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Frankish
Aachen Gospels
c. 800-810, Aachen Cathedral
German
Aachen Gospels of Liuthar
c. 996, Aachen Cathedral
French
Abbey Church at Cluny
1088-1130
French
Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, Fontenay
1139-47, Fontenay
French
Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, Jumieges
c. 1040-1067, Jumieges
German
Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim
c. 1010-1033, Hildesheim
French
Abbey Church of Saint Philibert, Tournus
after 1020, Tournus
Frankish
Abbey Church of Saint Riquier, Monastery of Centula
dedicated 799, Centula
French
Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
1135-1144, Paris
French
Abbey Church of Sainte Foy, Conques
c. 1050-1120, Conques
French
Abbey Church, Silvacane
c. 1175-1230, Silvacane
English
The Aberdeen Bestiary
c. 1200, Aberdeen University Library, Aberdeen
Frankish
Ada Gospels
c. 750-850, Stadtbibliothek, Trier
French
Adam, from the south transept of Notre-Dame, Paris
c. 1260, Musée de Cluny, Paris
Austrian
Admont Bible
c. 1140-1150, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna
Italian
Adoration of the Magi
c. 1300-1350, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
German
Adoration of the Magi
c. 1400, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Byzantine
Aedicula with Lions
c. 300-500, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Anglo-Saxon
Aelfric's Anglo-Saxon Hexateuch
c. 1025-1050, British Library, London
Spanish
Agate Casket
c. 900, Oviedo Cathedral, Oviedo
Islamic
Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation)
1280, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
Islamic
Al-Aqmar Mosque
1125, Cairo
Islamic
Albarello
c. 1300-1400, British Museum, London
Islamic
Albarello
c. 1350-1400, Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan, Madrid
French
Albi Cathedral
1282-1390, Albi, Languedoc
Byzantine
Alexander Romance
c. 1261-1300, Hellenic Institute, Venice
Islamic
The Alhambra
14th Century, Granada
Islamic
Alhambra Curtain
c. 1300-1400, Cleveland Museum of Art
Islamic
Alhambra Hanging Fragment
c. 1300-1400, Cleveland Museum of Art
Islamic
Alhambra Hanging Fragment
c. 1300-1400, Cleveland Museum of Art
Islamic
Alhambra Hanging with Decorated Bands
c. 1300-1400, Hispanic Society of America, New York
Islamic
Alhambra Vase
c. 1300-1500, Museo de la Alhambra, Granada
German
Allegorical Battle Scene, detached from a Speculum Virginum
c. 1175-1200, Kestner Museum, Hanover
German
Altar Cross
c. 985, Essen Cathedral Treasury, Essen
German
Altar Cross
c. 1150-1175, Dom-Museum Hildesheim
German
Altar Cross of Abbess Mathilde and Duke Otto
973-982, Essen Cathedral Treasury, Essen
German
Altar Fragment with Apostles
c. 1100-1125
German
Altar Frontal at Basel Cathedral
c. 1017
Spanish
Altar Frontal from Santa Maria, Tahull
c. 1123, Museu d'Arte de Catalunya, Barcelona
Spanish
Altar Frontal from the Bishopric of Urguell
c. 1125, Museo de Arte de Cataluña, Barcelona
Spanish
Altar Frontal of Guils
c. 1200-1300, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Spanish
Altar Frontal with Christ in Majesty and the Life of Saint Martin
c. 1250, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Italian
Altar Frontal with Griffins Drinking from a Chalice
c. 850-950, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pre-Columbian
Altar of the Sacred Tree
c. 1300, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
Flemish
Altarpiece in the Form of a Turret, with Scenes from Christ's Childhood
c. 1390-1395, Mayer van den Bergh Museum, Antwerp
Bohemian
Altneuschul
c. 1250-1300, Prague
French
Alton Towers Triptych
c. 1150, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Roman
Ambrosian Iliad
c. 493-508, Biblioteca Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
English
Angel from the Palace of Westminster
c. 1265-1270, British Museum, London
French
Angel of the Annunciation
c. 1280-1300, Musée du Louvre, Paris
French
Angel with a Flowering Staff
1175-1200, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
French
Annunciation
c. 1350-1400, Cleveland Museum of Art
Italian
Annunciation Relief from a Pulpit
c. 1180-1200, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Spanish
