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Historical Archive: Lambs, Sheep, and Rams The Lamb of God has its own page. rams: Standard of Ur, c. 2600-2400 BCE, BM ME 121201. This work has its own page. cosmetic box lid: lion attacking sheep or goat, shell and lapis lazuli, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B16744A vessel in the form of a ram, ceramic, western provincial Roman, MFAB ram (Aries), bottom: unfinished Zodiac, marble, 2nd c. Roman, SMB AS SK1050. For oblique view see Berlin. ram (Aries), right: Mithras fr. City of London temple, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., MoL A16933 Good Shepherd, sard intaglio, 3rd c., BM, Dalton 503 Abraham and Isaac, banded agate intaglio, Sasanian (3rd-7th c.), CdM Chab. 1330 Shepherd sarcophagus from Via Salaria (Christian?), Rome, c.250-75, Vat 31540. This work has its own page. top right: Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page Good Shepherd, marble, late 3rd c. central Turkey, CMA 1965.241. This object has its own page. pastoral sarcophagus with lid from Via Prenestina (Christian?), painted and gilt, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 31485 (ex 150). This work has its own page. Good Shepherd, marble, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 28590 (ex 103). This work has its own page. Jonah sarcophagus found between Ilminster and Bath, Eng., marble, c.300, BM 1957,1011.1. This work has its own page. Porphyry sarcophagus of Constantina (d.354), c.330-65, Vat 237. This work has its own page. partial ram, lower left: hunt, Italy? c.350-400, bronze/silver/copper, Louvre Br 3448/MND 889. For details see Louvre. Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page with more lambs Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus (Three Shepherds Sarcophagus; Christian?), marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page. Abraham and Isaac: Christian pyxis, ivory, 5th-6th c., Bologna BIZ 2, which has its own page Scenes from the life of St. Paul, and Adam in Paradise, ivory diptych c.400, Bargello, Florence Good Shepherd mosaic, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c.425-30. This work has its own page. sarcophagus, Greek marble, mid 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 368. For this object see Ravenna. sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369. For contiguous images see Ravenna. font relief prob. 6th c., poss. sarcophagus fragment, in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages. Saint Agnes, north wall mosaic, early 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page. Moses as shepherd, presbytery mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior page with Abel and lamb, capital with lambs, Abraham with ram. sheep or ram with other animals: composite, Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page ivory pyxis with Massacre of the Innocents, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 B. This object has its own page. Cross with Christ, lamb, and angels, engraved reverse, crystal intaglio, 6th-7th c., CdM M6606 Samson, ivory comb, Metz? c.850-75, Louvre MR 358. For additional views see Louvre. Aries: Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page ram: sacrifices Melchisedek, Abraham, ivory, early 11th c., Louvre OA 11738 Abel offering lamb: Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with other views. Abel offering lamb: Cain and Abel ivory, south Italy c.1084, Louvre OA 4052 ram: ivory with Genesis scenes, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page with more sheep ram's head: "Comb of St. Loup," 12th c. with poss. earlier comb; ivory, gold, silver gilt, gems; Sens CT TC.C'2. For full object see Sens. Abraham and Isaac: Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. ram (Ares): Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres. Abraham and Isaac capital from Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre, Parthenay, limestone, mid 12th c., Louvre R.F. 1848. For other face see Louvre. offering of Abel (lower right): Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page. offering of Abel: Typological cross, copper with enamel, silver, and rock crystal on wood core, Mosan 1150-1200, MRAH 2293. This work has its own page. ram 1173-78, Pisa campanile, which has its own page, in cathedral complex rams, hunting frieze center right: west façade completed by 1180, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page, in cathedral complex. Sainte Chapelle stained glass: possessions of Job taken, 13th c. glass in 15th c. window, Cluny DS 1896 bis Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex Creation mosaic (retouched) c.1270-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages with sheep at Nativity. Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral Nativity with Isaiah and Ezechiel, Duccio 1308/1311, NGA 1937.1.8. This work has its own page. ram: Naumburg cathedral gargoyles, c.1330, which have their own page with more views ram: Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page with possible lamb. Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page with more sheep. Annunciation to the Shepherds: Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page Creation: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page Visitation, Annunciation to the Shepherds: ivory diptych, Paris 1350-75, PMA 1921-20-1. This object has its own page with more sheep. Humility with lamb: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. flocks of Jacob: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages with more examples. ram for Abraham/Isaac: Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page Abraham and Isaac, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page with surround upper right: Bernat Martorell, St. George, Spain 1434-35, tempera on panel, AIC 1933.786. This work has its own page. sheep, element from an oak canopy, Normandy c.1450-1500, PMA 1930-1-191a. For more of the canopy see PMA. Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, Absolon Stumme 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page. angel with lamb: Alessandro Bardelli, Gloria di Angeli 1624, painting formerly surrounding Berlinghieri St. Francis (here in a copy), San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page with Berlinghieri Annunciation and Nativity triptych, enamel, frame gilt copper on wood with traces polychrome and gilding, early 16th c. Limoges, Master of the Large Foreheads, PMA 1930-1-62. For other views see PMA. related: goat in tree, often identified as ram, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn 30-12-702, which has its own page