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Historical Archive: Brass, bronze, copper, and copper alloy: eleventh and twelfth centuries book cover 7th-12th c., Schn B98, which has its own page bird fitting, bronze, Viking period (9th-11th c.), Lejre 6410PX433. For oblique view see Lejre. mount in bird form, copper alloy, 10th-11th c., MoL BUF90[1716]<212> ainmal interlace mount, gilt copper alloy, 10th-11th c., MoL A10394 pendant cross, bronze/enamel, 10th-13th c., Novgorod AM St. Michael and dragon, citation seal of the chapter of Veszprém cathedral, cast bronze, 11th-c. Hungary, HNM 1890.127.10 bronze griffin, Spain(?), 11thc., Opera Pisa. This work has its own page. stirrup mount, copper alloy, 11th c., MoL 90.179/2 Byzantine pectoral cross with St. George, copper alloy, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.75.1.3 bronze buckle, 11th-13th c. north France, SMB cross encolpion, copper alloy?: Crucifixion, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM cross encolpion, copper alloy?: Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM cross encolpion with hinged fitting, copper alloy?: Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM cross encolpion, copper alloy?: engraved Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM Ambo of Henry II, copper gilt 1002-1014, Aachen cathedral. The ambo and cathedral have their own pages. Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page. Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page. chandelier of Thietmar 1038-44, copper gilt, reworked c.1400, badly damaged 1942, restored 1982-89, in Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page Åby crucifix, oak with copper plates/gilt/vernis brun, c.1050-1100, NMD D629. For details see Copenhagen. Chandelier of Hezilo, gilded copper, 1061, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page. Crucifixion, bronze, Ireland late 11th-early 12th c., BM 1983.7-1.1 Byzantine triptychs, late 11th-early 12th c., on Stavelot Triptych, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page with details. Faucet with peacock spigot and lion-headed spout (poss. fr. fountain), bronze, 12th-c. Iran, UMMA 1959/1.114 oil lamp, copper alloy, traditional Jewish shape, 12th c., MoL 1374. For details see MoL. Small Bernward Gospels cover, oak core/gilt copper/rock crystal/painted parchment under horn, Hildesheim 12th c. with Byzantine ivory 10th c., HildMus DS13. For other views see HildMus. copper alloy bell shrine, 12th c., BM 1854,0714.6.B; detail at British Museum judicial scene, St. Stephen: copper, 12th c.? Vat 61919 pendant reliquary, copper/glass Rome? 12th-13th c.; St. Artemon of of Laodikeia, MS Byzantine 10th c.; Vat 61918 copper alloy mirror back w sphinxes, Kufic inscription, Turkey or Iran? 12th-13th c., Louvre OA 3945. For reverse see Louvre. Talismanic brass plaque, prob. Egypt 12th-15th c.: demon, symbols, nonsense inscription. BM Aurochs or buffalo horn reliquary, early 12th-c. Insular; copper alloy at tip 13th c. (?), MRAH 2958. For detail see MRAH. Crucifix from Lisbjerg, c.1100-25, gilded copper, NMD D287. Crucifix and altar have their own page. Frøslev reliquary, copper/enamel, c.1100-50, NMD D751, which has its own page portable altar of Henry II of Werl, Roger of Helmarshausen c.1105 or 1120-27, DMP DS2, which has its own page crucified Christ, bronze, Reiner of Huy?, Liège c.1110-20, Schn H70 Abdinghof portable altar, 1115-30, DMP PR50, which has its own page bronze situla from the monastery of St. Alban, Mainz, 1116-19, HMP. For detail see HMP. Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. disc cross, copper gilt/gems, c.1140, HildMus DS27b or c. Three disc crosses at Hildesheim have their own page Crucifixion reliquary cross plaque, copper gilt and enamel, Mosan mid 12th c., WAM 44.98. For details see Walters. rivers of Paradise, copper gilt, Mosan mid-12th c., Cluny Cl.1362. For details see Cluny. Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page. Last Judgment, enamel and gilt on copper, Winchester c.1150-60, V&A M.209-1925 Christ with winnowing fan, copper gilt, Cologne 1150-60, Schn G578 candlestick in the form of a harpy, bronze gilt, c.1150-1200 Trier, from Hajdúhadháza (Hungary), HNM 1892.105. For another view see HNM. Typological cross, copper with enamel, silver, and rock crystal on wood core, Mosan 1150-1200, MRAH 2293. This work has its own page. Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. Stavelot Triptych, Mosan, c.1156-58, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page. chandelier 1156-84, Aachen cathedral. The cathedral and chandelier have their own pages. Moses with brazen serpent, copper alloy enameled and gilt, c.1160, V&A M.59-1952 Mosan frame and cover c.1160-70 with 11th c. Byzantine tablet reliquary, silver gilt and enamel on copper gilt, Louvre OA 8099. This work has its own page. centaur archer, enameled copper, Mosan c.1160-70, Louvre 8097 man fighting wyvern, enameled copper, Mosan c.1160-70, Louvre 8098 Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad: Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page. St. Valerie of Limoges reliquary, gilt copper/enamel, Limoges c.1175, Hermitage Ф-175. For oblique view see Hermitage. Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. Thomas Becket reliquary, Limoges c.1180-90, V&A M.66-1997. This work has its own page. bronze(?) candle-stick in the form of a mounted knight, Lotharingia? late 12th c., KGM 85.56. For another view see Berlin. Spitzer Cross, copper gilt and enamel, French c.1190, CMA 1923.1051. For other views and details see CMA. Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page. reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1190-1200, Cluny Cl. 23296 For details see Cluny.