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Polychromatic ceramic plate from Delft, Netherlands
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Polychromatic ceramic plate from Delft, Netherlands

Order of the Polish White Eagle From the Emerald set (1st third 18th) Dresden, Germany
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Order of the Polish White Eagle From the Emerald set (1s...

L'Autruche - Ostrich,bronze sculpture,Florence, 1st half 17th. Bronze, 31 cm; Collection Louis XIV,No.263 After Giambologna (1529-1608).
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L'Autruche - Ostrich,bronze sculpture,Florence, 1st half 17th. Bronze, 31 cm;...

Emperor Karl V's war against Chaireddin (also known as Hayreddin Barbarossa, Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Navy), Turkish governor of Tunis. The imperial army leaves Tunis and camps in Rada. Ostriches and goats.Tapestry. In 1535 the Spanish Empire attacked Tunis, then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Holy Roman Emperor Karl V (Charles V) of the Habsburg dynasty assembled a huge army and war fleet. He defeated Barbarossa's fleet and, after a siege, captured Tunis on June 1 1535.
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Emperor Karl V's war against Chaireddin (also known as Hayreddin Barbarossa, Gra...

Brass hanging lamp with a griffin handle, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century. The lamp is boat-shaped with holes for oil and wick. The curved neck of a griffin emerges from a calyx to form a handle. A dove sits between the griffin's ears, above a Christogram.Hanging chains may be original to the lamp, but it also has a bayonet fitting on the base for a stand. Found at Herculaneum,Italy. M&ME,1897,8-20,1
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Brass hanging lamp with a griffin handle, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century. The...

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of interlocking medallions. An animal is displayed in each circle (winged griffins, heraldic eagles, lions, peacocks and snakes). Motifs are part Western, (the continuous scroll pattern of interlaced bands), part Arab influence. M&ME, 1923,12-5,3
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The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of int...

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of interlocking medallions. An animal is displayed in each circle (winged griffins, heraldic eagles, lions, peacocks and snakes). Motifs are part Western, (the continuous scroll pattern of interlaced bands), part Arab influence. Reverse side of 30-01-08/17 M&ME, 1923,12-5,3
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The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of int...

Chatelaine plate, Merovingian, 7th century. Copper-alloy plate, originally tinned to resemble silver. When viewed vertically, the openwork design gives the impression of a stick figure between two other figures. The paired figures have birds' heads, and arms at an anatomically impossible angle. When the object is viewed on its side the design can be correctly read as a fish between two eagles. The eagle has an early, pagan significance: the Romans associated it with Jupiter and the Franks possibly with Wotan. However the scene may be given a Christian interpretation: the eagle possibly representing Christ, and the fish, a common Christian image, representing the redeemed human soul. The plate would have been worn on a chatelaine, a kind of belt, with straps attached to the loops at the top. It comes from Amiens, Somme, France. M&ME, 1891,10-19,59
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Chatelaine plate, Merovingian, 7th century. Copper-alloy plate, originally tinne...

Silver bowl, Carolingian, 9th century. Ecclesiastical bowl of gilded solver and niello with a knobbed lid,decorated in relief with rosettes of acanthus leaves, some enclosing crosses and vine tendrils inhabited by birds. The birds are a Christian symbol and represent paradise or Christ in union with his church. The bowl, or Pyx, was used to contain communion wafers and was probably made in northern France. From Spain. M&ME, AF.33041
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Silver bowl, Carolingian, 9th century. Ecclesiastical bowl of gilded solver and...

Dome mosaic of the Baptism of Christ. Appropriate for a baptistery, the center of this dome mosaic shows Christ baptized by John the Baptist in the river Jordan. The personification of the river Jordan to the left of Christ recalls pagan personifications. Surrounding this central image are the twelfe Apostles. They are led by Peter and Paul who flank the etimasia, or "prepared throne", which awaits Christ's arrival as judge at the end of time. Around 500-25; Baptistery of the Arians (now Santa Maria in Cosmedin), Ravenna See also 30-01-10/7
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Dome mosaic of the Baptism of Christ. Appropriate for a baptistery, the center...

Dome mosaic of the Baptism of Christ (detail). Appropriate for a baptistery, the center of this dome mosaic shows Christ baptized by John the Baptist in the river Jordan. The personification of the river Jordan to the left of Christ recalls pagan personifications. Surrounding this central image are the twelfe Apostles. They are led by Peter and Paul who flank the etimasia, or "prepared throne", which awaits Christ's arrival as judge at the end of time. Around 500-25; Baptistery of the Arians (now Santa Maria in Cosmedin), Ravenna Detail of 30-01-10/6
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Dome mosaic of the Baptism of Christ (detail). Appropriate for a baptistery, th...

Dome mosaic of the Baptism of Christ by John Baptist on the River Jordan surrounded by the 12 Apostles. 5th century CE See also 15-03-02/55
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Dome mosaic of the Baptism of Christ by John Baptist on the River Jordan surroun...