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Historical Archive: Bows, Arrows, and Quivers Stele of Naram-Sin, pink limestone, 2254-2218 BCE, Louvre. For other views see Louvre. bow case: painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page quivers: Porphyry sarcophagus of Helena (d. c.330), 1st third of 4th c., Vat 238. This work has its own page. bows: ivory pyxis, 6th c., eastern Mediterranean, VHM, loan from Sion CT. This work has its own page. bow: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page Charles the Bald prayer book cover ivories: psalms 26 and 24, c.860, Zurich Schweizerisches Landesmuseum AG-1311, DIG-3437 Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page bow and arrow: pendant reliquary cross, walrus ivory with silver, England prob. mid-11th c., V&A A.6-1966. This work has its own page. bow and arrows (centaur): Adoration of the Magi, whalebone, c.1120-50, V&A 142-1866, which has its own page bow (top): Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres. Adel church 1150-70, which has its own exterior and interior pages centaur archer, enameled copper, Mosan c.1160-70, Louvre 8097 arrows: Mina'i ware beaker with Shahnama story, Iran late 12th c., Freer F1928.2. This work has its own page. arrow on shield: St. Sebastian, bottom: Naumburg cathedral west choir windows, c.1245-60, which have their own page arrow: scenes of courtly love, ivory mirror back, Paris c.1300-1350, Cluny Cl.401 Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page with more examples. Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages with more examples, esp. Apocalypse. quiver prob 15th c., on Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. stag wounded by arrow, sardonyx cameo, 15th or 17th c., Florence MA 14584 crossbow: battle between Jews and Syrians, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page crossbow with stirrup, bows: Chapel of Rarogne paintings, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional views Lamech kills Cain, upper window: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages with more weapon windows St. Sebastian, silver, Germany late 15th c., KGM F 1277 m centaur pendant, gold/enamel/ruby/emerald/diamond/crystal/pearl, Italy 16th c., KGM 1855,1099 Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp fol.586r, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page with another bow. bow: Hermann tom Ring, Last Judgement/ Triumph of Death 1550-52, oil/panel, Utrecht ABM s40. For full work see Utrecht. bow, arrows: Jupiter (as Diana) and Callisto?, François Boucher 1744, Pushkin Ж 733. For scale see Pushkin. Diana the hunter, ostrich egg cup with cover, Johannes Lencker (1573-1637), Augsburg 1620-25, MAAB. For other views see MAAB. quiver: composite with Roman cameos, Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page Diana weather vane, copper sheets, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1892-94, PMA 1932-30-1. For additional views see PMA. United States half eagle gold coin, 1900, p.c. For obverse see Private Collections