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"Iron pattern-welded sword blade, heavily corroded. The blade is broad and tapers slightly towards the pointed tip. [...] The Sutton Hoo sword was not restored from fragments - it was lifted as a solid but rusted unit" (British Museum Catalogue,…

A fifteenth-century latin Coutumier de Normandie of 290 leaves. 10.7 by 7.2 cm.

Manuscript leaf from the Baysunghur Shahnameh Manuscript. The illustration depicts a scene from Mahsan al-Asrar (Treasury of Secrets) with an encounter between Sultan Sanjar and an Old Woman

The Hermann Composite begins with St. Jerome’s prologue on the Hosea. It contains a sizeable illuminated capital depicting abbot Hermann holding a book and crosier, his head partially surrounded by a nimbus and standing in an archway. Hermann is…

A "book for aristocrats" manuscript on vellum, 258 leaves, 320 x 233 mm. (Koninklijke Bibliotheek 2019) A Middle Dutch translation of Vincent of Beauvais’ Speculum Historiale produced in Holland and heavily illustrated. (de Hamel 1994,…

Illuminated manuscript taken from the 13th century copy of the "Anvar-i Suhayli", (The Lights of Canopus). In this illustration, the wisdom of King Solomon is portrayed through his ability to converse with all mankind and creatures, including…

Illuminated manuscript illustrating Solomon enthroned at the top centre of the illustration. The illustration of the wise and powerful king features him above horizantal rows of his subjects. Simillarly to the AKM PS24 robe, the character known in…

View of the excavation of the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo. Black and white photograph centering the impression of the Sutton Hoo ship in the ground, with rivets and impressions of individual planks clearly visible, though the wood of the ship has…

"A member of the Iranian royal household wearing a brocade coat"
(Allsen 1997, 119)