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Historical Archive: Wreaths jewelry of attendant in tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur c.2550-2450 BC, Penn. For detail of beads see Penn. myrtle wreath, gold, 6th c. BCE, Hermitage ГP-19706 Exekias, black-figure amphora from Vulci with Ajax and Achilles playing dice, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page. Late Archaic male votary with wreath from the Cypriot Temple at Golgoi, c.500-480 BCE, IMA 28.35. For profile view see IMA. myrtle wreath, gold, 4th-3rd c. BCE, SF 1967.7. For detail see SF. Gonzaga cameo, agate: 2 rulers, 3rd c. BCE or 1st c. BCE/CE, Hermitage ГP-19076, which has its own page Augustus agate cameo, soon aft. 20 BCE, on Lothar cross, c.985, AachenCT. The cross has its own page. Gemma Augustea, banded agate cameo, 9/10-12 CE, KHM ANSA IXa 79. This work has its own page. agate cameo of Emperor Tiberius, 14-37 CE; frame France or Italy, early 16th c.: gold, enamel, pearl. AIC 1992.297 cameo empress, banded agate, 1st half of 1st c. CE, recut into an emperor, poss. in 11th c., on Enger cross c.1100, KGM 88,635. The cross has its own page. mold-blown glass cup fragment, eastern Mediterranean 1st c. CE, TMA 23.411 winged Victory, hematite intaglio, 1st-6th c., Kelsey 63.4.16, Bonner 227. For reverse see Kelsey gems. River Nile, marble, late 1st-2nd c., Rome? Vat 22832. This work has its own page. marble gravestone fr. Crimea Chersonesus, 2nd-3rd c. with 6th c. Greek inscription, Hermitage Х-1039. For oblique view see Hermitage. Antoninus Pius (131-68), Roman or 15th c. niccolo agate profile laureate intaglio in 16th c. gold mount (below), CdM Chab. 2093 Commodus (161-92), Roman aquamarine profile laureate intaglio, CdM Chab. 2098 Caracalla, onyx cameo, 3rd c., Hermitage ГP-12732 Decius (249-51) bust, sard intaglio, BM 1772.3-14.59, Walters no. 2028. For additional views see BM. Aurelian (270-74) and Ulpia Severina, red jasper intaglio, BM 1867.5-7.7541, Walters no. 2031. For another view see BM. saints, 4th c. gold-glass, KHM XIa 37. For full object see KHM. Crispus: silver 2 siliquae of Constantinus I, Cologne 319, SMBMünz 18200817 Roma seated with Victory holding wreath, Roman niccolo agate intaglio c.330 CE, CdM Chab. 2071 Passion sarcophagus, marble, c.350 CE, Vat 31525. This work has its own page. Passion/tree sarcophagus, marble, Rome c.360, Vat 28591. For other views see Vatican Museums. Valens adventus, gold 1.5 solidi, Trier 375-78, SMBMünz 18200866 Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page gravestone dated June 22, 385, marble, KHM III 13. For full work see KHM. Symmachorum ivory, late 4th to early 5th c., V&A 212-1865, which has its own page life of Dionysus, ivory pyxis, 5th c., Bologna pcr 12, which has its own page dove with wreath: Symeon the Elder or Symeon the Younger, 5th-6th c. Syria, basalt, SMBByz 9/63, which has its own page Victory with wreath: Rome, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 37, which has its own page with companion panel sarcophagus, Greek marble, mid 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 368. For aditional views see Ravenna. sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369. For aditional views see Ravenna. Gunthamund (484-96), pierced silver Vandal 50 denari, reverse: wreath with DN, Hermitage OH-З-91655 hand with wreath or ring, tub/sarcophagus of Theodoric, porphyry, early 6th c.?, Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna. For aditional views see Mausoleum. Gundomar II (524-32), Burgundian pseudo-imperial gold tremissis, reverse, Hermitage wreath around Lamb of God: presbytery vault mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. tribute wreath or crown: Barberini Diptych, ivory 527-65, Louvre OA 9063. This work has its own page. Theodahad (534-36) Ostrogothic copper 10 nummi, reverse: Victory, Hermitage OH-З-91832 river: David and Goliath, Constantinople 629–30, Met 17.190.396, which has its own page Charlemagne (768-814) silver denier, bust obverse: M-G 318, Prou 981, CdM. For reverse and his other coins, see Carolingian coins. Louis the Pious (814-40) gold solidus, cross in wreath reverse: M-G 514, Prou 1070, CdM. For his other coins, see Carolingian coins. Lothar I (840-55) silver denier, bust obverse: M-G 564, Prou 1050, CdM. For reverse and his other coins, see Carolingian coins. Charles the Bald (d.877) seal: 848 May 2, AN K11 no5/3. For his other seals, see Carolingian charters and seals. Aries: Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page Charles III the Fat (reg. 876-87) bulla: 881 May 9, St Gall FF2 J52b. For his other seals, see Carolingian charters and seals. Arnulf (reg. 887-99) seal: 895 May 25, BHA KS78. For his other seals, see Carolingian charters and seals. Charles the Simple (reg. 893-929) seal: 903 June 5, AN K16 no4. For his other seals, see Carolingian charters and seals. Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page. Lothar cross, c.985, AachenCT, which has its own page spring crowned with flowers: Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres. Ambrogio Lorenzetti 1343, Annunciation , SPN inv. 88, which has its own page Temperance: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. wreath? Archangel Michael, 15th c. Russia (Moscow?), MSHM Francesco di Valdambrino 1403-09, polychromed wood, Christ child blessing, SPN inv. 36 1BS, which has its own page 16th c. mount for Roman or 15th c. intaglio of Antoninus Pius (above): standing youth, gold, CdM Chab. 2093 Smell (upper left): Lady and the Unicorn, wool/silk tapestry, c.1500, Cluny. For more panels and details see Cluny. St. Luke painting Virgin fr. church St. Mary Magdalene Wrocław, limewood c.1506, Jakob Beinhart (fl. Wrocław 1483-1525), MNW Śr. 15. This work has its own page. left border: Crossing the Red Sea, enamel/copper, Jean de Court 1575-85, SF 48.2. For details see SF. Hunting horn assoc. Henry IV of Navarre, ivory, France late 16th-early 17th c., Belgrade MAA 541. For other views see Belgrade MAA. powder horn of Henry IV of France, antler and iron, early 17th c. France, Louvre inv. P480 503 B. For another view see Louvre. Mantel clock with priestess and Cupid sacrificing to Venus, Joseph Buzot c.1780, gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass, UMMA 2001/2.82. This work has its own page. composite with Roman cameos, Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page miniature portrait of Catherine the Great, late 18th c. Russia, MAAB Jean-Pierre Montagny, Napoleon le Grand 1836: plaque with hair of Napoleon, silver/gilt/bronze, France 1840s, Hermitage UM-30876. For full work see Hermitage. woman in a flower wreath, shell cameo, late 19th to early 20th c., p.c. For details and reverse see private collections. Louis Comfort Tiffany and studio, Wade Chapel, dedicated 1901, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland. This work has its own page. Bavarian kingdom postage stamp, Germania wearing the 1871 crown, 1919-20, p.c. For full stamp and related ones see private collections.