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Historical Archive: Independent Body Parts not including busts, portrait heads, or fragments of larger works eyes: Osiris and inscription from Abydos or Thebes, limestone, New Kingdom later 18th dynasty (c.1550-1295 BCE), KM 1971.02.0191 Etruscan hands, sheet bronze with gold, Vulci, c.700-650 BCE, Vat 11930/11931 Etruscan hands, sheet bronze with gold, Vulci, c.700-650 BCE, Vat 11930/11931 votive breast, ceramic, late 4th-mid 1st c. BCE Veii, KM 0000.00.1776 votive eyes and nose, ceramic, late 4th-mid 1st c. BCE Veii, KM 0000.00.1774 severed head: mythological phalera with Athena, c.200-100 BCE, Severskaya, Kuban region, MSHM Roman amulets: phallus, shell, hand gesture, from infant burial in wall foundation at Catterick, Yorkshire Museum Roman phallus pendant, MStA clasped hands: 1st c. intaglios in mid-19th c. gold ring, p.c., which has its own page eye, enlarged phallus: oscillum against evil eye, limestone, 1st-3rd c., ANAM. For full work views see ANAM. Roman antler ring with phallus, c. 43-100, from Rangoon St. London, oblique, MoL RAG82[1156]<90>. For another view see MoL. head hung from saddle: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 700-750?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós. roaming womb with 7 serpents (uterine amulet), 'seal of St. Servatius', jasper intaglio, 10th-12th c. Byzantine, Maastricht, Sint Servaas treasury 'seal of St. Servatius', jasper intaglio, 10th-12th c. Byzantine, Maastricht, Sint Servaas treasury sinners gnawing lips and tongues (?), and sinners by glance and touch: Byzantine Last Judgment ivory, 11th c., V&A A.24-1926. This work has its own page. head of John presented to Herod: Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page. Reliquary of SS. Adrian and Natalia, León 12th c., silver on oak, AIC 1943.65. This work has its own page with more parts. head carried, Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. Head reliquary, c.1150, St. Peter? VHM. This work has its own page. Massacre of the Innocents: Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. Massacre of the Innocents: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. head: St. Oswald reliquary, c.1185-89, HildMus DS23, which has its own page dragon's heart roasted: portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page heads: limestone baptismal font, Mosan c.1200, Schn K112, which has its own page Head of John the Baptist c.1210-20, wood, NaumburgCT, which has its own page arm reliquary of St. Pantaleon, Rhenish late 13th c., gilded silver, WAM 57.688. This work has its own page. St. Catherine of Alexandria, late 13th c. Rome, fresco from S. Agnese sulla via Nomentana, Vat 40478. For details see Vatican Museums. Saint Lawrence's finger reliquary, late 13th to early 14th c. France, copper and gilded silver, Louvre. Lawrence has his own page. foot reliquary of St. Adalhard, copper gilt, Italy 14th c., Cluny Cl. 1400. For profile see Cluny. St. George arm reliquary, Prague 1300-25, Prague Castle HS 03343. This work has its own page. John the Baptist: priest holding head, angels with torches, Amiens early 14th c., lead alloy, MoL 93.166/1 Dečani monastery frescoes (narthex), 1335-47, which have their own pages dismembered people in Hell (right): Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page head of John the Baptist on a charger, alabaster with traces of polychrome, 15th c. Nottingham, PMA 1962-67-8 Man of Sorrows w. instruments Passion, Niccolo di Pietro Gerini c.1405-06, tempera/panel fr Santissima Annunziata, Florence: Arezzo MS Parri Spinelli, Madonna of Mercy w. lives SS. Lorentino, Pergentino, tempera/panel 1435-37, Arezzo MS, which has its own page hands: Man of Sorrows from St. Nicholas church in Brzeg (Brieg), Wrocław 1443, paint on larch wood, MNW Śr. 343. This work has its own page. hands on center shield: tapestry, bears with shields inc. arms Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins, linen/silk, 1450-1500, Louvre OA 10372. For detail see Louvre. arm reliquary of St. Babylas from Guelph Treasure, silver and silver gilt on oak core, Brunswick 1467, PMA 1951-12-1. For other views see PMA. Hat badge with head of John the Baptist, 1475-85: gold, carnelian, enamel. AIC 1992.301 Arm reliquary Charlemagne, c.1481, silver gilt/gems/enamel, AachenCT. This work has its own page. arm reliquaries, painted wood with horn inserts, late 15th-c. Brunswick, from Guelph Treasure; left: One of the Thousand Saintly Warrions, KGM W41 Annunciation and Arma Christi, wood rosary bead, south Low Countries, early 16th c., Cluny: Louvre OA347. For chain see Louvre. Hockley reliquary pendant, wounds of Christ, early 16th c., gold, BM 2012,8046.1. For other views see BM. Triptych of St. Stanislaus the Bishop from church in Pławno, painted and gilt limewood, Krakow c.1510-20, MNW Śr. 18. This work has its own page. Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp fol. 543r, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page. Christ child as mariner on ship of salvation, based on Italian print. Portuguese India, early 17th c., BM 1959,0721.1 box in the form of a gloved hand making the 'fig' gesture, ivory, J. Ch. Lücke?, 18th c. Germany, MAAB. For another view see MAAB. 19th-c. head corbels, Cambridge Holy Sepulchre, which has its own page Hand of Fatima necklace, silver and enamel, 20th c., Berber people in Morocco, IMA 1998.79