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Historical Archive: Footstools See also stools. Akhenaten, Nefertiti, 3 daughters, limestone, c.1345 BCE, SMB EgMP ÄM 14145, which has its own page painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page Passion/tree sarcophagus: Cain and Abel, arrest of Peter, triumphant cross, arrest of Paul, Job; marble, Rome c.360, Vat 28591. For more images see Vatican Museums. Christ with SS. Peter and Paul, ivory 5th-6th c., on Schn B98, which has its own page Infancy/Miracle ivory, c.400-435, SMBByz 2719, which has its own page Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, c.451-73. This work has its own pages. Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page with more footstools Christ enthroned ivory, mid 6th c., SMBByz 564/565, which has its own page with companion panel and another footstool Harrach diptych back, ivory, 7th-8th c., Schn 1012, which has its own page Gundohinus Gospels, 754-55, Autun CGM 3, this opening of which has its own page Genoels-Elderen ivories, late 8th/early 9th c., MRAH 1474. This work has its own page. Harrach diptych, ivory with glass c.800, Schn 1012, which has its own page with more footstools Resurrection/Nativity, ivory late 9th-early 10th c., Vat 64477 Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Constantine VII crowned by Christ, ivory, c.945, Pushkin II 2 b 329, which has its own page scourging, Pontius Pilate, ivory fr Magdeburg Antependium, Milan c.970, BNM 17/420. For scale see BNM. Christ, Otto II, and Theophano ivory, Italy 982-83, Cluny Cl.392, which has its own page Dormition of the Virgin, ivory, late 10th-c. Constantinople, DO BZ.1937.5. For oblique view see DO. Doubting Thomas, ivory, late 10th c., SMBByz 8505/8506, which has its own page with companion panel Dormition ivory, late 10th c. Constantinople, Schn B101 gold altar frontal, early 11th c., Aachen cathedral. The altar and cathedral have their own pages. Nativity, Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with more footstools. Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page Christ Enthroned ivory fr. St. Aemilian reliquary, 1060-80, DO BZ.1948.12. The reliquary ivories have their own page. Romanus IV Diogenes and Eudocia nomisma histamenon, reverse, Constantinople 1068-71, NBM Christ in majesty, walrus or narwhal ivory, late 11th c. Lotharingia, Schn B121 Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page with more footstools deposition, ivory, 12th c. north Italy, inscription prob. 14th c., HildMus DS11. For other views see HildMus. judicial scene, St. Stephen: copper, 12th c.? Vat 61919 Annunciation ivory, early 12th c., SMBByz 2787 portable altar of Henry II of Werl, Roger of Helmarshausen c.1105 or 1120-27, DMP DS2, which has its own page with many footstools Abdinghof portable altar, 1115-30, DMP PR50, which has its own page with another footstool Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views, and another footstool in Notre Dame de la Belle-Verrière, see Chartres. Christ with winnowing fan, copper gilt, Cologne 1150-60, Schn G578 Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page with more footstools. Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. glass cameo Christ, angels, Venice 13th c., Vat 61160 Christ crowned by Victories, sardonyx cameo, 13th-c. South Italy, Louvre MR 80/BJ 1878/OA 9513. For oblique view see Louvre. nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page with another footstool, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages flabellum fr Wadi Natrun, copper alloy/wood, Egypt, dated 1202, Louvre OA 7947/E 11294. For full work see Louvre. Christ in Majesty, copper gilt and enamel, France c.1210, NGA 1961.9.182. This work has its own page. font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page with more footstools. Virgin and Child Enthroned (Kahn Madonna), Byzantine (Latin Empire Constantinople) c.1260, tempera on panel, NGA 1949.7.1. This work has its own page. Virgin and Child Enthroned (Mellon Madonna), Italy or Cyprus c.1260-1285, tempera on panel, NGA 1937.1.1. This work has its own page. Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with more footstools, in Pisa cathedral Andernach city seal matrix, silver, by 1308, SMBMünz 18239319, which has its own page Parri Spinelli, Madonna of Mercy w. lives SS. Lorentino, Pergentino, tempera/panel 1435-37, Arezzo MS, which has its own page naos: Dečani monastery frescoes, 1335-47, which have their own pages Judith and Holofernes, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page Rogier van der Weyden, St. Luke drawing the Virgin, oil transferred to canvas c.1435-40s, Hermitage ГЭ-419. For view with person for scale see Hermitage. Khutyn epitaphios, taffeta with gold/silver/silk embroidery, mid 15th c., workshop of Archbishop Euthymius/Euphemius II (1429–1459), Novgorod AM. For more views with another stool see Novgorod. Deesis, Annunciation, saints: bone/silver gilt/base metal, 16th c., Novgorod AM Meerbeck carver, Passion c.1525-30, North Paradise, Cathedral, Hildesheim, which has its own pages with details Circumcision, 17th-c. marble relief in St. Séverin, Paris, which has its own page. Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1866, Vespasian hearing of the taking of Jerusalem, oil on panel in original frame, UMMA 2004/2.143. This work has its own page. 1930s reconstruction: Ambo of Henry II, 1002-1014, Aachen cathedral. The ambo and cathedral have their own pages. Joseph Bohland, nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, eastern end remade 1959-60, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages