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Historical Archive: Personifications, Abundance through Lust This page is alphabetical, not chronological. Abundance (left): Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page Abyss (left, head): Genesis/Crucifixion ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with reverse Autumn: seasons sarcophagus with menorah, marble, c.250-350, Rome MNR 67611, which has its own page Autumn? portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex Avarice (upper left), Betrayal (2nd from left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page *Charity/Love and Modesty, Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page. Charity has its own page. Chastity: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Church (Ecclesia): cross from Scheldewindeke, rock crystal and enamel, Mosan c.1170-1200, MRAH 3669. This work has its own page. Ecclesia has her own page. Concord held by Iulia Domna, gilded silver, Rome 205-11, SMBMünz 18200788 Concord: solidus of Honorius (reverse), gold, 384-423, DO. For obverse see DO. Concord (bottom left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Rome and *Constantinople, gold 2 solidi of Valentinian I, Trier 367-75, reverse, SMBMünz 18200865 Constantinople, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 38, which has its own page with companion panel Cordoba: gold Visigothic tremissis of Leovigild (573-86), reverse: Cordoba bis optinuit, Hermitage OH-З-Aз-96 or 97. For same ruler's obverse see Hermitage. Cruelty (left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Dawn, upper right: Augustus of Prima Porta, marble, early 1st c. CE, Vat MV.2290.0.0, which has its own page Dawn (Aurora), banded agate cameo, 13th c. S.Italy, Fitz. CG 752. This work has its own page. Death, alabaster c.1530, from the Cemetery of the Innocents, Paris; Louvre R.F. 2625. This work has its own page. Death has its own page. Defeated people, center: Augustus of Prima Porta, marble, early 1st c. CE, Vat MV.2290.0.0, which has its own page Defeated peoples? (busts): Porphyry sarcophagus of Helena (d. c.330), 1st third of 4th c., Vat 238. This work has its own page. Discord (left, with Peace): Naumburg cathedral west choir windows, c.1245-60, which have their own page Division (center): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Dream or Sleep: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page Earth, bottom: Augustus of Prima Porta, marble, early 1st c. CE, Vat MV.2290.0.0, which has its own page Earth personification, linen and wool tapestry, 4th c., Pushkin ET no. 11440 Earth: Barberini Diptych, ivory 527-65, Louvre OA 9063. This work has its own page. Earth (center): Last Judgment, tempera, Nicholas and Johannes 1061-71, Vat 40526, which has its own page Faith (Fides), on right: Crucifixion reliquary cross plaque, copper gilt and enamel, Mosan mid 12th c., WAM 44.98. Not available at higher resolution. Faith (top left of right part): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Faith (center right): Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Death, *Famine, War: Apocalypse cycle c.1363/65, Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Virgin Mary, which has its own own page. Fear (Timor): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Fortitude: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. Fortitude has its own page. Fraud (left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Germania wearing the 1871 crown, Imperial Germany stamp with diagonal grid watermark, 1902-1919, p.c. For details and another version see private collections. 3 Graces and Venus, Peddler Goblet: enameled glass, Murano 19th c., CMA 1953.364. For contiguous views see 19th-c. glass. Grammar with pupil (left), Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page. Grammar, center: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral Grammar (lower left): Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Good and Bad Government 1338-40, Siena, which has its own page Health: Asklepius and Hygeia ivory, 5th c., Liverpool museum. For Health see Classical Mythology at Asklepius and Hygeia. Hope? Medici cameo, 1st-3rd c., sardonyx cameo in gilded metal, Florence MA 14443. This work has its own page. Hope has its own page. Humility: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. Humility (left): Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Inconstancy, upper left with Perseverence: Naumburg cathedral west choir windows, c.1245-60, which have their own page Injustice, center left: Naumburg cathedral west choir windows, c.1245-60, which have their own page Innocence (left): Crucifixion reliquary cross plaque, copper gilt and enamel, Mosan mid 12th c., WAM 44.98. Not available at higher resolution. Intelligence, understanding: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. Italia or Gaia (right): Gemma Augustea, banded agate cameo, 9/10-12 CE, KHM ANSA IXa 79. This work has its own page. Justice: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page. Justice has its own page. Knowledge: Head Reliquary of Pope Alexander; silver gilt with enamel and gems over wood core, c.1145, MRAH 1031. This work has its own page. Knowledge nursing from Nature, Liberal Arts casket, copper enameled and gilded, c.1190-1200, V&A 7955:2-1862. This work has its own page. Liberty: United States half eagle gold coin obverse, 1900, p.c. For reverse see private collections. Liberty: American Corner 2003, National Library of Kosovo, Pristina, which has its own page Life: Gunhild cross, walrus ivory, c.1150-75, NMD 9087, which has its own page Light (right): Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page Lust?: Sheela-na-Gig from Chloran, Ireland 12th c., BM Witt 258. For other views see BM.