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Historical Archive: 13th- to 15th-century Horn, Leather, amd Shell


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leather masks, right 13th-14th c., left 14th c., Novgorod AM
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Islamic glass beaker c.1200-90, leather case England c.1450-1500, V&A C.1 to B-1959. This work has its own page.
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panel reliquary, oak/horn/silver gilt/polychrome, late 13th c., poss. Cologne, Schn E216. For details see Schn.
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Tablet reliquary, late 13th-c. Mount Athos or Venice; cedar wood, copper alloy, horn, silver, manuscript, glass, beads, gems; MRAH 3225. This work has its own page.
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Reliquary icon: conversion to reliquary with horn 14th/15th-c. Germany; frame silver gilt on wood, Constantinople 11th/12th c.; Nativity ivory, Venice?, 12th/13th c. Louvre OA 11399. This work has its own page.
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Reliquary, ostrich egg with silver gilt, late 15th-early 16th c. Tournai, MRAH Ag. 319
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drinking horn with griffon feet: horn, copper, copper gilt; Germany c.1500, Cluny Cl.2324
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drinking horn with griffon feet: horn, copper, copper gilt; Germany c.1500, Cluny Cl.2324
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drinking horn with griffon feet: horn, copper, copper gilt; Germany c.1500, Cluny Cl.2324