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Historical Archive: Trees and other plants
8th to 13th century
See also Tree of Jesse.


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"thousand-year-old rose" (wild dog rose), Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own exterior page
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well head, 8th c. Italy (Venetia?), limestone, CMA 1916.1982. For another side see CMA.
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water plants: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 700-750?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós with trees.
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column base c.775 from the nave of the Carolingian church, Saint-Denis basilica crypt, which has its own page with additional views.
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"Tombeau du Ladre", Carolingian? marble chancel slab reused at St-Denis with 12th-c. inscription, Louvre MNB 3270. For full object see Louvre.
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marble well head, 9th c. prob. Venice/Venetia, SMB Byz 2924
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Anglo-Saxon pin head from Glentham Cliff, Lincolnshire, silver gilt, 9th c., Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-413B05. For detail and reverse see private collections.
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bronze pinecone, c.800 or 1000, Aachen cathedral. The pinecone has its own page.
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Harrach diptych, ivory with glass c.800, Schn 1012, which has its own page
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Hildesheim "founding reliquary", silver, early 9th c., in Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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tree cut down (sermon of John the Baptist), Werden Casket, ivory, early 9th c.?, V&A 149-, 149A-, 149B-1866. For other panels see V&A.
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ivory comb, Metz? c.850-75, Louvre MR 358. For additional views see combs.
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Susanna Crystal: rock crystal intaglio, c.855-69, BM 55.12-1.5. This object has its own page.
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Rambona diptych, ivory, late 9th c.-c.900, Vat 62442, which has its own page
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Resurrection/Nativity, ivory late 9th-early 10th c., Vat 64477
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Crucifixion and Maries at the Sepulchre, ivory, St. Gall or north Italy, 10th c., MAAB. For additional views see the MAAB page.
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labor of September, ivory, 10th-11th c. Byzantine, SMBByz 573
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pendant reliquary, Constantinople 10th-11th c., BM AF.354, which has its own page
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Judas: Basilewsky Situla, ivory, 980-81, V&A A.18-1933. This work has its own page.
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Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page with more trees
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Tree of Life: double cross in foliage pendant from Czernowitz, silver, 11th-13th c., KHM VIIa 269a
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Annunciation ivory, c.1000, SMBByz 567. For detail see Berlin.
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Byzantine Ascension ivory, 1st half of 11th c., V&A 152-1879
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Temptation and Fall: Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with many trees.
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Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page with additional trees.
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Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more trees/plants on same portal, and more views, see Chartres.
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plaques from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM: this object has its own page.
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Chartres west windows 1145-1155. For more views see Chartres.
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Creation of plants: Genesis/Crucifixion ivory, c.1050-75, SMBByz 589, which has its own page with more trees
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ivory with Genesis scenes, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page
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"Comb of St. Loup," 12th c. with poss. earlier comb; ivory, gold, silver gilt, gems; Sens CT TC.C'2. For full work see Sens.
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bone mirror case, 12th c., MoL 4954
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Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page with more trees
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Byzantine cameo and setting, lapis lazuli, silver gilt, c.1100-50, Louvre MR 95. This side has its own page with trees on other side.
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trees: Abdinghof portable altar, 1115-30, DMP PR50, which has its own page
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grape vine: engaged capital with interlaced vines, limestone, c.1125, MAHSD
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Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page with another tree.
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centaur archer, enameled copper, Mosan c.1160-70, Louvre 8097
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palm tree: Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page with many palms.
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Tree of Life, center right: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid and Hajib Mas'ud ibn Ahmad: Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page.
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bear combat, tympanum fr. 13th c. house Rue Gambetta, Reims, Reims MSR. For other views see Reims.
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front panel: wooden chair from Blakar farm, Lom, Oppland, 13th c., OHM C1629. For other views see OHM.
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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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Waq-waq tree: Cock's-head ewer, fritware, Iran early 13th c., Louvre MAO 442. This work has its own page.
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date palm, fisher, top: portal sculpture early 13th c., Pisa baptistery, which has its own page with more trees and plants, in cathedral complex
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nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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Adam and Eve's Warning, Fall, Discovery, Expulsion. c.1207-15, Sens cathedral Typology/Good Samaritan window. For contiguous scenes see the building's interior page.
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Chartres cathedral, Notre Dame de la Belle-Verrière, later parts 1215-20. For more views see Chartres.
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, reliquary plaque c.1230-40, Limoges enamel on copper, Louvre OA 81, loan to Cluny ML 84. For details see Cluny.
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Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, St. Francis, which has its own page with another tree
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John the Baptist preaching, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages with more examples.
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Holofernes' army devastating the vineyards outside Damascus, stained glass from the Sainte Chapelle, Paris, 1241/43-48, PMA 1930-24-2
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buttercup, W choir: Naumburg cathedral, c.1245-50, which has its own pages with many identifiable plants
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tree: glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page.
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man between lillies, tin-glazed earthenware, south Italy, 2nd half 13th c., V&A C.120-1978
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top right: Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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grape vine with 12 roots for 12 tribes of Israel: Altneuschul, Prague, vestibule portal to hall, late 13th c. This work has its own pages with another grape vine and foliate sculpture.