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Historical Archive: Carolingian and Viking period Metalwork bronze lamp: cock, 6th-9th c. Mediterranean, Sch H931. For view with full chain see Schn. gryphon belt mount, copper alloy tinned, late 7th-early 9th c. Avar, Morgan 2012.2:84 book cover 7th-12th c., Schn B98, which has its own page reliquary, silver and copper gilt with glass on wood core, 8th century(?), Cluny Cl. 13968. This work has its own page. cross, copper and silver, 8th-9th c., Sens CT C.207. This work has its own page. Khazar belt mount, silver/gilt, 8th-9th c., Morgan 2012.2:89 Enger reliquary, late 8th c., KGM. This object has its own page. Portable reliquary, copper gilt, glass, and ?amber on wood core with leather strap, prob. late 8th c., Sens CT F.63.70. This object has its own page. star fibula, gold with copper back plate, late 8th-early 9th c., CMA 2009.344 star fibula, gold with copper back plate, late 8th-early 9th c., CMA 2009.344 Altheus Reliquary 772-814, repoussé side, Diocesan Museum Sion. This work has its own page with enamels. Aachen cathedral, bronze lattice at octagon gallery, 793-813. The cathedral has its own pages. Rider (Charles the Bald or Charlemagne?), bronze, 9th c., Louvre OA 8260. This work has its own page. Talisman de Charlemagne, gold, sapphire, other gems; 9th c., Tau. This work has its own page. Tortoise brooch fr. Jaren, Buskerud, bronze/silver, 9th c., OHM C22120. For another view see OHM. Beresford Hope reliquary cross: Mary, SS Peter, Andrew, John the Baptist, and Paul, enamel, gold, and silver gilt, 9th c., Italy?, V&A 265&A-1886. For other sides see V&A. Throne of Dagobert, bronze; 7th? and 9th c., CdM 65. This work has its own page. Tortoise brooch fr. Oslo, bronze/gilt, 9th-10th c.? OHM C2222. For profile view with companion brooch see OHM. cross, copper plate/glass, 9th to 10th c. Cologne, Schn G6. For oblique view see Schn. bird fitting, bronze, Viking period (9th-11th c.), Lejre 6410PX433. For oblique view see Lejre. Cross of Desiderius, silver gilt and gems, 9th c. and later, Brescia Museum of Santa Giulia. This object has its own page. Ste. Foi reliquary (Majesté de Sainte Foi), 9th c. and later, Conques, abbey treasury. For crystal see Conques. animal interlace plaque, 9th-12th c. Russia (Kievan Rus), MSHM Aachen cathedral bronze doors, c.800, which have their own page bronze pinecone, c.800 or 1000, Aachen cathedral. The pinecone has its own page. Cross fr. West Frankish territory, gold/garnet/glass/enamel c.800, poss. fr. Quiercy, BNM 21/92 Hildesheim "founding reliquary", silver, early 9th c., in Hildesheim Cathedral, which has its own interior page Stephansbursa, gold repoussé reliefs, early 9th c., Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Schatzkammer. This object has its own page. Grimfridus chalice, copper alloy with gilt and silver, early 9th c., DO BZ.33.4. This work has its own page. Ardennes Cross, center, c.830, Nürnberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum Ardennes Cross, center, c.830, Nürnberg Germanisches Nationalmuseum paten, metalwork mid to second half 9th c., serpentine plate 1st c. BCE/CE, fish inlay poss. 4th/5th c., Louvre MR 415. This work has its own page. Lindau Gospels upper cover, gold/gems, c.870-80, Morgan MS M. 1, which has its own page. top jewel of "Escrain de Charlemagne", aquamarine intaglio of Flavia Julia Titi (d. 91 CE) (unengraved side), sapphires, and pearls in gold, 9th c. (3rd quarter?), CdM Chab. 2089 top jewel of "Escrain de Charlemagne", aquamarine intaglio of Flavia Julia Titi (d. 91 CE) (engraved side), sapphires, and pearls in gold, 9th c. (3rd quarter?), CdM Chab. 2089 symmetrical handle fibula, late 9th c., Saint-Denis. Cluny Cl.3205 Ellwangen casket, bronze, c.877-900, WLM. This object has its own page. Arnulf Ciborium, gold, c.890, Munich Residenz, Schatzkammer. This object has its own page. plaque from reliquary, bronze gilt, c.895-900, Lejre LEOPX11 Odin, Freya, or sorceress? silver c.900, Lejre Evangelist symbols and cross book cover or case, copper gilt and rock crystal on wood, 10th c., V&A 528-1893. For details see V&A. trefoil brooch, bronze, 10th c., OHM C4730 dragon medallion fr. Skeimo, Augst-Agder, bronze/gilt, 10th c., OHM C3923 rolled up sword fr. Vold, iron/silver, 10th c., OHM C15888 pinecone base inscription, 10th c., Aachen cathedral. The pinecone has its own page. pendant cross, bronze/enamel, 10th-13th c., Novgorod AM trefoil brooch fr. Røymål, bronze/gilt, c.900-50, OHM C11414 cross found in north mound, c.950, at Jelling, which has its own page ear pick w. animal interlace, bronze? c.950, Lejre drinking horns with silver fittings, c.950-1000, Black Grave burial mound in Chernihiv, MSHM, which have their own page helmet fr. Gjermundbu Farm, iron, c.950-1000, OHM C27317. For game pieces from same grave see OHM. Urnes style animal interlace fibula, silver, 11th-12th c.?, Leijre LEOPX106 pendant, bronze?, Lejre related reconstruction: Viking woman wearing trefoil and tortoise brooches