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Historical Archive: Normal Animals, Aardvark through Duck
This list is alphabetical by animal.
aardvark, ceramic w. metallic glaze, Manises c.1450-1500, Cl. 2456
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ant, imperial Roman amethyst intaglio, Christian inscription IXΘ later, Bologna GL 281
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antelope, Roman glass bowl, north Italy c.25-50 CE, Hermitage Oп.18180. Antelopes have their own page.
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ape gargoyle: ciborium monstrance, silver gilt/rock crystal/enamel, c.1350-75, DMP PR109, which has its own page with more apes
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ass: Palmesel (Entry into Jerusalem), linden wood with original polychrome, South Germany c.1475-1500, Cluny Cl.23799. Asses have their own page.
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baboon amulet, gold, Egypt c.2800 BCE, p.c., which has its own page
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bat on figure center bottom: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral
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bears: circus scenes, tinted ivory diptych, c.400, Louvre OA 9062. Bears have their own page.
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bee with rayed serpent, jasper intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26126, Bonner 93
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Barberini bees of Urban VIII (1623-44): Lateran Baptistery, Rome. The baptistery octagon and narthex have their own interior page.
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Etruscan carnelian scarab *beetle, late 4th-3rd c. BCE, in ?13th c. gold seal matrix, HNM K.16.1871.7, which has its own page with centaur intaglio reverse
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beetle: hoopoe birds, Meissen porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler c.1736, SF, which have their own page
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bird of prey head, gold, 7th-5th c. BCE northern Black Sea steppe, Yablonovka, MSHM. Birds of prey and eagles have their own pages, through 9th c., 10th c.-present.
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birds, generic and multiple species: creation of the birds and fish, ivory, south Italy c.1084, MAAB. For generic and multiple species see Birds. Individual species are listed alphabetically on the Animals pages.
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boars: miracles of Christ ivory, Rome c.400, Louvre OA 7876, 7877, 7878. Boars and pigs have their own page.
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buffalo, silk, near east (Byzantine?), 6th-7th c., Sens CT B 38
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bull: zebu bull, Neo-Elamite rhyton, earthenware, from Amlash (Iran) c.1000-800 BCE, IMA 75.301. Bulls, calves, and cows have their own page.
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calf: Dagulf Psalter cover ivories, late 8th c., Louvre. Calves, bulls, and cows have their own page.
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camel: dromedary mosaic, eastern Mediterranean (Syria?) 5th c., AIC 1970.1065. Camels and dromedaries have their own page.
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cat, bronze fire dogs, 13th-15th c.? western Europe, Hermitage. For companion dog see Hermitage. Cats and cheetahs have their own page.
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Cheetah in foliage, Ilkhanid (1256-1353) molded fritware tile, Kashan (Iran), UMMA 1957/1.73. Cats and cheetahs have their own page.
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Roman rock crystal cicada, oblique from head end, ANAM. For another view see ANAM.
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cicada brooch, silver/copper alloy, 5th c. "Hunnic," Morgan 2012.2:106
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cock: weather-cock with inscription for Rambert, Bishop of Brescia (820), Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia. Cocks have their own page.
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cow: votive cow from Veii, ceramic, 3rd-2nd c. BCE Italy, KM 0000.00.1771. Cows, bulls, and calves have their own page.
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crab, center: Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page
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crab (Cancer): Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page
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crab (Cancer): Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres.
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crab: Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (French 1885-1953), cameo glass vase c.1919, pâte-de-verre, PMA 1970-110-1. For full vase see Philadelphia.
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cricket on cameo glass vase, É. Gallé, Nancy c.1889, MAAB. For full object see MAAB.
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crocodile: River Nile, marble, late 1st-2nd c., Rome? Vat 22832. This work has its own page.
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crocodile pendant, jadeite, Caribbean watershed 1-500 CE, DO PC.B.263, which has its own page
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crocodile: allegory of the Nile, Egypt 5th c. CE, Leiden
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crocodile head, possibly understood as St. George's dragon, found within the wall of Karlstejn Castle (1348-65), Chapel of the Holy Cross, which has its own page.
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crows, Roman rock crystal intaglio in silver mount, CdM Chab. 1991
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crows and owl corbel, sandstone, 12th-c. France, MNW Śr. 370. For additional views see MNW.
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crows: St. Francis preaching to birds, Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, which has its own page
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deer: gold belt link, Russia c.1250-1350, MSHM. For companion belt links see MSHM. Stags, deer, elk, moose, and reindeer have their own page.
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dog: effigy of Clémence of Hungary, marble, first third of the 14th c., Saint-Denis. This work has its own page. Dogs have their own page.
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dolphins: presbytery arch mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. Dolphins and fish have their own page.
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donkeys or onagers: Standard of Ur, c. 2600-2400 BCE, BM ME 121201. This work has its own page. Donkeys have their own page.
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dove, Hajji 'Abbas, steel with gold and garnet, Iran 18th-19th c., BM 1878,1230.753. Doves have their own page.
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Dove of the Holy Spirit: Leno monastery capital, late 14th to early 15th c., Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia. The Dove of the Spirit has its own page.
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duck shaped vessel 2004, Kim Yikyung (Korean, b.1935), stoneware with iron oxide painting over white slip, UMMA 2010/2.30. Art object copyright: artist/heirs. Ducks have their own page.
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