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Historical Archive: Trees and other plants 8th to 13th century See also Tree of Jesse. "thousand-year-old rose" (wild dog rose), Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own exterior page well head, 8th c. Italy (Venetia?), limestone, CMA 1916.1982. For another side see CMA. water plants: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 700-750?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós with trees. column base c.775 from the nave of the Carolingian church, Saint-Denis basilica crypt, which has its own page with additional views. "Tombeau du Ladre", Carolingian? marble chancel slab reused at St-Denis with 12th-c. inscription, Louvre MNB 3270. For full object see Louvre. marble well head, 9th c. prob. Venice/Venetia, SMB Byz 2924 Anglo-Saxon pin head from Glentham Cliff, Lincolnshire, silver gilt, 9th c., Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-413B05. For detail and reverse see private collections. bronze pinecone, c.800 or 1000, Aachen cathedral. The pinecone has its own page. Harrach diptych, ivory with glass c.800, Schn 1012, which has its own page Hildesheim "founding reliquary", silver, early 9th c., in Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page tree cut down (sermon of John the Baptist), Werden Casket, ivory, early 9th c.?, V&A 149-, 149A-, 149B-1866. For other panels see V&A. ivory comb, Metz? c.850-75, Louvre MR 358. For additional views see combs. Susanna Crystal: rock crystal intaglio, c.855-69, BM 55.12-1.5. This object has its own page. Rambona diptych, ivory, late 9th c.-c.900, Vat 62442, which has its own page Resurrection/Nativity, ivory late 9th-early 10th c., Vat 64477 Crucifixion and Maries at the Sepulchre, ivory, St. Gall or north Italy, 10th c., MAAB. For additional views see the MAAB page. labor of September, ivory, 10th-11th c. Byzantine, SMBByz 573 pendant reliquary, Constantinople 10th-11th c., BM AF.354, which has its own page Judas: Basilewsky Situla, ivory, 980-81, V&A A.18-1933. This work has its own page. Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page with more trees Tree of Life: double cross in foliage pendant from Czernowitz, silver, 11th-13th c., KHM VIIa 269a Annunciation ivory, c.1000, SMBByz 567. For detail see Berlin. Byzantine Ascension ivory, 1st half of 11th c., V&A 152-1879 Temptation and Fall: Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with many trees. Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page with additional trees. Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more trees/plants on same portal, and more views, see Chartres. plaques from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM: this object has its own page. Chartres west windows 1145-1155. For more views see Chartres. Creation of plants: Genesis/Crucifixion ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with more trees ivory with Genesis scenes, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page "Comb of St. Loup," 12th c. with poss. earlier comb; ivory, gold, silver gilt, gems; Sens CT TC.C'2. For full work see Sens. bone mirror case, 12th c., MoL 4954 Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page with more trees Byzantine cameo and setting, lapis lazuli, silver gilt, c.1100-50, Louvre MR 95. This side has its own page with trees on other side. trees: Abdinghof portable altar, 1115-30, DMP PR50, which has its own page grape vine: engaged capital with interlaced vines, limestone, c.1125, MAHSD Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page with another tree. centaur archer, enameled copper, Mosan c.1160-70, Louvre 8097 palm tree: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page with many palms. Tree of Life, center right: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad: Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page. bear combat, tympanum fr. 13th c. house Rue Gambetta, Reims, Reims MSR. For other views see Reims. front panel: wooden chair from Blakar farm, Lom, Oppland, 13th c., OHM C1629. For other views see OHM. Sainte Chapelle stained glass: possessions of Job taken, 13th c. glass in 15th c. window, Cluny DS 1896 bis Waq-waq tree: Cock's-head ewer, fritware, Iran early 13th c., Louvre MAO 442. This work has its own page. date palm, fisher, top: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page with more trees and plants, in cathedral complex nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages Adam and Eve's Warning, Fall, Discovery, Expulsion. c.1207-15, Sens cathedral Typology/Good Samaritan window. For contiguous scenes see the building's interior page. Chartres cathedral, Notre Dame de la Belle-Verrière, later parts 1215-20. For more views see Chartres. Stigmatization of St. Francis, reliquary plaque c.1230-40, Limoges enamel on copper, Louvre OA 81, loan to Cluny ML 84. For details see Cluny. Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, St. Francis, which has its own page with another tree John the Baptist preaching, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages with more examples. Holofernes' army devastating the vineyards outside Damascus, stained glass from the Sainte Chapelle, Paris, 1241/43-48, PMA 1930-24-2 buttercup, W choir: Naumburg cathedral, c.1245-50, which has its own pages with many identifiable plants tree: glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page. man between lillies, tin-glazed earthenware, south Italy, 2nd half 13th c., V&A C.120-1978 top right: Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex grape vine with 12 roots for 12 tribes of Israel: Altneuschul, Prague, vestibule portal to hall, late 13th c. This work has its own pages with another grape vine and foliate sculpture.