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Historical Archive: Around 1250 to end of century


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Roskilde cathedral, mostly late 12th c.-1275, which has its own page
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Thomas Becket ampulla shaped as the ship that brought him to England, with enthroned saint blessing, mid/late 13th c., tin alloy, MoL 84.407
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St. Maurice, sandstone c.1240-60, Magdeburg, which has its own page
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Saint-Denis basilica, nave, 1240s-1270s. This work has its own interior page.
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Baptistery of St. John, Florence: dome mosaics c.1240-1310. This work has its own pages.
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eastern transept 1242-90 Richard of Farnham, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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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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Naumburg cathedral west choir windows, c.1245-60, which have their own page
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Naumburg cathedral west choir screen, c.1250, which has its own page
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glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page.
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Madonna dei Mantellini, Master of Saints Cosmas and Damian, c.1250-75, SPN 603. This work has its own page.
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Virgin and Child Enthroned, Master of Saint Agata c.1250-75, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. This work has its own page.
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bowl with Tristan story, Limoges enamel c.1250-75, KGM 1917,101, which has its own page
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Vatnås reliquary, Norway c.1250-1300, Copenhagen, National Museum 9085. For details see Copenhagen.
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beaded ciborium, c.1250-1300, Schn N42, which has its own page
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man between lillies, tin-glazed earthenware, south Italy, 2nd half 13th c., V&A C.120-1978
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reliquary pendant, bird flying right: rock crystal/silver gilt/enamel/glass, Cologne c.1250-1300, Schn G392. For other views see Schn.
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Madonna di Montelungo, Margarito/Margaritone d'Arezzo, tempera/panel c. 1250-1300, Arezzo MS, which has its own page
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Thomas Becket ampulla shaped as the ship that brought him to England, with enthroned saint blessing, mid/late 13th c., tin alloy, MoL 84.407
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deer: gold belt link, Russia c.1250-1350, MSHM. For companion belt links see MSHM.
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Dagobert (c.603-39), memorial prob. 1250s with restorations, Saint-Denis basilica. This work has its own page.
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bowl base with hare, ceramic, Mamluk Sultanabad, Iran, 1252-1517, KM 1965.03.0044
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Archbishop Walter de Gray tomb (d. 1255), Purbeck marble (limestone), York Minster (in situ). This object has its own page.
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Cheetah in foliage, Ilkhanid (1256-1353) molded fritware tile, Kashan (Iran), UMMA 1957/1.73
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Virgin and Child Enthroned (Kahn Madonna), Byzantine (Latin Empire Constantinople) c.1260, tempera on panel, NGA 1949.7.1. This work has its own page.
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Friedberg Mikvah, 1260, which has its own page
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Philippe de France (Philippe Dagobert, d.1235), c.1260, from Abbey of Royaumont, base Viollet-le-Duc reconstruction,Saint-Denis basilica. For details see Saint Denis Funerary Memorials.
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Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page with details, in cathedral complex
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Chartres cathedral, choir and apse vaults/buttresses/chapels c.1260 or bef. 1221. For more views see Chartres.
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Baptistery of St. John, Florence, rectangular western apse (scarsella) mosaics c.1260-70. This work has its own pages.
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reliquary crown, silver gilt and gems, Mosan c. 1260-70, Louvre OA 9445. For details see Louvre.
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Galli-Dunn Madonna, Dietisalvi di Speme?, c.1260-70, SPN 587. This work has its own page.
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Virgin and Child enthroned, assistant of Guido da Siena, c.1260-70, Arezzo MS 2. This work has its own page.
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Chartres cathedral, sacristy (left), 1260-70. For context see Chartres.
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St Albans cathedral pier painting prob. 1260s-70s; St Albans has its own pages.
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Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, building possibly 1260s or 1120s. This work has its own pages.
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St. Francis, shop of Margarito/Margaritone d'Arezzo c.1260-75, tempera/panel, Arezzo MS
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Virgin and Child Enthroned (Mellon Madonna), Italy or Cyprus c.1260-1285, tempera on panel, NGA 1937.1.1. This work has its own page.
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Madonna del Bordone, Coppo di Marcovaldo 1261, Church of Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena. This work has its own page.
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reliquary of SS. Maxian, Lucian, Julian, fr. Sainte Chapelle, silver gilt, Paris 1261-62, Cluny Cl. 10746. For detail see Cluny.
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Virgin and Child, 1262, Master of San Bernardino, SPN 16. This work has its own page.
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Virgin and Child with SS Paul, Peter, John the Evangelist, and Andrew, c.1265-75, Madonna del Voto Master (Dietisalvi di Speme?), SPN 6. This work has its own page.
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St. Catherine of Alexandria, fr. MS Golden Legend, north Italy? c.1265-1300, Cluny Cl. 23425
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The Lord and the Virgin Enthroned together, Clarisse Master (active last 3rd of 13th c.), tempera and gold on wood 97 x 59 cm, Convent of the Clarisse, Siena.
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reliquary bust, wood/crystal, last third 13th c., SMBByz
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Cimabue, Crucifixion 1268-71, church of San Domenico, Arezzo. This work has its own page.
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reliquary capsule, silver gilt, Trier poss. c.1270, Schn G645. For lid see Schn.
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Agnes von Landsberg, limestone, c.1270-80, WienAb, which has its own page
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Guido da Siena, Virgin and Child enthroned, 1270s, church of San Domenico, Siena. This work has its own page.
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St. Anne nursing Mary, w. Gregory below, Peter/Paul above: Scapular of Gregory X, silk samite with metallic embroidery, Rome? 1270s, Arezzo MS
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Virgin and Child with SS Francis, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, and Mary Magdalen, c.1270-80, follower of Madonna del Voto Master, SPN 7. This work has its own page.
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Virgin and Child reliquary, Coppo di Marcovaldo c.1270-80, Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence. This work has its own page.
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Altneuschul, Prague, c.1275-1300. This work has its own pages.
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wooden cross from Borre, Vestfold, c.1275-1300, OHM C6130. For detail see OHM.
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St Albans cathedral presbytery oak vaulting c.1275-1300; St Albans has its own pages.
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altar baldachin fr. Årdal, painted pine 1275-1300, Bergen 131: Crucifixion w. Peter/Paul, Christ enthroned, Virgin and Child w. St. Margaret of Antioch
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Pisa baptistery middle and upper parts, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano 1277 and later, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Höxter lexionary cover, prob. assembled aft. 1278, parts c.1200-25, DMP PR52, which has its own page
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Queen, poss. Marie de Brienne (d.1280) from Abbey of Maubuisson, black limestone, Saint-Denis basilica. For details see Saint Denis Funerary Memorials.
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St. Peter altarpiece, Saint Peter Master or Guido da Siena/Guido di Graziano, 1280s. SPN 15. This work has its own page.
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Seraph, west rose of Reims Cathedral 1280-1310 (upper leaves another source), UMMA 1979/1.161
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Dietisalvi di Speme, biccherna: Abbot of San Donato Ghiffollino Nazi, Siena 1282, MFAB 2. MFAB biccherne have their own page.
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Madonna del Voto, mid 1280s, tempera and gold on wood, Madonna del Voto Master (Dietisalvi di Speme?), Siena cathedral
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Blanche de Champagne from la Joie-Notre-Dame, Hennebont (Morbihan), copper on walnut, Limoges 1286-early 14th c., Louvre OA 2082. For details see Louvre.
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St. Eloi (Eligius) hammering at an anvil, horse, pilgrim giving a trindle (coiled candle), late 13th c., lead alloy, MoL 87.14/2
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arm reliquary of St. Pantaleon, Rhenish late 13th c., gilded silver, WAM 57.688. This work has its own page.
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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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St. Joseph appliqué, ivory and polychrome, late 13th c., MAHSD
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St. Catherine of Alexandria, late 13th c. Rome, fresco from S. Agnese sulla via Nomentana, Vat 40478. For details see Vatican Museums.
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Altneuschul, Prague, vestibule portal to hall, late 13th c. This work has its own pages.
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wood tally stick fr behind Jewish houses, London, late 13th c., MoL MLK76[3061]<327>
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panel reliquary, oak/horn/silver gilt/polychrome, late 13th c., poss. Cologne, Schn E216. For details 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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Sens, Cathedral of Saint Étienne, interior mostly late and early 13th c. This work has its own interior page.
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reliquary of St. Lawrence's finger, late 13th to early 14th c. France, copper and gilded silver, Louvre
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Ivory box with Arabic inscription in tuluth script, late 13th-early 14th c. Spain or Egypt, Sens CT TC.C'5. For details see Sens.
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Virgin and Child, Badia a Isola Master (or Duccio with Badia a Isola Master) c.1290, tempera and gold on wood 65 x 50 cm, SPN 593. For details see Siena.
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Risen Christ, oak, 1290s, WienAb. For details see Wienhausen interior
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biccherna with a friar of the Humiliati, Siena 1296, MFAB 3. MFAB biccherne have their own page.
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Piazza del Campo, Siena, built according to 1297 guidelines, with Palazzo Pubblico which has its own exterior page with more of the piazza
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west façade 1298, San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page
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effigy of Bishop Bernward, under Abbot Heinrich Westerhausen 1298-1354, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages with other views