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Historical Archive: People other than rulers, ecclesiastics, saints, and personifications

about 1300 through 15th century


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residents of Sodom: pavement tile, limestone/lead, 14th c., fr. St. Nicaise, Reims MSR 978.28594. For detail see Reims.
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attendant, right (groom?): Thomas Becket returning from exile, stone badge mold, 14th c., BM 1890,1002.1. For related badge see BM.
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St Albans cathedral 14th-c nave (which has more busts); St Albans has its own pages.
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Sion Cathedral, Virgin and child with *donors and saintly bishops, 14th-15th c., much retouched. For full portal see Sion cathedral.
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knife handle with dice player, ivory, c.1300, MAHSD. For overall view see MAHSD.
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ivory mirror case with chess game, Paris c.1300, V&A 803-1891. This work has its own page.
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handmaid: Tristan embroidery, wool on linen, c.1300-25, WIEN Ha 1, WienMus, which has its own page
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Persians: Nedstryn altar frontal, painted pine 1300-25, Bergen MA 1, which has its own page with more people
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ivory mirror case with courtly couples, Paris c.1300-30, KGM F 1337
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knight and lady: chessboard 1300-30, reused in plenary of Otto the Mild, KGM W 32, which has its own page
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knight held by gryphon, copper alloy aquamanile fr. Strinda, c.1300-1350, Bergen MA 67. For oblique and full views see Bergen.
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courting couple: Tristan and Iseult with Ogrin?, ivory mirror back, Paris c.1300-1350, Cluny Cl.383
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scenes of courtly love, ivory mirror back, Paris c.1300-1350, Cluny Cl.401
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attendants of Magi: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with many ordinary people, in Pisa cathedral
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Guy de Meyos kneeling before St Louis, enamel on copper gilt, funerary plaque found at Civray (Vienne), Limoges 1307, Louvre OA 7495
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Jew with stone: 1309-16, Kloster Wienhausen, which has its own pages
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shepherds: Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page with guards, more shepherds.
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shepherds: Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page with guards
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children: Giovanni di Balduccio, Charity, marble c.1330, NGA 1960.5.4. This work has its own page.
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children: Childhood of Christ, ceramic tile w. lead glaze, c.1330, V&A C.470-1927
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servitors: Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page with emirs and more servitors.
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laborers (bottom): Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page with noble ladies
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riders, walkers, people in tavern: Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page with more examples
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shepherd: Infancy and Passion diptych, ivory, Paris 1350-75, PMA 1921-20-1. This object has its own page.
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arresting officers, executioner: 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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mother of St. Theodore Tiron (left): Yakov Fedosov 1359, Lyudogoshch cross, wood, which has its own page with soldiers, Novgorod AM
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pagans: Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page with many examples.
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youth: Signet ring "of the Black Prince", ruby or garnet/gold/enamel, c.1350-1400, Louvre OA 9597, which has its own page
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people listening to sermon: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page with many examples.
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witnesses before "the people": Apocalypse cycle c.1363/65, Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, which has its own own page.
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Resurrection of a young girl, alabaster from shrine of St. Elzear de Sabran, Apt, c. 1370-73, Louvre R.F. 1676. For other views see Louvre museum.
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member of Teutonic Order (right): Vierge Ouvrante, polychromed wood, 1375-1425, Cluny Cl. 12060, which has its own page.
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builders, masons: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages with many other people.
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right: memorial of Dominico Raynerius 1395, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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farming man and woman: oak misericord, England late 14th c., V&A W.8:1, 2-1921. For companion farmer misericords see V&A.
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secular(?) badge on reliquary, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai ND. This work has its own page.
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knife handle shaped as woman with book, bone, 15th c., Scandinavia?, Louvre OA 12175
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soldiers: ivory chess piece, Spain or France 15th c. BM 1881,1114.1. For another view see BM.
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couple, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin
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young man, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin
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children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069
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Ishmaelite, 15th c? Sainte Chapelle stained glass: Joseph sold by his brothers, 15th c. window w. 13th c. glass, Cluny DS 1888
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falconer: brooch, gold/enamel/sapphire/pearl, early 15th c., KGM F 1364. For other views see Berlin.
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fool, part of a candlestick from Jászágó (Hungary), bronze? 1st half of 15th c., HNM
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musicians, dancers: ivory pyxis, 1403-04, DO BZ.1936.24, which has its own page
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guards, soldiers: Man of Sorrows w. instruments Passion, Niccolo di Pietro Gerini c.1405-06, tempera/panel fr Santissima Annunziata, Florence: Arezzo MS
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people of Jerusalem: Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page
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sheltering people: Madonna of Mercy, Giovanni di Agnolo di Balduccio c.1414, fresco, Arezzo MS. For detail see Arezzo Museums.
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soldiers: oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page with more ordinary people
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Jews: Winterfeld Diptych: Virgin and Child, Man of Sorrows with Holy Lance and instruments of the Passion, Ecce Homo, tempera on oak, from church of Notre Dame in Gdansk, Gdansk c.1430, MNW Śr. 206
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torturers: Chapel of Rarogne paintings, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional images
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donors Rodolphe Asperlin and Francisquina de Rarogne, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with architectural context
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sheltering people, soldiers: Parri Spinelli, Madonna of Mercy w. lives SS. Lorentino, Pergentino, tempera/panel 1435-37, Arezzo MS, which has its own page
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soldiers: 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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courtiers: Three Coronations tapestry, Brussels 1446-88, Sens CT. This work has its own page.
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Gregory Marsuppini: Filippo Lippi, Coronation of the Virgin panel, Marsuppini altarpiece, 1450s, Vat. loan to Arezzo MS. For details inc. Carlo Marsuppini see Arezzo Museums.
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shepherd, element from an oak canopy, Normandy c.1450-1500, PMA 1930-1-191a. For more views see PMA.
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soldiers or guards: Betrayal of Christ, alabaster with polychrome and gilding, England c.1450-1500, loan to UMMA from Met 1948,48.175.1. This work has its own page.
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builders of Ark, stained glass windows with more ordinary people: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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Pierre de Bauffremont tomb relief, carboniforous limestone, Dijon 1453-72, WAM 27.542. This object has its own page.
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blessed in Paradise: Giovanni di Paolo 1460-65, Last Judgment, SPN inv. 172, which has its own page
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pleurants: Chapelle Molitor, c.1470, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional views
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thieves: Scenes from the Passion fr. Krappe family chapel, church St. Elizabeth Wrocław, painted limewood, Wrocław c.1492, MNW Śr. 109. This work has its own page.
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sheltering people: Niccolò di Giovanni da Borgo Sansepolcro c.1498-1500, copper silvered/gilt reliquary SS. Lorentino/Pergentino, Arezzo MS. For other views see Arezzo Museums.
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learned Jews: Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, Absolon Stumme 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page with many ordinary people.