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Historical Archive: Brass, bronze, copper, and copper alloy: thirteenth-fourteenth century and undifferentiated fifteenth century pendant cross, bronze/enamel, 10th-13th c., Novgorod AM Byzantine pectoral cross with St. George, copper alloy, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.75.1.3 Talismanic brass plaque, prob. Egypt 12th-15th c.: demon, symbols, nonsense inscription. BM candle-stick in the form of a mounted knight, bronze? from Mühlhausen/Thuringia, Niedersachsen? 13th c., KGM F139 Horseman aquamanile, bronze, 13th-c. England or Scandinavia, NGA 1942.9.280. This work 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 fire dogs: dog, bronze, 13th-15th c.? western Europe, Hermitage. For companion cat see Hermitage. Tablet reliquary transformed into a mirror; silver, copper, wood; Mosan c.1200, MRAH V.2132 corpus from a cross, Limoges enamel, c.1200, Schn G68 Thomas Becket reliquary, copper/enamel, c.1200-1210, SF. For oblique view see SF. Höxter lexionary cover, parts c.1200-25, prob. assembled aft. 1278, DMP PR52, which has its own page reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1200-25, Cluny Cl. 22596. For details see Cluny. reliquary base, gilt bronze, enamel, and silver gilt with Carolingian crystal, early 13th c., TMA 50.287 candle holder in the form of a dragon eating a knight, bronze? early 13th c., Niedersachsen, WLM. For detail see WLM. aquamanile: centaur drummer with flautist, copper alloy, Hildesheim, c.1200-1250, HNM 1860.115. For details see HNM. flabellum fr Wadi Natrun, copper alloy/wood, Egypt, dated 1202, Louvre OA 7947/E 11294. For detail see Louvre. Christ in Majesty, copper gilt and enamel, France c.1210, NGA 1961.9.182. This work has its own page. processional cross fr. Willebadessen, bronze gilt, c.1210, DMP BG030, which has its own page double seal matrix of the city of Esztergom (Hungary), bronze gilt, 1217-55, HNM Cim.Sec.I.V.3. For other valve see HNM. reliquary châsse plaque: Crucifixon and St. Thomas Becket, copper gilt and enamel, Master G. Alpais and workshop (French), c.1220-1225, CMA 1951.449 lion-head door knocker, bronze? from Wissen an der Sieg, Rheinland (Cologne?) c.1220-30, KGM K4273 Eagle and dragon lectern, copper alloy, c.1220-30, HildMus D1984-2, which has its own page bronze bell 1221-29, Kloster Wienhausen, which has its own pages Adoration of the Magi, gilt copper/enamel/rock crystal reliquary, Limoges c.1225-50, Hermitage Ф-181. For side view see Hermitage. font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page. Stigmatization of St. Francis, reliquary plaque c.1230-40, Limoges enamel on copper, Louvre OA 81, loan to Cluny ML 84. For details see Cluny. reliquary fr. Filefjell, copper gilt, Norway 1230-50, Bergen MA 52, which has its own page bowl with Tristan story, Limoges enamel c.1250-75, KGM 1917,101, which has its own page Vatnås reliquary, copper gilt on wood core, Norway c.1250-1300, Copenhagen, National Museum 9085. For details see Copenhagen. Bishop Otto I (reg. 1260-1279), brass, HildMus G8. For details see Hildesheim funerary monuments. griffin, Perguia Fountain, bronze 1274, which has its own page with companion lion Blanche de Champagne from la Joie-Notre-Dame, Hennebont (Morbihan), copper on walnut, Limoges 1286-early 14th c., Louvre OA 2082. For details see Louvre museum. reliquary of St. Lawrence's finger, late 13th to early 14th c. France, copper and gilded silver, Louvre Tablet reliquary, late 13th-c. Mount Athos or Venice; cedar wood, copper alloy, horn, silver, manuscript, glass, beads, gems; MRAH 3225. This work has its own page. Jewish wedding ring, bronze? Spain? 14th c., Hermitage foot reliquary of St. Adalhard, copper gilt, Italy 14th c., Cluny Cl. 1400. For profile see Cluny. bronze spigot, France? 14th c.? Cluny Cl. 23734 Halberstadt city seal matrix, bronze, c.1300, SMBMünz 18239309, which has its own page unicorn aquamanile, bronze, Hildesheim c.1300-25, Cluny Cl. 2136 gryphon gripping knight, copper alloy aquamanile fr. Strinda, c.1300-1350, Bergen MA 67. For oblique and detail views see Bergen. Guy de Meyos kneeling before St Louis, enamel on copper gilt, funerary plaque found at Civray (Vienne), Limoges 1307, Louvre OA 7495 St Elizabeth of Hungary, enamel on gilt copper, Sienna c.1310, Louvre OA 2011 Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page. Dečani monastery choros, bef. 1345, which has its own page Fantastic animal aquamanile: dog/horse/lion/bird of prey, copper alloy, mid 14th c. Germany, lion-head spouts later, KGM 1890,70. For other views see Berlin. Agnus Dei box with name Pope Urban IV, copper gilt, 1380-90, prob. Italy, PMA 1930-1-41. For another view see PMA griffin aquamanile, copper alloy, Nürnberg 15th c., KGM 90,429. For other views see Berlin. Triton aquamanile, bronze, 15th c. Braunschweig, Hermitage. For detail see Hermitage. copper mount France 15th c., holding ivory pyxis c.550-600, Louvre OA 5524 A. This object has its own page. copper mount France 15th c., holding ivory pyxis c.550-600, Louvre OA 5524 B. This object has its own page. belt hasp, copper alloy, 15th c., MAHSD Vernicle (veil of Veronica), 15th c., copper alloy, MoL 88.9/18 St. James: seal matrix St James Cripplegate, copper alloy, 15th c., MoL A11010 couple, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin young man, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069