Annunciation, from San Pedro de Sorpe
c. 1100-1150, Museo de Arte de Cataluña, Barcelona
German
Antependium Section Depicting the Last Supper
c. 1300-1310, Art Institute of Chicago
Spanish
Antependium with Enthroned Virgin and Child
c. 1275-1325, Museo de Arte de Cataluña, Barcelona
English
Anthropomorphic Jug
c. 1280-1320, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Byzantine
The Antioch Chalice
c. 500-550, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Spanish
Apostles Paul, Andrew, and James
1140-1170, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Spanish
Apostles, from San Saturnino de Arajona
c. 1250-1300, Museo de Navarra, Pamplona
Roman
Apse mosaic in Santa Cecilia in Trasevere
c. 822, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome
Roman
Apse mosaic in Santa Maria in Domnica
c. 822, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome
English
Aquamanile in the Form of a Horseman
c. 1250, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Italian
Aquamanile in the form of a Mounted Knight
c. 1000-1100, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
French
Aquamanile in the form of Aristotle and Phyllis
c. 1400, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Byzantine
Archangel Michael
c. 525-550, British Museum, London
Islamic
Architectural Relief from the Royal Palace at Madinat al-Zahra
c. 936-976, Conjunto Arqueológico de Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba
Egyptian
Architectural Relief with an Angel in a Medallion and Nilotic Motifs
c. 500-800, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Hiberno-Saxon
Ardagh Chalice
c. 725, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Islamic
The Arenberg Basin
c. 1239-1249, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Anglo-Saxon
Arenberg Gospels
c. 1000-1020, Morgan Library and Museum, New York
Byzantine
Arian Baptistery
before 526, Ravenna
French
Arm Reliquary
c. 1150-1200, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
German
Arm Reliquary
c. 1130-1140, Dom-Museum Hildesheim
Swiss
Arm Reliquary of Saint Valentine
c. 1380-1400, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
German
Arm Reliquary of the Apostles
c. 1190, Cleveland Museum of Art
Netherlandish
Armorial Tapestry Fragment with Arms of the Beaufort, Comminges, and Turenne Families
c. 1350-1375, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Islamic
Arms of a Processional Cross
c. 653-672, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
German
Arnstein Bible
c. 1172, British Library, London
Italian
The Arrest of Christ
c. 1350, Albertina, Vienna
Byzantine
Artophorion (Reliquary of Saint Anastasios the Persian)
c. 969-970, Aachen Cathedral
French
Ascension Window, Le Mans Cathedral
c. 1140-1145, Le Mans
Byzantine
Ashburnham Pentateuch
c. 575-625, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
English
The Ashmole Bestiary
c. 1210, Bodleian Library, Oxford
Spanish
Astorga Casket
c. 900, Museo de la Catedral, Astorga
Islamic
Astrolabe
927-928, Kuwait National Museum, Kuwait City
Central Asian
The Attack of Mara
c. 600-700, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin
Islamic
Automata of al-Jazari (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices)
1315, Kuwait National Museum, Kuwait City
Viking
Axehead with Animal Decoration
c. 970-971, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
Anglo-Saxon
Bag Beaker
c. 600-700, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Norwegian
Baldishol Tapestry Fragment
c. 1150-1200, Kunstindustri Museum, Oslo
German
Bamberg Apocalypse
c. 1000-1020, Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg
Viking
Bamberg Casket
c. 975, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
Islamic
Banner of Las Navas de Tolosa
c. 1212-1250, Museo de Telas Medievales, Burgos
Anglo-Saxon
Baptism of Christ
c. 1000-1050, British Museum, London
Italian
Baptism of Christ
c. 1100, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
German
Baptismal Font
c. 1226, Hohe Domkirche, Hildesheim
English
Baptismal Font, Saint Michael's Church, Castle Frome
c. 1140, Saint Michael's Church, Castle Frome
Islamic
Baptistere de Saint Louis
c. 1300, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Italian
Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence
1059-1128, Florence
Anglo-Saxon
Barberini Gospels (Wigbald Gospels)
c. 750-800, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome
Byzantine
Barberini Ivory (Justinian as Conqueror)
c. 500-550, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Italian
Barbute
c. 1350-1420, Cleveland Museum of Art
Italian
Bargello
c. 1254-1346, Florence
Spanish
Barnabas Altarpiece
c. 1300, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
German
Basilewsky Situla
c. 980, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Italian
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
1008 (rebuilt in present-day form), Torcello, Venice
Roman
Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
c. 550-1250, Rome
Italian
Basilica of San Marco
c. 1060, Piazza San Marco, Venice
Spanish
Basin from Andalusia
c. 1000-1099, Museo del Almudin, Jativa
Spanish
Basin of King Badis
1038-1073, Museo Nacional de Arte Hispano Musulmán, Granada
French
Bayeux Tapestry
c. 1066-1082, Centre Guillaume le Conquerant, Bayeux
Islamic
Beaker in Cameo Technique
c. 800-1000, L.A. Mayer Memorial for Islamic Art, Jerusalem
Islamic
Beaker with Kufic Script and Palmette-Headed Trees
c. 950, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Islamic
Beaker with Relief-Cut Decoration
c. 800-1000, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
German
Beaker with Threaded Decoration
c. 1250-1350, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Byzantine
Beakers decorated with Birds in Roundels
c. 1150-1250, Corning Museum of Glass
German
Bearing of the Cross
c. 1400, Albertina, Vienna
Spanish
Beatus from San Millán
c. 1000, Academia de la Historia, Madrid
English
Bede's Commentary on the Apocalypse
c. 1150-1200, Saint John's College, Cambridge
Islamic
Bell-Shaped Flask
c. 900-1100, private collection
French
The Belle Verrière, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres
c. 1180, Chartres
Visigothic
Belt Buckle
6th c, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid
Byzantine
Belt Buckle
c. 600-700, British Museum, London
Frankish
Belt Buckle with a Griffin Drinking from a Fountain
c. 600-700, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Frankish
Belt Buckle with Interlace Motif
c. 600-700, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Roman
Belt Buckle with Peter and Paul Embracing
c. 400-500, Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompeii, Pompeii
Frankish
Belt Tip with Gilding and Niello
c. 500-600, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Anglo-Saxon
Benedictional of Saint Aethelwold
971-984, British Library, London
Byzantine
Beresford Hope Cross
c. 850-900, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Frankish
Bern Physiologus
c. 825-850
German
The Bernward Bible
c. 1000-1050, Dom-Museum Hildesheim
German
The Bernward Cross
c. 1007-1022, Dom-Museum Hildesheim
German
Bernward's Candlesticks
before 1022, Dom-Museum Hildesheim
German
Bernward's Column
c. 1015, Hildesheim Cathedral
Anglo-Saxon
Besancon Gospels
c. 1015-1030, Bibliothèque Municipale, Besancon
English
Bestiary
c. 1200-1250, St. John’s College Library, Oxford
English
Bestiary, Harley MS 3244
c. 1240-1250, British Library, London
English
Bestiary, Harley MS 4751
c. 1230-1240, British Library, London
English
Bestiary, MS Bodley 764
c. 1250, Bodleian Library, Oxford
French
Bestiary, MS Ludwig XV 3
c. 1270, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
French
Betrayal of Christ
c. 1240-1250, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Native American
Bi-lobed Basket
c. 1200
French
Bible from Citeaux
c. 1100-1125, Bibliothèque Publique, Dijon
French
Bible Moralisée
1227-1234, Morgan Library and Museum, New York
French
Bible Moralisée
c. 1225-1250, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna
Frankish
Bible of San Paolo
c. 870, San Paolo fuori le mura, Rome
English
Bible Picture Leaf with the Christmas Story
c. 1140, British Library, London
Islamic
Bifolio from the Mushaf al-hadina (Nurse's Qur'an)
1019-1020, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Native American
Bilobed-Arrow Headdress
c. 1200-1400, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.
