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Historical Archive: Hermitage, Tenth Century to Present
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia


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vial in fish form, rock crystal, 9th-10th c. Egypt, Hermitage СА-9993
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ewer, rock crystal, Egypt 10th-11th c., Hermitage VЗ-801, which has its own page
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al-Muqtadir bi-Ilah (Abbasid caliph 908-32), gold donation dinar 916-17, Hermitage OH-B-Aз-5153
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Ethelred II (978-1013, 1014-16) silver penny, obverse, Hermitage OH-З-112154
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Ethelred II (978-1013, 1014-16) silver penny, reverse, Hermitage OH-З-112134
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bone game piece with wading bird, western Europe 11th c., Hermitage
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Dormition of the Virgin, ivory, 11th c., Hermitage
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ivory oliphant, Sicily/S. Italy c.1000-50, Hermitage Ф-5, which has its own page
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carnelian seal in bronze, Egypt 1021-36, Hermitage CA-13662
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King Ramiro of Aragon and companion, Spain 1060-80, ivory with glass from St. Aemilian reliquary, Hermitage Ф-2908
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King Ramiro and companion (different angle), Spain 1060-80, ivory with glass from St. Aemilian reliquary, Hermitage Ф-2908
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heads, King Ramiro and companion, Spain 1060-80, ivory with glass from St. Aemilian reliquary, Hermitage Ф-2908
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Abbot Peter and monk Munius, Spain 1060-80, ivory with glass from St. Aemilian reliquary, Hermitage Ф-2907
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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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game piece with sphinx, western Europe 12th c., Hermitage
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Crucifixion and Lamentation, steatite, 12th c., Hermitage
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St. Stephen reliquary figure, 12th c. France, Hermitage
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St. Stephen reliquary figure, 12th c. France, Hermitage
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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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St. Valerie of Limoges reliquary, gilt copper/enamel, Limoges c.1175, Hermitage Ф-175
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St. Valerie reliquary, oblique view
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Novgorod grivny, silver, 13th c., Hermitage, back: OH-P-531; front: OH-P-1-557
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living cross, 13th c. limestone stele fr. Crimea Chersonesus, Hermitage Х-1057
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Hermitage gravestones, oblique view
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fire dogs: dog, bronze, 13th-15th c.? western Europe, Hermitage
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fire dogs: cat, bronze, 13th-15th c.? western Europe, Hermitage
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Adoration of the Magi, gilt copper/enamel/rock crystal reliquary, Limoges c.1225-50, Hermitage Ф-181
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Adoration of the Magi reliquary, back/side view
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Jewish wedding ring, bronze? Spain? 14th c., Hermitage
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Golden Horde MS, Uighur script on birch bark, 14th c., Hermitage, which has its own page with 4 panels
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ceremonial axe with elk fr. Olen'-Kolodez' mound 7, iron/silver, ulus of Jochi or Golden Horde c.1300, Hermitage GIVO-4/1996
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ceremonial axe, oblique with fragment of wood handle
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Triton aquamanile, bronze, 15th c. Braunschweig, Hermitage
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Triton aquamanile, bust
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Rogier van der Weyden, St. Luke drawing the Virgin, oil transferred to canvas c.1435-40s, Hermitage ГЭ-419
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Rogier van der Weyden, St. Luke with person for scale
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herald's tabard, linen, early 16th c. Germany, Hermitage T-15339
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plaque with hair of Napoleon, silver/gilt/bronze, France 1840s, Hermitage UM-30876
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plaque with hair of Napoleon: Jean-Pierre Montagny, Napoleon le Grand 1836
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plaque with hair of Napoleon: lock of hair
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plaque with hair of Napoleon: Henri Auguste, bronze medallion Attentat á la vie de Bonaparte