lion killing a camel, detail of the centerpiece of the coronation mantle of Norman King Roger II of Sicily. The kufic inscription gives the Hegira date 528 {1133-1134) See 30-01-02/15-18
Royal workshop, Palermo, Italy. 1133-1134
Inv. XIII 14
#30010217

Tree of Life and a lion killing a camel, detail of the centerpiece of the corona...

The Eagle Dalmatica worn for the coronation  by        
Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire (Duerer painting     
of Charlemagne).Chinese damask, purple silk embroidery 
with medallions and ospreys, eagles with enamel eyes.  
Around 1300  See 30-01-02/19-22    Inv. XIII 15
#30010219

The Eagle Dalmatica worn for the coronation by Emperors of the Holy Rom...

Eagles with enamel eyes and image of a prince, from    
the Eagle Dalamatica worn for the coronation by        
Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. Chinese damask      
with purple silk embroidery. Around 1300.              
See 30-01-02/19-22  Size: 160 cm  Inv. XIII 15
#30010220

Eagles with enamel eyes and image of a prince, from the Eagle Dalamatica wor...

Pitrel (Furbug) of a horse armour (1477)               
by L. Colman, Augsburg.                                
Made for Emperor Friedrich III.
#30010260

Pitrel (Furbug) of a horse armour (1477) by L. Colman, Augsburg....

Putto holding a dolphin                                
Bronze
#30010266

Putto holding a dolphin Bronze