Viking
Bird-Shaped (Pelican?) Brooch
c. 1000-1100, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
Native American
Birdman Pictograph
c. 1300-1500, Cave I, Warren County, Missouri
Native American
Birger Figurine (Female figure tilling the jaguar-serpent earth)
c. 1100, Illinois State Museum, Springfield
German
The Bishop of Assisi and Saint Francis Handing a Palm to Saint Clare
c. 1360, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Italian
Bishop's Throne, Santa Maria Assunta
c. 639, Torcello
Italian
Blessing Bishop (Saint Nicholas of Bari)
c. 1350-1375, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Islamic
Blue Gass Bowl from Iran
c. 800-1000, British Museum, London
German
Book cover depicting Saint Gregory
c. 1000, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
German
Book Cover from Sion Cathedral
c. 922-37, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
German
Book Cover of Archbishop Aribert
1018-1045, Milan Cathedral Treasury, Milan
Frankish
Book Cover of the Codex Aureus of Charles the Bald
870, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
German
Book Cover of the Echternach Codex Aureus with the Crucifixion
983-1056, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
French
Book Cover Plaque with the Crucifixion
c. 1200-1300, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
German
Book Cover Plaque with the Crucifixion
c. 968-970, private collection
Frankish
Book Cover with a Depiction of the Sacrifice of the Mass
c. 875, Liebieghaus, Frankfurt
Byzantine
Book Cover with Crucifixion and the Virgin Orans
c. 800-950, Treasury of San Marco, Venice
German
Book Cover with the Crucifixion
c. 1000-1050, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
Frankish
Book Cover with the Crucifixion
c. 840-850, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Byzantine
Book Covers with Scenes from the Life of Christ
c. 400-500, Tesoro del Duomo di Milano, Milan
Hiberno-Saxon
Book of Armagh
c. 800-810, Trinity College, Dublin
Anglo-Saxon
Book of Astronomical Treatises
c. 1000, British Library, London
Anglo-Saxon
Book of Cerne
820-840, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge
German
Book of Collects from Reichenau
c. 1010-1030, Dombibliothek, Hildesheim
Hiberno-Saxon
Book of Dimma
c. 750, Trinity College, Dublin
Hiberno-Saxon
Book of Durrow
c. 650-700, Trinity College Library, Dublin
Islamic
Book of Fixed Stars
c. 1009, Bodleian Library, Oxford
Hiberno-Saxon
Book of Kells
c. 800, Trinity College, Dublin
German
Book of Pericopes from Reichenau
c. 1000-1025, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
Hiberno-Saxon
Book of Saint Chad (Lichfield Gospels)
c. 725-750, Cathedral Library, Lichfield
Byzantine
Bookcover with Christ and the Virgin Orans
c. 950-1050, Treasury of San Marco, Venice
Byzantine
Bookcover with Crucifixion and Anastasis
c. 1300-1400, Treasury of San Marco, Venice
French
Border Panel from Saint-Denis
c. 1140-1144, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Byzantine
The Borradaile Oliphant
c. 900-1100, British Museum, London
Byzantine
Borradaile Triptych
c. 900-1000, British Museum, London
Islamic
Boss depicting Archers
c. 1175-1225, British Museum, London
Anglo-Saxon
Bosworth Psalter
c. 975-1000, British Library, London
Islamic
Bottle
c. 800-900, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Islamic
Bottle
c. 850-950, Kuwait National Museum, Kuwait City
Islamic
Bottle with Applied Animals and Birds
c. 900-1050, David Collection, Copenhagen
Islamic
Bottle with Birds
c. 1100-1300, Toledo Museum of Art
Islamic
Bottle with Birds
c. 800-1000, David Collection, Copenhagen
Islamic
Bottle with Birds
c. 800-1000, Toledo Museum of Art
Islamic
Bottle with Birds, Stylized Vegetal Decoration, and Inscriptions
c. 1200-1250, private collection
Islamic
Bottle with Calligraphic Decoration and Inscription
c. 1200-1250, private collection
Native American
Bottle with Great Serpent/Underwater Panther
c. 1300-1500, private collection
Islamic
Bottle with Ibexes
c. 800-1000, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning
Islamic
Bottle with Inscribed Decoration
c. 800-900, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning
Islamic
Bottle with Inscription
c. 1100-1200, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning
Native American
Bottle with Ogee and Hand-and-Eye Motifs
c. 1300-1500, Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Cambridge
Islamic
Bottle with Threaded Decoration
c. 600-750, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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