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Historical Archive: 15th century, not more precisely datable


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cross, non-ferrous metal, 11th-15th c., Novgorod AM
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bone stylus, 11th-15th c. Novgorod, Novgorod AM
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textile, Pre-Columbian Chancay culture, Late Intermediate Period c.1000-1476, Imola
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Talismanic brass plaque, prob. Egypt 12th-15th c.: demon, symbols, nonsense inscription. BM
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bowl base with hare, ceramic, Mamluk Sultanabad, Iran, 1252-1517, KM 1965.03.0044
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rock crystal ewer, France? 14th c.; silver gilt metalwork France, 14th-17th c.; Louvre OA 29. 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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mandrake root with sewn on rootlets, in fir box with satin, 14th-15th c., WienMus
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Sion Cathedral, Virgin and child with donors and saintly bishops, 14th-15th c., much retouched. This building has its own page.
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14th-15th c. silver seal ring with 1st c. BCE prase intaglio, HNM K.16.1871.7, which has its own page
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Antoninus Pius (131-68), Roman or 15th c. niccolo agate profile laureate intaglio in 16th c. gold mount, CdM Chab. 2093. For mount reverse see CdM.
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angel reliquaries from the treasury of the Order of the Holy Spirit (left with stamp of Toulouse), silver gilt with paint, France 15th c., Louvre MR 551, 550. These works have their own page.
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reliquary, silver and email de basse taille on silver gilt, Flanders, 15th c.?, Louvre OA 5566
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Sion Cathedral, nave and aisles 15th c., roofed 1469-99. This work has its own page.
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tabernacle, oak with polychrome and iron, 15th c. Normandy, PMA 1945-25-198. For other views see PMA.
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copper mount France 15th c., holding ivory pyxis c.550-600, Louvre OA 5524 A. This object has its own page.
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copper mount France 15th c., holding ivory pyxis c.550-600, Louvre OA 5524 B. This object has its own page.
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stemmed cup from Somogyvár (Hungary), enameled glass, 15th c. Venice, HNM. For another view see HNM.
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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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head of John the Baptist on a charger, alabaster with traces of polychrome, 15th c. Nottingham, PMA 1962-67-8
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Annunciation, alabaster with paint and gilding, 15th c. Nottingham, PMA 1945-25-107 (pair with 1945-25-108). For detail see PMA.
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Tree of Jesse, alabaster with paint and gilding, 15th c. Nottingham, PMA 1945-25-108 (pair with 1945-25-107)
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Coronation of the Virgin, alabaster with paint and gilding, 15th c. Nottingham, PMA 1962-67-7. For another view see PMA.
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St. Christopher carrying Christ child, alabaster with polychrome and gilding, 15th-c. England , UMMA 1961/1.178. For other views see UMMA.
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knife handle shaped as woman with book, bone, 15th c., Scandinavia?, Louvre OA 12175
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Saint Margaret and the dragon, oak, 15th c. France, PMA 1929-66-4. For other views see PMA.
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vise, iron, 15th c. Germany, PMA 1931-30-38a. For other views see PMA.
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belt hasp, copper alloy, 15th c., MAHSD
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Wood chest with tournament, 15th-c. France, Cluny Cl.8919. For another view see Cluny.

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Heraldic shields in vaults, 15th c., Canterbury cathedral cloister, which has its own own page.
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ivory chess piece, soldiers with spears (king on reverse), Spain or France 15th c. BM 1881,1114.1. For another view see BM.
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Stool, oak, 15th c. northern Europe, AIC 1984.78
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lower border and poss. center figure 15th c., on Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page.
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Altneuschul, Prague, gables 15th c. This work has its own pages.
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painted drapery prob. 15th c., Galilee, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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St. Cuthbert holding St. Oswald's head, 15th c., feretory, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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St. George prob. from Windsor, 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 86.202/20
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St. Christopher, 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 78.12
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Vernicle (veil of Veronica), 15th c., copper alloy, MoL 88.9/18
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griffin aquamanile, copper alloy, Nürnberg 15th c., KGM 90,429. For other views see Berlin.
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Jonah and the whale drinking horn, buffalo horn and silver, Germany 15th c., KGM K3886, which has its own page
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seal matrix St James Cripplegate, copper alloy, 15th c., MoL A11010
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reliquary cross, gold/enamel/?garnet, 15th c., MoL 94.240
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Archangel Michael, 15th c. Russia (Moscow?), MSHM
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Triton aquamanile, bronze, 15th c. Braunschweig, Hermitage. For detail see Hermitage.
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couple, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin
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young man, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin
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Christ Pantokrator: 15th c. Novgorod silver gilt mount with 12th c. Byzantine jasper cameo, Novgorod AM
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crest 15th c.: St. Oswald reliquary, c.1185-89, HildMus DS23, which has its own page
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St. Anthony, 15th c. Champagne, Reims MSR. For detail see Reims.
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Signet ring, 15th c. gold w. prob. 18th c. sapphire, Louvre OA MRR 229, which has its own page
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children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069
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Sainte Chapelle stained glass: possessions of Job taken, 15th c. window w. 13th c. glass, Cluny DS 1896 bis
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Sainte Chapelle stained glass: Joseph sold by his brothers, 15th c. window w. 13th c. glass, Cluny DS 1888
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Deposition with stamp of Santiago de Compostella, jet in silver, 15th or 16th c., Louvre OA 11112
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organ 15th-16th c., front 1654, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page
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stag wounded by arrow, sardonyx cameo, 15th or 17th c., Florence MA 14584