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Historical Archive: Cameos through the 11th century


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Etruscan carnelian scarab, late 4th-3rd c. BCE, in ?13th c. gold seal matrix, HNM K.16.1871.7, which has its own page with centaur intaglio reverse
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Gonzaga cameo, agate: 2 rulers, 3rd c. BCE or 1st c. BCE/CE, Hermitage ГP-19076, which has its own page
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Vienna Gonzaga cameo: Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II, agate, 278-69 BCE, setting with enamel 1575-1600, KHM IXa 81
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Leda and the Swan, agate cameo, 1st c. BCE Alexandria, in later gold mount ГP-12692
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Roman gems on Ste. Foi reliquary, Conques, which has its own page
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Augustus, agate cameo, soon aft. 20 BCE: Lothar cross, c.985, AachenCT. The cross has its own page
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Nereid riding hippocamp, sardonyx cameo, 1st c., Florence MA 14466
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Medici cameo: emperor (Claudius Gothicus or Antoninus Pius?) with genius, sacrificing poss. to Hope, 1st-3rd c., sardonyx cameo in gilded metal, Florence MA 14443. This work has its own page.
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Gemma Augustea, banded agate cameo, 9/10-12 CE, KHM ANSA IXa 79. This work has its own page.
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Augustus (d. 14 CE) from Marlborough Collection, banded agate cameo, RGM 70.3
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Augustus (d. 14 CE) wearing the aegis of Minerva, with medieval diadem, 14-20 CE, banded agate cameo, BM 1867/5-7/484
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agate cameo of Emperor Tiberius, 14-37 CE; frame France or Italy, early 16th c.: gold, enamel, pearl. AIC 1992.297
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Germanicus? (d. 19 CE) glass cameo prob. 1st c. CE, in Roman period bound pendant from Zethlingen, MVFg. This work has its own page.
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Germanicus? (d. 19 CE) with 3 children, phalera, molded glass cameo in metalwork mount, 1st c., HMP
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cameo empress, banded agate, 1st half of 1st c. CE, recut into an emperor, poss. in 11th c., on Enger cross c.1100, KGM 88,635. The cross has its own page.
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Jupiter with eagle (Camée de Chartres), c.25-50 CE sardonyx cameo in enameled gold 14th-c. mount reworked 1793, CdM Chab. 4
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Jupiter with eagle (Camée de Chartres), c.25-50 CE sardonyx cameo in enameled gold 14th-c. mount reworked 1793, CdM Chab. 4
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Emperor Claudius as Jupiter, agate cameo 41-54 CE; frame Italy, late 16th c.:gold, pearls, enamel. AIC 1991.375. For profile see AIC.
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Caracalla, onyx cameo, 3rd c., Hermitage ГP-12732
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Hercules urinating, 3rd or late 15th c., sardonyx cameo, Florence MA 14612
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Valerian (253-60) captured by Shapur I (241-72), Sassanian sardonyx cameo, c. 260 CE, CdM Babelon 360
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Medusa, jet, late 3rd c., KHM XI 1309, which has its own page
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Angels with cross (‘laus crucis’), banded agate, Byzantine 6th or 7th c., DO 47.21
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Angels with cross, inscription, banded agate, Byzantine 6th or 7th c., DO 47.21
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Cup of Chosroes. Gold, rock crystal, red and green glass, Sassanian, 531-579. CdM Chab. 2538. This work has its own page.
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agate cameo bird in gold oval fibula, 7th c. Italy?, DO 37.26
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chalice and doves, agate cameo, Italy 7th c.?, or Byzantine?, DO 48.19. For other views see DO.
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glass cameo from Whitby monastery, late 7th-9th c. (Insular or Continental), on loan to BM from Strickland collection
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Christ blessing, sapphire, late 8th c. (early Carolingian), Cologne Cathedral, Shrine of the Three Kings
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Christ blessing, sapphire, late 8th c. (early Carolingian), Cologne Cathedral, Shrine of the Three Kings
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double sided cameo, Byzantine jasper, made for Leo VI (886-912), V&A A.21-1932. This work has its own page.
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Crucifixion, jasper, Byzantine c.900, V&A A.77-1937
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Crucifixion, John, jasper, Byzantine c.900, V&A A.77-1937
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Crucifixion, John, jasper, Byzantine c.900, V&A A.77-1937
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crystal cameo lion, 11th c.?, Halberstadt, cathedral treasury 46
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reliquary tablet, 11th c?, Halberstadt, cathedral treasury 46
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Virgin Orant, hematite or jasper, Byzantine early 11th c.?, DO 40.70
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Virgin Orant, side view, hematite or jasper, Byzantine early 11th c.?, DO 40.70
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Virgin Orant, upper part, hematite or jasper, Byzantine early 11th c.?, DO 40.70
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Virgin Orant, hands, hematite or jasper, Byzantine early 11th c.?, DO 40.70
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Anastasis, jasper or haematite, 11th-12th c., MSHM GIM 53151/73, OK 10965 (269), MSHM