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Historical Archive: Normal Animals, Eagle through Oxen

This list is alphabetical by animal.


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eagle: carnelian cameo, 12th c. Italy, Fitz. CG 751a. This work has its own page. Eagles have their own pages, through 9th c., 10th c.-present. 		Click to enlarge.
elephant and rider: ivory chess bishop, Afrasiab Uzbekistan, 11th-12th c., BM 1980,0730.1. Elephants have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
*elk or deer finial fr. Minusinsk basin, bronze, Tagar culture 7th-3rd c. BCE, Hermitage. Stags, deer, elk, moose, and reindeer have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
falcon: mirror-back with courtly couple, ivory, 2nd quarter of 14th c. Paris, Louvre. Falcons have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
fish pierced for suspension, Roman rock crystal, BM Walters 3972. Fish and dolphins have their own page.
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fly: Bernat Martorell, St. George, Spain 1434-35, tempera on panel, AIC 1933.786. This work has its own page. 		Click to enlarge.
foxes hunting cock, marble, poss. chancel screen, Constantinople 12th c., SMBByz 3250. For reverse see Berlin. 		Click to enlarge.
fox: watch fob, gold, probably late 19th century, p.c. This object has its own page. 		Click to enlarge.
frog brooch, Gaul late 1st-mid 3rd c., copper alloy/enamel/glass/silver/gilt, Morgan 2012.2:4. Frogs and toads have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
gazelle: lintel with hare, cross, gazelle, and blessing from 6th-7th c. Cairo, wood, KM 0000.01.0192. Gazelles and other antelopes have their own page.
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goat in tree, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn 30-12-702, which has its own page. Goats have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
goose: Easterton Pictish slab, animals side, sandstone 7th-8th c., NMS X.IB 226, which has its own page. For geese see water birds. 		Click to enlarge.
hare, part of an ivory frame, Egypt 10th-11th c., transfer from V&A A.13-1934, BM. Rabbits and hares have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
heron: Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page. Water birds have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
hippopotamus: Baptism in John the Baptist cycle, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. Not available in high resolution. This work has its own pages.
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hoopoe birds, Meissen porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler c.1736, SF, which have their own page 		Click to enlarge.
horse: Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page. Horses have their own pages, through 12th c., 13th c. to present. 		Click to enlarge.
hyena (lower left): lyre/harp front plaque, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B17694A/B, which has its own page 		Click to enlarge.
ibex and ?serpents, phalera 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM. For oblique view and companion phalera see MSHM. Ibexes and other goats have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
ibis crowned, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26064, Bonner 47
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lamb, Christ, and angels on cross, engraved reverse, crystal intaglio, 6th-7th c., CdM M6606. Lambs, sheep, and rams have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
Lamb of God: processional cross with holder, silver and enamel, c.1350, cross Spain, enamel poss. Germany, PMA 1949-40-4. The Lamb of God has its own page. 		Click to enlarge.
leopard mosaic, north Syria c.450-500, AIC loan 1974.61. Leopards, panthers, and tigers have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
lion, Roman sard intaglio, Met 81.6.132. Lions have their own pages, through 7th c., 8th to 13th c., 14th c. to present. 		Click to enlarge.
lizards: torments of the damned, mosaic c.1260-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Lizards have their own page.
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lobster (center): front of an oak chest with heraldic and fantastic beasts, Lower Saxony c.1380, KGM 1884,1688 		Click to enlarge.
magpies on lower tree: St. Francis preaching to birds, Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, which has its own page 		Click to enlarge.
monkey? limestone baptismal font, Mosan c.1200, Schn K112, which has its own page 		Click to enlarge.
tethered monkey: Lady and the Unicorn, wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For more panels and monkeys see Cluny. 		Click to enlarge.
monkey at feet John the Baptist: oak altarpiece 1500-25, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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monkeys robbing a peddler, enameled glass, Murano 19th c., CMA 1953.364. For other views see CMA. 		Click to enlarge.
Asian *moose, copper alloy? 6th-5th c. BCE South Urals nomads, MSHM. Stags, deer, elk, moose, and reindeer have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
Roman mouse fibula w. cm scale, MStA. For front see MStA. 		Click to enlarge.
mouse: weight? from lamp holder with lamps, bronze, probably modern replica of Roman from Pompeii, KM 0000.02.9864. This work has its own page. 		Click to enlarge.
mule: David summons Solomon (right), Solomon on David's mule (III Kings 1:32-38), walrus ivory, Germany c.1170-80, V&A 275-1867
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octopus krater, Crete c.1370-25 BCE, Louvre CA 882/AM 571 		Click to enlarge.
octopus: sea life, stone mosaic w. terracotta frame/box, 1st c., fr. a domus north of Aquileia, ANAM. For full work see ANAM. 		Click to enlarge.
octopus: voyage home of the Magi mosaic c.1260-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. Not available at higher resolution. This work has its own pages. 		Click to enlarge.
owl: red-figure Attic skyphos, c.450-400 BCE, KM 0000.00.2608. Owls have their own page. 		Click to enlarge.
oxen pulling a cart, funerary monument of Flavia Usiau, 2nd half of 2nd c., Tác-Gorsium. This object has its own page. Oxen, bulls, cows, and calves have their own page.