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Historical Archive: Rock Crystal, 9th century quartz stone, not glass Rock crystal bottle, 9th-c. Fatimid Egypt, in later western mount, BM 1894,0517.1 Four evangelist symbols with cross, crystal intaglio, unengraved obverse, c.820-60 Carolingian, TMA 50.287 reliquary base, gilt bronze, enamel, and silver gilt with Carolingian crystal, early 13th c., TMA 50.287 Crucifixion obverse, crystal intaglio, c.825-50, BM 67.7-5.14 Crucifixion, obverse with ruler under reverse, crystal intaglio, c.825-50, BM 67.7-5.14 Crucifixion, side view, crystal intaglio, c.825-50, BM 67.7-5.14 Crucifixion, serpent (reverse, image reversed for legibility), crystal, c.825-50, BM 67.7-5.14 Crucifixion, crystal intaglio obverse, c.825-950, on Ste. Foi reliquary, Conques, abbey treasury Crucifixion, crystal intaglio obverse, c.825-950, on Ste. Foi reliquary, Conques, abbey treasury Ste. Foi reliquary (Majesté de Sainte Foi), 9th c. and later, Conques, abbey treasury Crucifixion, crystal intaglio (unengraved reverse), c.825-950, on triptych 1850-61, V&A 7947-1862 Reliquary triptych, 1850-61: copper, copper gilt, enamel, gems on wood. V&A 7947-1862 Ardennes Cross, center, c.830, Nürnberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum Ardennes Cross, center, c.830, Nürnberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum Baptism of Christ, crystal intaglio backed with red foil (obverse), c.830-900. Freiburg im Breisgau, Münster Processional cross, attributed to Jos. Som of Ueberlingen (1506-63), Freiburg im Breisgau, Münster treasury Crucifixion, crystal intaglio (reverse, image reversed for legibility), c.846-69, BM 55.3-5.1 St. Paul obverse, crystal intaglio, mid to late 9th c., CdM H3416 St. Paul engraved reverse, crystal intaglio, mid to late 9th c., CdM H3416 St. Paul, oblique view of reverse crystal intaglio, mid to late 9th c., CdM H3416 Winged man of St. Matthew, crystal intaglio, mid to late 9th c., on Enger cross c.1100, KGM 88,635. The crystal and cross have their own page. Crucifixion, crystal intaglio obverse, c. 850-900, Esztergom cathedral treasury 1964.1.1 Crucifixion, crystal intaglio engraved reverse, c. 850-900, Esztergom cathedral treasury 1964.1.1 Crucifixion, crystal intaglio side, c. 850-900, Esztergom cathedral treasury 1964.1.1 Susanna Crystal: rock crystal intaglio (reverse, image reversed for legibility), c.855-69, BM 55.12-1.5. This object has its own page. Baptism of Christ obverse, crystal intaglio, c.855-69, Rouen Musée Départemental des Antiquités 473. This object has its own page. Crucifixion, crystal intaglio (reverse, image reversed for legibility), c.855-69, CdM 2167ter Crucifixion reverse in natural light, crystal intaglio, c.855-69, CdM 2167ter seal of Lothar II, 855-69: Lothar cross, c.985, AachenCT. The cross has its own page Crucifixion, crystal intaglio (reverse, image reversed for legibility), c.883-915, Freiburg im Breisgau, Augustinermuseum K13/D Standing cross (obverse), 15th-16th c., Freiburg im Breisgau, Augustinermuseum K13/D seal matrix of Archbishop Radpod, crystal intaglio, c.883-915, Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1956.6 seal matrix of Abbot Theodulf, crystal intaglio (unengraved obverse) gilded on reverse, c.883-915, Halberstadt, cathedral treasury 46 reliquary tablet, 11th c?, Halberstadt, cathedral treasury 46 Alfred Jewel: gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean Alfred Jewel: gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean