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Historical Archive: Human Activities, painting to writing This page is alphabetical, not chronological. painting: sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page painting: St. Luke painting Virgin fr. church St. Mary Magdalene Wrocław, limewood c.1506, Jakob Beinhart (fl. Wrocław 1483-1525), MNW Śr. 15. This work has its own page. picking dates: Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, Absolon Stumme 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page. picking fruit, bottom: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page with another harvester, in cathedral complex play-fighting, stick players: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad: Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page. playing backgammon: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad: Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page. playing billiards, porcelain, central Europe early 19th c., Belgrade MAA 1230. For other views see Belgrade MAA. playing chess: ivory mirror case, Paris c.1300, V&A 803-1891. This work has its own page. playing chess: plenary of Otto the Mild, 1339 reusing chessboard 1300-30, KGM W 32, which has its own page playing dice: Exekias, black-figure amphora with Ajax and Achilles, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page. playing dice, ivory knife handle, c.1300, MAHSD. For full object see Saint-Denis museum. playing dice (right): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page playing music: musical automaton in the form of a male saint, court of Charles V (J. Turriano?), Madrid 1570-80, MAAB. For musicians see Horns (musical) and Musical Instruments in the Iconographic Index of Objects depicted. playing polo: enamelled and gilded blown glass, Syria, mid 13th c., Louvre OA 6131. This work has its own page. playing polo: Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page. plowing, second from top: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex St. Paul *preaching in Athens, 16th c. Majolica platter (coppa amatoria), Urbino workshop, Arezzo MS 14750. Preaching has its own page. rape: Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page reading: Shepherd sarcophagus from Via Salaria, Rome, c.250-75, Vat 31540. This work has its own page. Reading has its own page. reaping: Reaper, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Taubman, Bonner 115. Reaping has its own page. riding a donkey: Annunciation, Ordeal, Flight; ivory, 6th c. eastern Mediterranean (Syria?), Louvre OA 11149. See also Entry into Jerusalem and Flight into Egypt. riding a horse: Saint Faustinus from Porta della Pile, mid 13th c., Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia. See horses, through 12th c., 13th c. to present. riding a pig, Greek ceramic rattle, 1st c. BCE, Penn L-29-130, loan from PMA 29-6-134. Riders on animals other than donkeys or horses have their own page. sailing: Jonah sarcophagus found between Ilminster and Bath, Eng., marble, c.300, BM 1957,1011.1. This work has its own page. For sailing see boats and ships. sculpting: Chartres cathedral, ambulatory windows 1220-25. For more views see Chartres. sewing: St. Luke painting Virgin fr. church St. Mary Magdalene Wrocław, limewood c.1506, Jakob Beinhart (fl. Wrocław 1483-1525), MNW Śr. 15. This work has its own page. Sewing and spinning have their own page. poss. singing: 14th-c. angels, Lorsch Torhalle, which has its own page with more paintings singing (naos): Dečani monastery frescoes, 1335-47, which have their own pages singing: console of standing figure by ambo, sandstone 1430, polychromed 1849, Aachen cathedral choir. The cathedral has its own pages. sleeping: Jonah asleep under a vine, late 3rd c. central Turkey: This group has its own page. Sleeping has its own page. smithing: blacksmith shop from area of Beligna, late 1st-early 2nd century, limestone, ANAM. For detail see ANAM. smithing: Christian gravestone of blacksmith Flavius Saturninus, marble, 4th-5th c., fr. area San Martino di Terzo, Terzo d'Aquileia, ANAM. For full work see ANAM. spinning: grave stone of Veriuga, Dunapentele (Hungary) early 2nd c., HNM 56.1911.3=62.54.1. Spinning and sewing have their own page. spitting: Man of Sorrows from St. Nicholas church in Brzeg (Brieg), Wrocław 1443, MNW Śr. 343. This work has its own page. suicide: Chartres cathedral, north transept windows 1234-35. For more views see Chartres. suicide: Lucretia, Majolica platter (coppa amatoria) c.1540, Casteldurante workshop, Arezzo MS taming a horse: Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page Christ *teaches the disciples to pray (right, naos): Dečani monastery frescoes, 1335-47, which have their own pages teaching (right): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page teaching: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. thinking: Pensive Christ (Way to Calvary) fr. Bernardine church Wrocław, painted wood, Wrocław c.1500, MNW Śr. 105. This work has its own page. threshing, top: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex threshing grain, oak misericord, England late 14th c., V&A W.7-1921 trampling grapes: Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus, marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page. Wine making has its own page. untying sheaves (left top, August): Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres. urinating Hercules, 3rd or late 15th c., sardonyx cameo, Florence MA 14612 vintaging: labor of September, ivory, 10th-11th c. Byzantine, SMBByz 573. Wine making has its own page. warming hands (left top, February): Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres. warming hands, bottom: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex washing an adult: Tristan embroidery, wool on linen, c.1300-25, WIEN Ha 1, WienMus, which has its own page washing feet: cure of injured foot?, 1213-20, Canterbury cathedral; see Canterbury glass. For Christ washing feet see Footwashing. washing hands: Albrecht Altdorfer 1509-18, Pilate washing his hands. The handwashing has its own page. washing an infant: Nativity, Duccio 1308/1311, NGA 1937.1.8. For washing an infant, see Nativity and birth of John the Baptist, Padua and Pisa. weeping: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. See also Christian iconography of Crucifixion, Deposition, Lamentation, and Apocalypse (Last Judgment) wine making: porphyry sarcophagus of Constantina, c.330-65, Vat 237. This work has its own page. Wine making has its own page. writing, naming of John the Baptist: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages. Writing has its own page.