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Historical Archive: Personifications, Mercy through Wisdom This page is alphabetical, not chronological. Mercy (3rd large figure from right): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page. See also Works of Mercy, Hildesheim Font. Might: Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. Mirth: Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page Modesty: plaque from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM. This object has its own page. Charity/Love and *Modesty, Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. Moon: Crucifixion obverse, crystal intaglio, c.825-50, BM 67.7-5.14. The Sun and Moon have their own page. Muses, ivory diptych, 5th c., Louvre LP 1264. For details see Louvre. Music (right in right medallion) with Rhetoric, Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page. Nature suckling Knowledge, Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page. Obedience: Crucifixion reliquary cross plaque, copper gilt and enamel, Mosan mid 12th c., WAM 44.98. For full object see Walters. Obedience (right): Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Ocean (center): Last Judgment, tempera, Nicholas and Johannes 1061-71, Vat 40526, which has its own page Ocean: ivory cross, c.1150-60, Cloisters 63.12, which has its own page. St. Olav triumphant over *paganism, oak w. polychromy, altar dossal fr. Austevoll c.1425-50, Bergen MA 284. For other views see Bergen. Patientia (patience, endurance), stucco 1186, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages with frontal view Pavia: Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi of Baduila (Totila, 541-52), obverse: Felix Ticinum (Pavia), Hermitage OH-З-115057. For same ruler's reverse see Hermitage. Peace (right, moved from left): Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. Peace has her own page. Perfection, Completion: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. Perjury: Last Judgment, tempera, Nicholas and Johannes 1061-71, Vat 40526, which has its own page Perseverence, upper left: Naumburg cathedral west choir windows, c.1245-60, which have their own page *Perseverence or Religion: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Philosophy, left: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral Poverty: Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. Peace or *Poverty (right): Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Praise (left): Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page Pride (center top): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Progress: Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page Prudence: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page. Prudence has its own page. Rage (left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Perseverence or *Religion: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Rhetoric (left in right medallion) with Music, Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page. Right judgment, counsel: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. River Nile from Karanis (Egypt), travertine (limestone), late 2nd c., KM 0000.02.5869 and 0000.02.5747. Rivers, generic and specific, have their own page. Rome seated with Victory, Roman niccolo agate intaglio c.330 CE, CdM Chab. 2071. Rome/Roma has its own page. Security (upper left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Siena (large enthroned figure on right): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Sight? Alfred Jewel, gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean. For side see Ashmolean. Sky, heavens, top: Augustus of Prima Porta, marble, early 1st c. CE, Vat MV.2290.0.0, which has its own page Sky: Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page Sleep or Dream: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page Spring, right 2 figures: Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page Strength: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. Strength has its own page. Sun: Mithras relief from Fiano Romano, reverse: Mithras banqueting with Sol, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911. The Sun and Moon have their own page. Synagogue (Synagoga): Crucifixion/Genesis ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with reverse. Synagoga has her own page. Temperance, bottom left: nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages Temperance: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Temperance has its own page. Truth: plaque from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM. This object has its own page. Tyranny enthroned: Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Vainglory (upper right, with mirror): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Vengeance: Stephansbursa, early 9th c., Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Schatzkammer. This object has its own page. Victory carrying a trophy from Apollonia (Epirus), Greece, marble, late 1st c. BCE, Louvre Ma 1432. Victory has her own page. War (right): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Death, Famine, *War: Apocalypse cycle c.1363/65, Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, which has its own own page. Wealth (left): Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page wind personification, bronze, late 1st c. BCE/early 1st c. CE, fr. east wall of Aquileia forum, ANAM. For other views see ANAM. Wind (right center top): Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page Winter: Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page Wisdom: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page with another different Wisdom. Wisdom (upper left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Holy Wisdom with Mary and John (icon center right), 17th c., Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page