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Historical Archive: Clubs, Maces, Stones


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1st c. intaglios in mid-19th c. gold ring, p.c., which has its own page
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Hercules and the Nemean lion, jasper, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26014, Bonner 109
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Hercules club from Vienna, gold, 3rd c., KHM VIIa 20
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Hercules urinating, 3rd or late 15th c., sardonyx cameo, Florence MA 14612
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club? satyr in battle, ivory pyxis, 5th-6th c., Trier? KHM X41, which has its own page
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maces (upper corners): Szilágy Somlyó amulet chain, gold/rock crystal, prob. c.400-50, poss. late 4th c., KHM VIIb 1. The Szilágy Somlyó treasure has its own page with other views including trident.
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stones, Susanna Crystal: rock crystal intaglio, c.855-69, BM 55.12-1.5. This object has its own page.
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stones: Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page with swords.
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club: murder of Abel, Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with other views.
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club: Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page with additional clubs.
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stones: Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page.
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club: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral
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stones (right figure), frescoes 1309-16, Kloster Wienhausen, which has its own pages
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mace: Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page.
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clubs: Dečani monastery frescoes in narthex and naos, 1335-47, which have their own pages with swords
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club: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page with another club
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stones: Chastity, SS. *Stephen (head), Paul the Hermit, and Lawrence, and Obedience: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409. This work has its own page.
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Apostle with club, prob. St. Judas Thaddeus (Jude), alabaster, c.1450-60 southern Netherlands or north-east France, PMA 1999-131-1. For additional views see PMA.
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club: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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club: footed beaker with Creation, enameled mold-blown glass, Venice c.1490, KGM 1935,51, which has its own page
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stones (in cloak): Saint Stephen, polychromed wood, Tilman Riemenschneider 1502-1510, CMA 1959.43