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Historical Archive: 13th- to 15th-century Wood


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portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page
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wooden chair from Blakar farm, Lom, Oppland, 13th c., OHM C1629. For other views see OHM.
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church model fr. Borgund, wood, prob. crowned tabernacle shrine, 13th c. Norway, Bergen MA 288. For oblique view see Bergen.
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portal jambs, door fr. Ulvik stave church, Hardanger, pine w. iron (lock plate later), c.1200, Bergen MA 38 a-c. For other views see Bergen.
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Head of John the Baptist c.1210-20, linden wood, NaumburgCT, which has its own page
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reliquary bust, wood/crystal, last third 13th c., SMBByz
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wooden cross from Borre, Vestfold, c.1275-1300, OHM C6130. For detail see OHM.
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altar baldachin fr. Årdal, painted pine 1275-1300, Bergen 131: Crucifixion w. Peter/Paul, Christ enthroned, Virgin and Child w. St. Margaret of Antioch
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wood tally stick fr behind Jewish houses, London, late 13th c., MoL MLK76[3061]<327>
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Risen Christ, oak, 1290s, WienAb. For details see Wienhausen interior
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chest, oak and iron, 14th c. Alsace, AIC 1984.67. For detail see AIC.
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14th c. oak chests, Kloster Wienhausen, which has its own pages
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wooden rune stick fr. Nordne Felt II, Oslo Old Town, 14th c., OHM C35850
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Our Lady of Aachen: oak heads and hand Mary 14th c., Aachen cathedral, which has its own pages.
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mandrake root with sewn on rootlets, in fir box with satin, 14th-15th c., WienMus
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John the Baptist trampling Synagogue, oak/polychrome c.1300, Ørslev church, NMD. For other views see Copenhagen.
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Mary fr. Annunciation or Visitation, willow wood c.1300, BNM 14/134. For other views see BNM.
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Holy Kindred, wood with polychrome, Spain c.1300-1330, MFAB 61.4. This work has its own page.
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St. Thomas Aquinas, wood, Siena early 14th c., poss. from S. Domenico, SPN. For other views see Siena.
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riveted glasses, c.1300-50, WienMus
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Pietà, central Germany c.1330-40, NaumburgCT Naumb I.12, which has its own page
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Crucifix from Corpus Christi church, Wrocław, painted and gilded limewood, c.1350, MNW Śr. 5. This work has its own page.
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Roettgen Pietà, polychromed wood, Middle-Rhineland c.1360, RLM 24189. For detail see RLM.
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Pietà from Leubus Abbey (Lubiąż, Silesia), painted and gilded limewood, c.1370, MNW Śr. 4. This work has its own page.
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Vierge Ouvrante, polychromed wood, 1375-1425, Cluny Cl. 12060, which has its own page.
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front of an oak chest with heraldic and fantastic beasts, Lower Saxony c.1380, KGM 1884,1688
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Crucified Christ, walnut wood, Cologne, c.1380-1390, CMA 1981.52. For details see CMA.
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oak misericord: gathering grain sheaves into stooks (shocks), England late 14th c., V&A W.8:1, 2-1921
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oak misericord: loading grain on cart, England late 14th c., V&A W.53-1921
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oak misericord: threshing grain, England late 14th c., V&A W.7-1921
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Wild Man, circle of Parler family, oak, late 14th century, Schn A47. For details see Cologne.
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reliquary with pilgrim/secular badges, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai, treasury of Nôtre-Dame. This work has its own page.
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tabernacle, oak with polychrome and iron, 15th c. Normandy, PMA 1945-25-198. For additional views see PMA.
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rosette for a musical instrument, boxwood on velvet, 15th c., poss. north Italy, PMA 1930-64-29
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Saint Margaret and the dragon, oak, 15th c. France, PMA 1929-66-4. For additional views see PMA.
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Wood chest with tournament, 15th-c. France, Cluny Cl.8919. For oblique view see Cluny.
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Stool, oak, 15th c. northern Europe, AIC 1984.78
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Francesco di Valdambrino 1403-09, polychromed wood, Christ child blessing, SPN inv. 36 1BS, which has its own page
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Old Testament scenes on oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page with more reliefs
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St. Olav triumphant over paganism, oak w. polychromy, altar dossal fr. Austevoll c.1425-50, Bergen MA 284. For other views see Bergen.
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Ceiling boss with dragons, wood with polychrome, England c.1430, prob. from Church of St. Andrews, Cullompton, UMMA 1968/2.46. For additional views see UMMA.
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organ, 1433-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with architectural context
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elements from an oak canopy including sheep and shepherd, Normandy c.1450-1500, PMA 1930-1-191a. For details see PMA.
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St. Francis, wood, c.1470-80, Utrecht, which has its own page
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Saint Florian, linden wood, Austria c.1475-1500, Cluny Cl.16803. For another view see Cluny.
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Palmesel (Entry into Jerusalem), linden wood with original polychrome, South Germany c.1475-1500, Cluny Cl.23799. For details see Cluny.
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comb, boxwood, France c.1475-1525, French inscription "per voz servir", PMA 1930-64-75
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Annunciation polyptych fr. church St. Elizabeth Wrocław, tempera on wood, c.1480, MNW Śr. 124. This work has its own page.
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Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, Spain, 1482-1503, San Francisco Legion of Honor 46.16. For detail see SF.
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arm reliquaries, painted wood with horn inserts, late 15th-c. Brunswick, from Guelph Treasure; left: One of the Thousand Saintly Warrions, KGM W41
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Samson killing the lion, wood, late 15th c. console fr. Maison de l'enfant d'or, Place des Marchés, Reims, Reims MSR
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Crucifixion w. SS. Mary Magdalen, Anthony of Padua, George; attrib. Bartolomeo di Giovanni, late 15th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page
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St. Vitus in a kettle of boiling oil, Tirol c. 1490, SMBByz 8132. For other views see Berlin.
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Saint Christopher from Partenheim parish chruch (Rheinhessen), polychromed wood, c.1490, LMM O,1362. For additional views see Mainz.
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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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apostles (15th c.?) on reverse, Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page.
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Saint Margaret, wood, Meister mit dem Brustlatz, Mainz? c.1500, LMM O,2507. For additional views see Mainz.
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reliquary of a Benedictine, prob. Saint Scholastica, wood with paint and gilding, north France or south Netherlands c.1500, PMA 1996-66-1
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SS. Jerome and Gregory, shop of Jörg Syrlin the younger, lindenwood and polychrome, Ulm c.1500, UMMA 1958/1.59. This work has its own page.
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Holy Kindred, wood with traces of polychrome, c.1500, LMM O,2511. For additional views see Mainz.
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Pensive Christ (Way to Calvary) fr. Bernardine church Wrocław, painted wood, Wrocław c.1500, MNW Śr. 105. This work has its own page.