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Historical Archive: Birds, generalized and multiple species For individual species, see Animals pages. cylinder seal, ANE 1500-1300 BCE in 1970s mount, p.c., which has its own page bird pendant fr. Khodzhaly burial ground, Caucasus, bronze, late 2nd-early 1st millenium BCE, Hermitage 16698. For oblique view see Hermitage. black-figure Corinthian aryballos from Chaeronea: birds, c. 600 BCE, KM 0000.02.9175. For contiguous side see KM. bird striding left, Roman intaglio on Merovingian ring from Maastricht, City of Maastricht. For full ring see Maastricht. Roman bird fibula, copper alloy/enamel, MStA 2005.3. For other views see MStA. lamp holder with lamps, bronze, probably modern replica of Roman from Pompeii, KM 0000.02.9864. This work has its own page. Aphrodite and youth, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26086, Bonner 158 Reaper with bird, carnelian intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26123, Bonner 122 lid: painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page grave stone with Orpheus from Dunapentele, 2nd half of 2nd c., HNM birds with Chnoubis and other animals, jasper intaglio, 3rd c., Fitzwilliam. This work has its own page. Greek marble grave stone of Aster prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense with birds, trees, flask, grapes, menorah, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30825 altar dedicated to 'the best and greatest Jupiter, for the welfare of the emperors', Dunapentele (Hungary) 213 CE, HNM 137.1874.6. For full altar see HNM wild fowl: seasons sarcophagus with menorah, marble, c.250-350, Rome MNR 67611, which has its own page tree with bird intaglio, Roman sard, Christian?, BM, Dalton 532 Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page Scenes from the life of St. Paul, and Adam in Paradise, diptych c.400, Bargello, Florence Resurrection/Ascension, ivory, c.400, BNM MA 157, which has its own page. conch with bird head: Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c.425-30. This work has its own page. grave stone of Pauta from Liebfrauenkirche, Worms: bird, branch; limestone, 5th to 6th c., LMM S3021. For full stone see LMM. grave stone of Grutilo from Liebfrauenkirche, Worms: Chrismon, birds; limestone, 5th to 6th c., LMM S3012 Constantinople, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 38, which has its own page with companion panel, more birds Visitation and Annunciation to Anna, panels from an ivory diptych, Syria 6th c., Hermitage bird fibula, silver with gilding, Merovingian 6th c., Chelles. For back and side see Chelles. male figure (prophet?) beneath shell cupola with crown, north wall mosaic, 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page. cross fibula with bird, bronze, 6th c., KHM VI 2773 censer with crosses, birds, and columnms, bronze, 6th/7th-c. Egypt, UMMA 1960/1.4 gold bracteate, Denmark c.500, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-5838 peacock, *other birds, goat, and prob. antelope: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page with more birds bird brooch, silver/gilt/garnet/iron, c.500-550 Frankish, Morgan 2012.2:20 oval fibula with center cameo bird, agate and gold, 7th c. Italy?, DO 37.26 fragment of free-blown glass with enamel, 7th-8th c. Egypt, KM 1970.03.0931 birds: girdle or satchel fitting, copper alloy, c.600-670, Morgan 2012.2:112. For detail see Morgan. Tunic of Balthild, linen and silk, c.680, Chelles. This object has its own page. tablet-woven band with birds and quadrupeds, found in the reliquary of Balthild (d. c.680), Chelles. For more of the band see Chelles. tunic with fishers on insets, linen and wool, 8th c., Pushkin. For full tunic see Pushkin. birds? man's headdress in helmet form, 8th c. silk/linen/wood/leather, Hermitage КЗ-4576, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page with details enamel bird: Enger reliquary, late 8th c., KGM. This object has its own page. cross shaft fragment, left side, limestone, 9th c., All Saints' Church, Otley. For additional views see Otley. textile, Pre-Columbian Chancay culture, 9th-10th c., Imola bird fitting, bronze, Viking period (9th-11th c.), Lejre 6410PX433. For another view see Lejre. bird hunter: Stephansbursa, gold repoussé reliefs, early 9th c., Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Schatzkammer. This object has its own page. Samson, ivory comb, Metz? c.850-75, Louvre MR 358. For additional views see combs. Odin, Freya, or sorceress? silver c.900, Lejre mount in bird form, copper alloy, 10th-11th c., MoL BUF90[1716]<212> textile, Pre-Columbian Chancay culture, Late Intermediate Period c.1000-1476, Imola plaques from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM: this object has its own page. bird eating cherries (top): pendant reliquary cross, walrus ivory with silver, England prob. mid-11th c., V&A A.6-1966. This work has its own page. creation of the birds and fish (top): Genesis/Crucifixion ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with reverse creation of the birds and fish, ivory, south Italy c.1084, MAAB. For details see MAAB. ivory with Genesis scenes, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page "Shroud of St. Potentien", silk, 12th c. Islamic, Sens CT. This work has its own page. Yuriev (Apakos) Gospel, scribe Fedor Ugrinets, 1119-1128, MSHM Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. birdlike beakheads, south portal 1150-55, Adel church, which has its own exterior and interior pages silk lampas, Persia, c.1150-1200, WienMus portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page door fitting fr. Flæte stave church, Arnafjord, wrought iron/copper, 13th c.?: dragon heads, unicorns, pig, lion, horses, bird; Bergen MA 281a or b portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex St. Francis preaching to birds, prayer book c.1230-40, Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, which has its own page Creation mosaic (retouched) c.1270-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Knit silk purse, 14th c., Sion CT purse 270, which has its own page with many birds narthex, Dečani monastery church, 1322-31, which has its own pages Arca di Sant'Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Lady and the Unicorn, wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For more panels and birds see Cluny. Jupiter (as Diana) and Callisto?, François Boucher 1744, Pushkin Ж 733. For scale see Pushkin. flip glass with lid, America late 18th c., CMA 1938.285. For another view see CMA.