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Historical Archive: Manuscripts, Detached seal impressions, and Prints


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book of wood/wax tablets w. Greek school exercises, Byzantine Egypt 4th-5th c., SMB EgMP P14000. For profile view see Berlin.
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Christ and Apostles during the storm at sea, Oxyrhynchus papyrus, 313-640, Florence MA
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Alexandrian World Chronicle fragment, papyrus, 7th c., Pushkin
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Clovis II charter of 654, papyrus, AN K2 no3, which has its own page
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Merovingian relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J55 (Chartraire 82). For details and reverse see Sens.
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Merovingian relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J53 (Chartraire 110). For reverse see Sens.
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Durham Casssiodorus, 8th c., Durham Cathedral Library MS B. II. 30 (Not available in higher resolution)
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Chilperic II (reg. 715-21) charter: 716 March 5, AN K3 no18. For seal see AN.
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Gellone Sacramentary, c.780-800, BN Lat 12048, which has its own page
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relic labels from portable reliquary Sens CT F.63.70, obverse (Merovingian label reversed). For reliquary, reverses, and individual labels see Sens reliquary.
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Carolingian relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J81 (Chartraire 154). For reverse see Sens.
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Carolingian relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J80 (Chartraire 155). For reverse see Sens.
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Carolingian relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J36 (Chartraire 156). For reverse see Sens.
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Collectio Canonum Conciliorum Gallia, c.800: Nov. 6, 513 letter from Pope Symmacus to Caesarius of Arles, Bibliothèque apostolique Vaticane Pal. Lat 574 ff. 15v-16r. For other views see Vat.
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Louis the Pious (reg. 814-40) charter: 820 Oct. 22, AN K8 no10. For seal see AN.
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Alcuin Letters, c.820, British Library MS Harley 208 (Not available at higher resolution)
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Charles the Bald (d.877) charter: 843 Aug. 30, AN K10 no7/2. For seal see AN.
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Charles III the Fat (reg. 876-87) charter: 882, Frankfurt Staatsarchiv Röhmer-Lau Ur I8, Urk. Bartholmäusstift Nr. 1a. For seal see Frankfurt Staatsarchiv.
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Charles III the Fat (reg. 876-87) charter: 882 Dec. 2, Frankfurt Staatsarchiv Röhmer-Lau Ur I8, Urk. Bartholmäusstift Nr. 1b. For seal see Frankfurt Staatsarchiv.
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Epistle of James, 9th to 10th c. White Monastery, Pushkin
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St. Artemon of of Laodikeia, MS Byzantine 10th c.; pendant reliquary, copper/glass Rome? 12th-13th c.; Vat 61918
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11th c. relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J50 (Chartraire 33). For reverse see Sens.
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11th c. relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J43 (Chartraire 63). For reverse see Sens.
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relic labels in reliquary tablet, 11th c?, Halberstadt, cathedral treasury 46
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Old Church Slavonic psalter, linden wood/wax, prob. 1020s, Novgorod AM. For detail and oblique view see Novgorod.
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seal of Emperor Konrad, 19 May 1030, Archiv Uk. 5 in NaumburgCT, which has its own page with seal detail
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charter of Emperor Henry III, 10 Oct. 1039, Archiv Uk. 10 in NaumburgCT, which has its own page with seal detail
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Pandect of Antiochus the Blacksmith, c.1040-60, GIM Voskresenskij 30p, MSHM
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Cluny Lectionary: Ascension of Christ, Burgundy (Cluny) c.1100, Cluny Cl.23757. For details see Cluny.
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Yuriev (Apakos) Gospel, scribe Fedor Ugrinets, 1119-1128, MSHM
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Arkhangelsk Gospel, c.1200-50 northeast Rus (Rostov?), MSHM
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St. Francis preaching to birds, prayer book c.1230-40, Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, which has its own page
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private seal imprint, Marguerite de Constantinople, countess of Flanders 1244-80, Cluny Cl. 22299, Louvre OA 6691. For oblique view see Cluny.
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St. Catherine of Alexandria, fr. MS Golden Legend, north Italy? c.1265-1300, Cluny Cl. 23425
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reliquary capsule, silver gilt, Trier poss. c.1270, Schn G645. For lid see Schn.
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relic labels: Tablet reliquary, late 13th-c. Mount Athos or Venice; cedar wood, copper alloy, horn, silver, manuscript, glass, beads, gems; MRAH 3225. This work has its own page.
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relic labels: panel reliquary, oak/horn/silver gilt/polychrome, late 13th c., poss. Cologne, Schn E216. For full work see Schn.
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liturgical chants and St. Francis legenda minor, Tongeren? late 13th c., the Hague, National Library of the Netherlands 70 E4, fols. 110v-111r, which has its own page
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miniature prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus. For scale see WienMus.
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prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus
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gathering: prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus
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folded prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus
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Golden Horde MS, Uighur script on birch bark, 14th c., Hermitage, which has its own page with 4 panels
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relic labels in 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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undated relic label, obverse, Sens CT library J79 (Chartraire 31). For reverse see Sens.
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seal imprint of King Philippe IV le Bel of France, c.1300, Cl. 22297, Cluny: Louvre OA 6301. For full cords see Cluny.
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St. Francis legenda maior by Jacob van Maerlant, c.1300-50, Leiden University Library BPL 101, fol. 02r. For full opening see Leiden.
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Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page.
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Ethiopian Gospels, late 14th-early 15th c., Met 1998.66, which has its own page.
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relic labels: reliquary of Pont-Saint-Esprit, 1429, wood/silver gilt: SS Caesarius, Blaise. Musée d'art sacré du Gard. For detail see Pont-Saint-Esprit.
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Annunciation, woodcut/paper, Oberrhein c.1430-40, WienMus
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charter of Abbess Katharina von Hoya authorizing construction of a chapel, Dec. 13, 1433, WienMus. For other views see WienMus.
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St. Bernward of Hildesheim with Cistercian nun, paper, Wienhausen, c.1450-1500, WienMus
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St. Barbara, parchment, north German, c.1450-1500, WienMus
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song book (Wienhäuser Liederbuch), paper, c.1470, WienMus Hs. 9
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Wienhausen necrology 1474-1622, parchment, WienMus
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relic label 1481: Arm reliquary Charlemagne, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux with dogs, parchment, Wienhausen late 15th c., WienMus
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, copper engraving on paper, Netherlandish c.1500, WienMus
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writing board for Islamic school, wood, Egbira people in Nigeria 1960-75; IMA, lent by Children's Museum of Indianapolis 88.242.1 [F25a6] TR 9401/1
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Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page.
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Zaharija Orfelin, Serbian perpetual calendar, Vienna 1783, Belgrade MAA 608. For detail see Belgrade MAA.
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Robinson Crusoe in Serbian, Buda 1799, Belgrade MAA 4246. For detail see Belgrade MAA.
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Chang Ku-nien (1906–1987), Lone Rooster Summons the Spring, 1981, ink and color on paper, UMMA 2006/1.112. Art object copyright: artist/heirs.
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St. Francis poster displayed in Saint-Denis 2011. For full poster and another detail of graffiti prayers see Saint-Denis interior.