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Historical Archive: Shields and Armor about 1250 to present See also representations of Heraldic Shields. St. Maurice, sandstone c.1240-60, Magdeburg, which has its own page John the Baptist in prison, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. knight or saint: glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page. Virgin and Child reliquary predella, Coppo di Marcovaldo c.1270-80, Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence. This work has its own page. St. Peter altarpiece, Saint Peter Master or Guido da Siena/Guido di Graziano, 1280s. SPN 15. This work has its own page. Risen Christ, oak, 1290s, WienAb. For details see Wienhausen interior vambrance and armored saint: St. George arm reliquary, Prague 1300-25, Prague Castle HS 03343. This work has its own page. Nedstryn altar frontal, painted pine 1300-25, Bergen MA 1, which has its own page with more armor, shields gryphon gripping knight, copper alloy aquamanile fr. Strinda, c.1300-1350, Bergen MA 67. For oblique and full views see Bergen. Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with more armor and helmets, in Pisa cathedral Charles of Anjou (1227-85), marble monument 1326, Saint-Denis basilica. This work has its own page. center figure in lamellar armor: Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page. Tristan embroidery, wool on linen, c.1300-25, WIEN Ha 1, WienMus, which has its own page Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page Dečani monastery frescoes (naos), 1335-47, which have their own pages Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page plenary of Otto the Mild, 1339 reusing chessboard 1300-30, KGM W 32, which has its own page St. Maurice: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page Crucifixion and Resurrection, France c.1350-1400, ivory, loan to UMMA from Met 1917,17.190.200. For full diptych see UMMA. Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page. Arezzo, San Francesco: St. Michael and the Rebel Angels fresco, Spinello Aretino (1350-1410) giants with shields: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page Duke Christopher (d. 1363), alabaster with glass, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page Apocalypse cycle c.1363/65: Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, which has its own own page. Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages. Wood chest with tournament, 15th-c. France, Cluny Cl.8919. For another view see Cluny. St. George prob. from Windsor, 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 86.202/20 Resurrection, painted ivory, early 15th c., poss. Cologne, Schn B167. For reverse see Schn. battle between Jews and Syrians, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page Bernat Martorell, St. George, Spain 1434-35, tempera on panel, AIC 1933.786. This work has its own page. donor Rodolphe Asperlin, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with another view and architectural context Parri Spinelli, Madonna of Mercy w. lives SS. Lorentino, Pergentino, tempera/panel 1435-37, Arezzo MS, which has its own page Parri Spinelli, prob. Battle of the Milvian Bridge, c.1435-40, fresco fr. abbey of SS. Flora e Lucella, Arezzo MS Christ; *St. Maurice, St. Peter, Pope Boniface IX: tin pilgrim sign, Magdeburg c.1450, WienMus Betrayal of Christ, alabaster with polychrome and gilding, England c.1450-1500, loan to UMMA from Met 1948,48.175.1. This work has its own page. Giovanni di Paolo 1460-65, Last Judgment, SPN inv. 172, which has its own page Saint Florian, linden wood, Austria c.1475-1500, Cluny Cl.16803. For another view see Cluny. Crucifixion w. SS. Mary Magdalen, Anthony of Padua, George; attrib. Bartolomeo di Giovanni, late 15th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page Archangel Michael, limestone, France c.1500, Glencairn Museum loaned to PMA. This object has its own page. gauntlets: Wittenberg University seal matrix, Elector Friedrich III. of Saxony, silver, 1502, SMBMünz 18239333 St. George and the dragon, marble, Michel Colombe 1509-10, Louvre MR 1645. This work has its own page. Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, wood and polychrome, Flemish c.1515, IMA 45.8. For other views see IMA. Maximilian I, silver 3 Guldiner, Antwerp 1517 (dated 1509), SMBMünz 18203549 armor, left: Meerbeck carver, Passion c.1525-30, North Paradise, Cathedral, Hildesheim, which has its own pages with details Passion scenes, poss. Arnt van Tricht, oak predella fr. Kalkar c.1530-40, Schn A859. For full work see Schn. Crossing the Red Sea, enamel/copper, Jean de Court 1575-85, SF 48.2. For details see SF. John the Baptist triptych, enamel/copper, Martin Didier Pape late 16th c., SF 1952.32a-c, which has its own page Charlemagne gives his sword and orb to a king of France under the auspices of a Benedictine monk of St-Denis, oil on canvas, 17th c., MAHSD 83.13.01 powder horn of Henry IV of France, antler and iron, early 17th c. France, Louvre inv. P480 503 B. For another view see Louvre. Welcome glass (Humpen) of Thomas v. Sanitz zu Brausfelde Erbesessin, enameled glass, Germany 1616, CMA 1948.233 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Andrea Camassei (1602/49), Lateran Baptistery narthex, Rome, which has its own interior page. Altar of St. Charlemagne, retable Hans Ludolff 1655, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page Roman phalerae as shields: composite with Roman cameos, Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page Resurrection of Christ, tin-glazed earthenware, Utrecht or Rotterdam 1800-50, PMA 1992-6-2a--l. For full object see PMA. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc), molded glass bottle, Verreries Legras (estab. 1869), MAHSD Na 4348. For additional views see Saint Denis Museum. Imperial Germany postage stamp, Germania wearing the 1871 crown, with diagonal grid watermark, 1902-1919, p.c. For reverse see Private Collections. miracles of St. Thomas, Samuel Caldwell Jr. 1919-49: Canterbury cathedral, which has its own glass page. miracles of St. Thomas, Samuel Caldwell Jr. 1919-49: Canterbury cathedral, which has its own glass page.