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Historical Archive: Lambs, Sheep, and Rams
The Lamb of God has its own page.


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rams: Standard of Ur, c. 2600-2400 BCE, BM ME 121201. This work has its own page.
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cosmetic box lid: lion attacking sheep or goat, shell and lapis lazuli, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn B16744A
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vessel in the form of a ram, ceramic, western provincial Roman, MFAB
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ram (Aries), bottom: unfinished Zodiac, marble, 2nd c. Roman, SMB AS SK1050. For oblique view see Berlin.
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ram (Aries), right: Mithras fr. City of London temple, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., MoL A16933
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Good Shepherd, sard intaglio, 3rd c., BM, Dalton 503
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Abraham and Isaac, banded agate intaglio, Sasanian (3rd-7th c.), CdM Chab. 1330
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Shepherd sarcophagus from Via Salaria (Christian?), Rome, c.250-75, Vat 31540. This work has its own page.
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top right: Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page
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Good Shepherd, marble, late 3rd c. central Turkey, CMA 1965.241. This object has its own page.
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pastoral sarcophagus with lid from Via Prenestina (Christian?), painted and gilt, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 31485 (ex 150). This work has its own page.
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Good Shepherd, marble, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 28590 (ex 103). This work has its own page.
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Jonah sarcophagus found between Ilminster and Bath, Eng., marble, c.300, BM 1957,1011.1. This work has its own page.
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Porphyry sarcophagus of Constantina (d.354), c.330-65, Vat 237. This work has its own page.
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partial ram, lower left: hunt, Italy? c.350-400, bronze/silver/copper, Louvre Br 3448/MND 889. For details see Louvre.
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Junius Bassus sarcophagus, c.359, marble, Vat Tesoro 31529.3.1-3, which has its own page with more lambs
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Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus (Three Shepherds Sarcophagus; Christian?), marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page.
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Abraham and Isaac: Christian pyxis, ivory, 5th-6th c., Bologna BIZ 2, which has its own page
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Scenes from the life of St. Paul, and Adam in Paradise, ivory diptych c.400, Bargello, Florence
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Good Shepherd mosaic, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c.425-30. This work has its own page.
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sarcophagus, Greek marble, mid 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 368. For this object see Ravenna.
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369. For contiguous images see Ravenna.
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font relief prob. 6th c., poss. sarcophagus fragment, in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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Saint Agnes, north wall mosaic, early 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page.
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Moses as shepherd, presbytery mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior page with Abel and lamb, capital with lambs, Abraham with ram.
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sheep or ram with other animals: composite, Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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ivory pyxis with Massacre of the Innocents, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 B. This object has its own page.
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Cross with Christ, lamb, and angels, engraved reverse, crystal intaglio, 6th-7th c., CdM M6606
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Samson, ivory comb, Metz? c.850-75, Louvre MR 358. For additional views see Louvre.
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Aries: Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page
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ram: sacrifices Melchisedek, Abraham, ivory, early 11th c., Louvre OA 11738
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Abel offering lamb: Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with other views.
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Abel offering lamb: Cain and Abel ivory, south Italy c.1084, Louvre OA 4052
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ram: ivory with Genesis scenes, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page
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Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page with more sheep
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ram's head: "Comb of St. Loup," 12th c. with poss. earlier comb; ivory, gold, silver gilt, gems; Sens CT TC.C'2. For full object see Sens.
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Abraham and Isaac: Lisbjerg Altar frontal/retable/arch c.1135-50, gilded copper, NMD D287. This work has its own page.
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ram (Ares): Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres.
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Abraham and Isaac capital from Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre, Parthenay, limestone, mid 12th c., Louvre R.F. 1848. For other face see Louvre.
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offering of Abel (lower right): Stavelot altar, gilt bronze with enamel and rock crystal, c.1150-60, MRAH 1590. This work has its own page.
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offering of Abel: Typological cross, copper with enamel, silver, and rock crystal on wood core, Mosan 1150-1200, MRAH 2293. This work has its own page.
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ram 1173-78, Pisa campanile, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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rams, hunting frieze center right: west façade completed by 1180, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page, in cathedral complex.
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Sainte Chapelle stained glass: possessions of Job taken, 13th c. glass in 15th c. window, Cluny DS 1896 bis
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Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Creation mosaic (retouched) c.1270-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages with sheep at Nativity.
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Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral
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Nativity with Isaiah and Ezechiel, Duccio 1308/1311, NGA 1937.1.8. This work has its own page.
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ram: Naumburg cathedral gargoyles, c.1330, which have their own page with more views
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ram: Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page with possible lamb.
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Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page with more sheep.
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Annunciation to the Shepherds: Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page
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Creation: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page
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Visitation, Annunciation to the Shepherds: ivory diptych, Paris 1350-75, PMA 1921-20-1. This object has its own page with more sheep.
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Humility with lamb: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page.
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flocks of Jacob: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages with more examples.
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ram for Abraham/Isaac: Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page
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Abraham and Isaac, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page with surround
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upper right: Bernat Martorell, St. George, Spain 1434-35, tempera on panel, AIC 1933.786. This work has its own page.
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sheep, element from an oak canopy, Normandy c.1450-1500, PMA 1930-1-191a. For more of the canopy see PMA.
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Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, Absolon Stumme 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page.
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angel with lamb: Alessandro Bardelli, Gloria di Angeli 1624, painting formerly surrounding Berlinghieri St. Francis (here in a copy), San Francesco, Pescia, which has its own page with Berlinghieri
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Annunciation and Nativity triptych, enamel, frame gilt copper on wood with traces polychrome and gilding, early 16th c. Limoges, Master of the Large Foreheads, PMA 1930-1-62. For other views see PMA.
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related: goat in tree, often identified as ram, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn 30-12-702, which has its own page