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Historical Archive: Eagles tenth century to present and other birds of prey including possible eagles Falcons have their own page. See also the eagle as symbol of Saint John, and heraldic shields. al-Muqtadir bi-Ilah (Abbasid caliph 908-32), gold donation dinar 916-17, Hermitage OH-B-Aз-5153 arms fr ivory cross fr. S. Millán de la Cogolla, c.930-65, Louvre OA 5944, 5945. For full arms see Louvre. eros riding or fighting eagle: Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. eagle fibula from Stadthausstraße/ Schusterstraße Mainz; gold, enamel, and sapphire; c.1000; LMM O,1518. For another view see LMM. ivory lions and eagles, 11th-c. Mediterranean, Schn B5 Basel antependium, gold and gems on wood, early 11th c., Cluny Cl. 2350. This work has its own page. center, on its side: pendant reliquary cross, walrus ivory with silver, England prob. mid-11th c., V&A A.6-1966. This work has its own page. creation of the birds and fish, ivory, south Italy c.1084, MAAB. For details see MAABe. carnelian cameo, 12th c. Italy, Fitz. CG 751a. This work has its own page. bird of prey hunting hooved animal, marble, poss. chancel screen, Constantinople 12th c., SMBByz 3250. For reverse see Berlin. Byzantine sgraffito ceramic bowl with bird of prey, c.1125-75, V&A C.32-1968 eagles, capital c.1140-60, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional views and other eagle capitals Eagle of Suger, porphyry/silver gilt, Île-de-France bef. 1147, Louvre MR 422, which has its own page right: alb of Frederick Barbarossa, linen/silk brocade, c.1150, Utrecht OKM t91, which has its own page buttress of apse 1174-84, Canterbury Cathedral, which has its own exterior page. west façade completed by 1180, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages Crozier head with eagle of St. John, ivory, Italian 13th c., WAM 71.300. For another view see Walters. Eagle and dragon lectern, copper alloy, c.1220-30, HildMus D1984-2, which has its own page Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex top right: scenes of courtly love, ivory mirror back, Paris c.1300-1350, Cluny Cl.401 Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with more eagles, in Pisa cathedral fictive textile: Tomb of Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg, Tino da Camaino 1313-15, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages with full work narthex, Dečani monastery church, 1322-31, which has its own pages with more eagles Mosque lamp, gilded and enamelled glass, Egypt c.1330-45, BM 1869,0624.2. This work has its own page. St. Maurice: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page imperial eagle, gilded and painted stucco: Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Holy Cross c.1360-65, which has its own page bottom left, front of an oak chest with heraldic and fantastic beasts, Lower Saxony c.1380, KGM 1884,1688 bird of prey (eagle?) tearing body in Hell: Giovanni di Paolo 1460-65, Last Judgment, SPN inv. 172, which has its own page Rape of Europa; Ganymede, 16th c. Majolica platter (coppa amatoria), shop of Girolamo di Lanfranco dalle Gabicce, Arezzo MS 14591 drinking horn with eagle feet: horn, copper, copper gilt; Germany c.1500, Cluny Cl.2324. For additional views see Musée de Cluny. top: Theodor Adolf Baron de Lützerode, d. 1667, bronze or brass, HildMus G46 composite with Roman cameos, Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page Robert Cremer and Friedrich Joseph Ark: window 1869-70, remade Wilhelm Geyer 1954, Aachen cathedral. The cathedral has its own pages. United States half eagle gold coin, 1900, p.c. For obverse see Private Collections. United States quarter eagle gold coin, design Bela Lyon Pratt, eagle, 1911, p.c. For obverse and detail see Private Collections.