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Historical Archive: Serpents, Snakes pin head, serpent with ears, lapis lazuli and copper, Bactrian (Iran, SE. Kerman province, Tepe Giyan III, IV, 3rd millennium BCE ?), Louvre AO 31920 phalera: ibex and ?serpents, 6th-5th c. BCE, Kazbeksky hoard, MSHM. For oblique view and companion phalera see MSHM. Exekias, black-figure amphora from Vulci with Ajax and Achilles playing dice, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page. serpents held by hybrid figure, chalcedony intaglio, Late Archaic Greek c.500 BCE, Fitz. CG 518. This work has its own page. on helmet, Vienna Gonzaga cameo: Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II, agate, 278-69 BCE, setting with enamel 1575-1600, KHM IXa 81 cobra on seal matrix or stamp with crocodile god, bone, from Soknopaiou (Dime, Egypt), prob. Roman period, KM 0000.02.1767. For another view see Kelsey. Anubis from Villa Pamphili at Anzio, Parian marble, 1st-2nd c., Vat 22840. For more views see Vatican Museums. Rayed serpent with bee, jasper intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 26126, Bonner 93 ?Youth wrapped in snake, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Taubman, Bonner 221 Mithras relief from Fiano Romano: Mithras and the Bull, 2nd or 3rd c., marble, Louvre MND 1911 serpent in basket on sarcophagus with Bacchic procession, marble, c.150-200, KM 1981.03.0001. This work has its own page. serpents and other animals with Chnoubis, jasper intaglio, 3rd c., Fitzwilliam. This work has its own page. glass bowl w. gold-glass, Cologne 4th c., BM 1881,0624.1, which has its own page serpent of Temptation, gold-glass, 4th c., Vat 60685 nummus of Constantine I reverse, copper alloy, Constantinople 327-28, DO BZC.1948.17.498. For obverse see DO coins. serpent of Temptation: Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page Scenes from the life of St. Paul, and Adam in Paradise, diptych c.400, Bargello, Florence Asclepius and Hygeia ivory, 5th c., Liverpool museum Christ trampling asp and lion, stucco, Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, c.451-73. This work has its own pages. Asclepius and Hygeia, late 5th c., VHM, loan from Sion CT. This work has its own page. Adam and Eve, ceramic, North Africa 6th c., BNM L.2014/6. For detail see BNM. conical brooch with snakes, bronze, 6th-7th c., OHM C230 St. Simeon, silver/gilt, 6th-7th c., Louvre Bj 2180/MND 2035, which has its own page. Sutton Hoo Great Gold Buckle, early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.1, which has its own page Oseberg cart, 8th-early 9th c., OsloVSM, which has its own pages Hunterston Brooch, gold/silver/amber c.700, NMS X.FC 8, which has its own page with more serpents enamel serpent: Enger reliquary, late 8th c., KGM. This object has its own page. lion, dragon, asp, basilisk: Genoels-Elderen ivories, late 8th/early 9th c., MRAH 1474. This work has its own page. Crucifixion, serpent, crystal intaglio, c.825-50, BM 67.7-5.14. For full object see BM. Crucifixion, crystal intaglio, c.825-50, on Ste. Foi reliquary, Conques, abbey treasury. For other views see Conques. Crucifixion, crystal intaglio, c.846-69, BM 55.3-5.1 Crucifixion, crystal intaglio obverse, c. 850-900, Esztergom cathedral treasury 1964.1.1. For other views see Esztergom. Crucifixion ivory, c.860-70?, V&A 303-1867 Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page Crucifixion, crystal intaglio, c.883-915, Freiburg im Breisgau, Augustinermuseum K13/D. For metalwork setting see Frieburg. Hygeia with serpent: Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Jelling Stone c.965-70, which has its own page Lothar cross, c.985, AachenCT, which has its own page serpent throne: Byzantine Last Judgment ivory, 11th c., V&A A.24-1926. This work has its own page. reliquary, sides bone, top ivory, c.1000-1050, Schn B159. For other views see Schn. Temptation and Fall: Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page. Eve denying blame for Fall: Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with other views. Genesis/Crucifixion ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with reverse lower right: Last Judgment, tempera, Nicholas and Johannes 1061-71, Vat 40526, which has its own page ivory with Genesis scenes, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page Alexander casket, Byzantine ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page Orø Cross, gold?, early 12th c., found on the island of Orø in the Isefjord, National Museum Copenhagen 10861. For other views see Copenhagen. serpents, flowers, or falling stars? south portal 1150-55, Adel church, which has its own exterior and interior pages Moses with brazen serpent: Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page. ivory cross, c.1150-60, Cloisters 63.12, which has its own page. Moses with bronze serpent: Typological cross, copper with enamel, silver, and rock crystal on wood core, Mosan 1150-1200, MRAH 2293. This work has its own page. Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page. St. Paul bitten by a viper, c.1160, Canterbury Cathedral, which has its own interior page. Moses with brazen serpent, copper alloy enameled and gilt, c.1160, V&A M.59-1952 Temptation and Fall: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. snake pit: portal from Hylestad stave church, late 12th-early 13th c., OHM C4321, which has its own page nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page with Prudence's serpent, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages Moses with brazen serpent, c.1207-15, Sens cathedral Typology/Good Samaritan window. For contiguous scenes see the building's interior page. lower left: soapstone baptismal font fr. Os, Hordaland, 1225-50, Bergen MA 37. For other views see Bergen. serpent handle: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page with another serpent. torments of the damned, mosaic c.1260-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral bottom: Deesis mosaic, mostly Vincino di Vanni da Pistoia, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages with details pier, right: slanderer and prostitute, unsleeping worm. Dečani monastery frescoes, 1335-47, which have their own pages Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page Reproach of Adam and Eve, alabaster w. polychromy, Bartomeu Robio c.1362, SF 59.40. For other views see SF. Temptation window, top: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolomeo d'Andrea "Banco" 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages footed beaker with Creation, enameled mold-blown glass, Venice c.1490, KGM 1935,51, which has its own page Adam and Eve plate, cast brass, Germany c.1500-50, Belgrade MAA 6216. For oblique view see Belgrade MAA. Temptation of Eve, Defendente Ferrari c.1520-25, tempera on panel, UMMA 1967/1.38. This work has its own page. faience platter with Adam and Eve after Bernard Salomon, c.1555, Rimini?, Louvre OA 1555 infant Hercules attacked by snake, ivory c.1660, Master of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, SF 52.6.4. For other views see SF. dancing Death, frontal, ivory, Germany c.1700, Schn B151. For frontal view see Schn. snake or worm: Bertozzi/Casoni 1997, Scegli il Paradiso, majolica, which has its own page, Imola