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Historical Archive: Crowns and Diadems, mid-twelfth century to about 1300 Images follow surviving examples. crown assembled c.1200: St. Oswald reliquary, c.1185-89, HildMus DS23, which has its own page reliquary crown, silver gilt and gems, Mosan c. 1260-70, Louvre OA 9445. For details see Louvre. 12 tribes Israel/12 apostles, ivory mid 12th c., left Cluny Cl. 23892, right loan fr. SMB Byz, which have their own page Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page. Elect: Gunhild cross, walrus ivory, c.1150-75, NMD 9087, which has its own page with more crowns Virgin from Urnes, c.1150-1200, willow/polychrome, Bergen MA 46, which has its own page Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. gold bulla of Frederick Barbarossa, obverse, 1154-55, SMBMünz 18225152 testing of the True Cross, Stavelot Triptych, Mosan, c.1156-58, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page with more examples. Queen Fredegunda (d.586) from Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1160s, stone fragments and copper strips, Saint-Denis basilica. This work has its own page. silver bracteate of Frederick Barbarossa, Altenburg c.1170, SMBMünz 18201196 David summons Solomon (right), Solomon on David's mule (III Kings 1:32-38), walrus ivory, Germany c.1170-80, V&A 275-1867 cross from Scheldewindeke, rock crystal and enamel, Mosan c.1170-1200, MRAH 3669. This work has its own page. St. Valerie of Limoges reliquary, gilt copper/enamel, Limoges c.1175, Hermitage Ф-175. For oblique view see Hermitage. Herod: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. Thomas Becket reliquary, Limoges c.1180-90, V&A M.66-1997. This work has its own page. St. Oswald reliquary, c.1185-89, HildMus DS23, which has its own page with more crowns Coronation, Dormition, and Assumption of the Virgin: 13th c. portal with 19th c. polychrome, St. Servatius' church, Maastricht. For contiguous images see Servatius. shrine of St. Elizabeth, sandstone? 13th c., Marburg Elizabethkirche. For full work see Marburg corona window c.1200, Canterbury cathedral, which has its own glass page. corpus from a cross, Limoges enamel, c.1200, Schn G68 Höxter lexionary cover, parts c.1200-25, prob. assembled aft. 1278, DMP PR52, which has its own page nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page with more crowns, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages Adoration of the Magi, gilt copper/enamel/rock crystal reliquary, Limoges c.1225-50, Hermitage Ф-181. For side view see Hermitage. font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page with more crowns. St. Francis preaching to birds, prayer book c.1230-40, Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, which has its own page Chartres cathedral, north transept windows 1234-35. For more crowns on these windows, and on apse window 1210-25 and south transept windows 1221-30, see Chartres. John I Komnenos-Doukas, coin reverse, Thessalonika 1237-42? NBM John the Baptist reproaches Herod and Herodias, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Adoration of the Magi, dome mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. private seal imprint, Marguerite de Constantinople, countess of Flanders 1244-80, Cluny Cl. 22299, Louvre OA 6691. For oblique view see Cluny. Naumburg cathedral west choir c.1245-50, windows 1245-60, which have their own pages with more examples Dagobert (c.603-39) memorial, prob. 1250s with restorations. This work has its own page. Coronation of the Virgin: beaded ciborium, c.1250-1300, Schn N42, which has its own page Madonna di Montelungo, Margarito/Margaritone d'Arezzo, tempera/panel c. 1250-1300, Arezzo MS, which has its own page Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex St. Catherine of Alexandria, fr. MS Golden Legend, north Italy? c.1265-1300, Cluny Cl. 23425 altar baldachin fr. Årdal, painted pine 1275-1300, Bergen 131: Crucifixion w. Peter/Paul, Christ enthroned, Virgin and Child w. St. Margaret of Antioch Queen, poss. Marie de Brienne (d.1280) from Abbey of Maubuisson, black limestone, Saint-Denis basilica. For dragons see Saint-Denis Funerary Memorials. St. Catherine of Alexandria, late 13th c. Rome, fresco from S. Agnese sulla via Nomentana, Vat 40478. For details see Vatican Museums.