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Historical Archive: Carrying Straps and Poles for people and animals straps for people: Standard of Ur, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone, c. 2600-2400 BCE, BM ME 121201. This work has its own page. carrying poles: Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page with backless chairs/thrones. strap for people, lower right: Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page pole, Flight and return: Chartres west windows 1145-1155. For more views see Chartres. pole, Flight: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page, in Pisa cathedral straps/bundles for camels: Mina'i ware beaker with Shahnama story, Iran late 12th c., Freer F1928.2. This work has its own page. poles: Chartres cathedral, choir axial clerestory window 1210-25. For more views see Chartres. For carrying poles see also Flight into Egypt. poles, carrying Ark: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page with another carrying pole. pole, right: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page with another carrying pole. pole, Flight: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with full panel, in Pisa cathedral carrying reliquary: Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page. pole, Flight: 3 Towers Reliquary, 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page. straps: Abraham and Isaac, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page poles: Hermann tom Ring, Last Judgement/ Triumph of Death 1550-52, oil/panel, Utrecht ABM s40. For full work see Utrecht.