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Historical Archive: Horses, bridles, and saddles from 13th century on


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disk with falconer, silver/gilt, 12th-13th c. Volga Bulgar, Morgan 2012.2:92
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portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page
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buckle with fighting knights from Kígyóspuszta (Hungary), gold and niello, 13th c., HNM
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candle-stick in the form of a mounted knight from Mühlhausen/Thuringia, Niedersachsen? 13th c., KGM F139
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Aurora (dawn), banded agate cameo, 13th c. S.Italy, Fitz. CG 752. This work has its own page.
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Horseman aquamanile, bronze, 13th-c. England or Scandinavia, NGA 1942.9.280. This work has its own page.
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Sainte Chapelle stained glass: possessions of Job taken, 13th c. glass in 15th c. window, Cluny DS 1896 bis
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door fitting fr. Flæte stave church, Arnafjord, wrought iron/copper, 13th c.?: dragon heads, unicorns, pig, lion, horses, bird; Bergen MA 281a or b
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silver bracteate of Philipp von Schwaben, c.1200, SMBMünz 18207560
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equestrian seal of William Fitzhamor, jet intaglio, English early 13th c., BM 1978,1-2,1
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bottom: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Canterbury cathedral ambulatory window n.III, 1213-20. Cathedral glass has its own page.
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Chartres cathedral, north transept windows 1234-35. For more views see Chartres.
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Holofernes' army crossing the Euphrates, stained glass from the Sainte Chapelle, Paris, 1246-48, PMA 1930-24-3. For detail see PMA.
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Saint Faustinus from Porta della Pile, mid 13th c., Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia. For other views see Brescia.
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beaker with polo players, enamelled and gilded blown glass, Syria, mid 13th c., Louvre OA 6131. This work has its own page with more horses.
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glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page with another horse.
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Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Creation mosaic (retouched) c.1270-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages.
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badge and 14th c. mold, Thomas Becket returning from exile, BM 1890,1002.1 and 1984,0505.1. For individual views see see BM.
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Tristan embroidery, wool on linen, c.1300-25, WIEN Ha 1, WienMus, which has its own page
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Nedstryn altar frontal, painted pine 1300-25, Bergen MA 1, which has its own page with more horses
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city seal of Jawor: St. Martin, Poland c.1300-50, MNW 116255. For another view see MNW.
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Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with more horses, in Pisa cathedral
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mirror-back with courtly couple, ivory, 2nd quarter of 14th c. Paris, Louvre.
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Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page with more horses.
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plenary of Otto the Mild, 1339 reusing chessboard 1300-30, KGM W 32, which has its own page with more horses
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creation of man and animals: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page with more horses, riders
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Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page.
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Yakov Fedosov 1359, Lyudogoshch cross, wood, which has its own page with another horse, Novgorod AM
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Thomas, Earl of Lancaster: panel with capture, trial, *journey, and execution; above: Coronation of the Virgin; mid/late 14th c., lead alloy partly gilt, from River Thames bank, MoL
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horsemen of the Apocalypse c.1363/65: Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, which has its own own page.
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horseman of the Apocalypse: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages with more examples.
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horse? upper left: front of an oak chest with heraldic and fantastic beasts, Lower Saxony c.1380, KGM 1884,1688
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oak misericord: loading grain on cart, England late 14th c., V&A W.53-1921
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aquamanile in the form of a horse, copper alloy, Nürnberg c.1400-50, Met 47.101.53 loaned to PMA. This object has its own page.
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Wood chest with tournament, 15th-c. France, Cluny Cl.8919. For oblique view see Cluny.
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children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069
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battle (I Maccabees 6), oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page with surround
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Bernat Martorell, St. George, Spain 1434-35, tempera on panel, AIC 1933.786. This work has its own page.
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Parri Spinelli, prob. Battle of the Milvian Bridge, c.1435-40, fresco fr. abbey of SS. Flora e Lucella, Arezzo MS
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footed beaker with Creation, enameled mold-blown glass, Venice c.1490, KGM 1935,51, which has its own page
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equestrian scene from Nagyvázsony castle (Hungary), marble? c.1500, HNM. For other views see HNM.
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St. George and the dragon, marble, Michel Colombe 1509-10; frame prob. Jerome Pacherot, Jean Chersalle, Bertrand de Meynal. Louvre MR 1645. This work has its own page.
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Maximilian I, silver 3 Guldiner, Antwerp 1517 (dated 1509), SMBMünz 18203549
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Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page with more horses.
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Meerbeck carver, Passion c.1525-30, North Paradise, Cathedral, Hildesheim, which has its own pages with more horses
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marquetry on archiepiscopal throne, Giovanbattista del Cervelliera 1536, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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Crossing the Red Sea, enamel/copper, Jean de Court 1575-85, SF 48.2. For details see SF.
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astronomical clock, C. Fredenberck, Augsburg 1577, MAAB. For other views see MAAB.
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on left Jacopo Ligozzi, 1595 Martyrdom of St. Dorothy, San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page
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Hunting horn assoc. Henry IV of Navarre, ivory, France late 16th-early 17th c., Belgrade MAA 541. For other views see Belgrade MAA.
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Welcome glass (Humpen) of Thomas v. Sanitz zu Brausfelde Erbesessin, enameled glass, Germany 1616, CMA 1948.233
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Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Andrea Camassei (1602/49), Lateran Baptistery, Rome. The baptistery octagon and narthex have their own interior page.
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Ethiopian double diptych pendant, late 17th c., StLouis 12:2016, which has its own page
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bottom: Zaharija Orfelin, Serbian perpetual calendar, Vienna 1783, Belgrade MAA 608. For full opening see Belgrade MAA.
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footed bowl, enameled and gilt glass, Venice c.1840-60, CMA 1962.423 (Not available in higher resolution.) For more views see CMA.