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Historical Archive: Fountains and Wells Representations follow surviving examples. oak tree trunk well head with deposits, c.1000 BCE, Berlin-Lichterfelde, SMB. For detail see Berlin. marble frog from a fountain, early imperial Roman (1st c.?), Bologna ROM 1520 pinecone fountain, Publius Cincius Salvius, 1st-2nd c. cast bronze on marble capital 227-29, peacocks 17th-20th c. copies of Roman, Vat. For other views see Vat. bronze bear, prob. 2nd c. CE, poss. 3rd c. BCE, Aachen cathedral. The bear has its own page. well head, 8th c. Italy (Venetia?), limestone, CMA 1916.1982 well head, 8th c. Italy (Venetia?), limestone, CMA 1916.1982 marble well head, 9th c. prob. Venice/Venetia, SMB Byz 2924 bronze pinecone, c.800 or 1000, Aachen cathedral. The pinecone has its own page. prob. fountain ornament: bronze griffin, Spain(?), 11thc., Opera Pisa. This work has its own page. Faucet with peacock spigot and lion-headed spout (poss. fr. fountain), bronze, 12th-c. Iran, UMMA 1959/1.114 Canterbury cathedral water tower, lower part 1153-67, upper part c.1400, which with other priory buildings has its own page. bronze spigot (fountain?), France? 14th c.? Cluny Cl. 23734 ornament for palace pool: Nephrite terrapin, Mughal India c.1600, Allahabad, BM 1830,0612.1. This work has its own page. left: Vinzenzbrunnen at Aachen cathedral, 1847-77. The cathedral has its own pages. Gudea with overflowing vase, dolerite, c.2120 BCE, Louvre AO 2212. This work has its own page. woman bathing at a fountain and column, agate intaglio, 2nd-1st c. BCE Italic, on Enger cross c.1100, KGM 88,635. The cross has its own page. Fountain of Life, nave arch mosaic, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c.425-30. This work has its own page. Annunciation, Ordeal, Flight; ivory, 6th c. eastern Mediterranean (Syria?), Louvre OA 11149. Part of same object as Hermitage Visitation/Annunciation to Anna, for which see Russia. Mary's Trial by Bitter Water, ivory, 6th c. eastern Mediterranean (Syria?), Louvre OA 11149. Part of same object as Hermitage Visitation/Annunciation to Anna, for which see Russia. fountain and court official: Theodora and retinue, apse wall mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. Joseph put into the well: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page pyxis with Christ and the Samaritan woman, ivory, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 A. This object has its own page. Christ and the Samaritan woman: Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page. Joseph put into/taken from the cistern: Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page Sainte Chapelle stained glass: Joseph sold by his brothers, 13th c. glass in 15th c. window, Cluny DS 1888 Childhood of Christ, ceramic tile w. lead glaze, c.1330, V&A C.470-1927 Jacob: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages. St. Thomas Aquinas at Prayer (predella panel from a polyptych), tempera on poplar wood, Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni), c.1423-26, MFAB 32. This work has its own page. Triptych of St. Stanislaus the Bishop from church in Pławno, painted and gilt limewood, Krakow c.1510-20, MNW Śr. 18. This work has its own page.