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Description: A group of iron socketed gouges found at Silchester

TitleA group of iron socketed gouges found at Silchester

Creator nameUnknown

Creator name (description)After Evans 1894, fig. 16

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation dateUnknown

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsToolsBuilderAntiquities, Roman

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3. The Tools of the Trade

Roger B. Ulrich

Roman Woodworking

Like their modern counterparts, the tools of a Roman woodworker were precious assets. Each handmade instrument represented a significant investment...

Author

Roger B. Ulrich

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.13-58

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00107.006

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Chapter subject tags:Woodworking tools, AncientWoodwork, Roman

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Crescent Flint Biface

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date600-900

Object typeTool

MaterialsEccentric serrate chipped flint in crescent shape

Dimensions21.3 cm (8 3/8 in. ) maximum height

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52397

Accession number1958.15.18.a

Crescent Flint Biface

Roman military-type axes (dolobrae) from Newstead

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleArtist

Creation date100–200 AD

Object typeTool/Implement

Roman military-type axes (dolobrae) from...

Roman military-type axes (dolobrae) from Newstead

The Aquileia chisel shown with original wooden handle

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator nameUlrich, Roger B.

Creator roleIllustrator

Object typeIllustration

The Aquileia chisel shown with original...

The Aquileia chisel shown with original wooden handle

Plummet stone

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1500–700 BC

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsHematite

DimensionsLength 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/612658

Accession number6123.2658

Plummet stone

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Cross-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date550-675

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped flint

Dimensions3.7 x 19.4 x 20.4 cm (1 7/16 x 7 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52771

Accession number1958.15.18.m

Cross-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureToltec

Creator roleArtist

Creation date900–1200 AD

Object typeTool

MaterialsOxidized copper

DimensionsObject: 4.9 x 15.1 x 16.8cm (1 15/16 x 5 15/16 x 6 5/8in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/8678

Accession number1958.86.5a

Implement

Cross-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation dateca. 500-900

Object typeTool

MaterialsFlint

DimensionsOverall: 14.2 x 13 x 2cm (5 9/16 x 5 1/8 x 13/16in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/13370

Accession number1974.36.3

Cross-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Relief of P. Longidienus

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date0–100 AD

Object typeSculpture

DimensionsTotal H: 2.66 m; W 0.90 m; D: 0.44 m

LocationNational Museum, Ravenna, Italy

Accession number7

Relief of P. Longidienus

Relief depicting a craftsman, perhaps sharpening iron blades

Posted by:John Carlson

Dimensions40 cm square

LocationOstia, Italy

Relief depicting a craftsman, perhaps...

Relief depicting a craftsman, perhaps sharpening iron blades

Curved, Serrated Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date600

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped flint

Dimensions4.7 x 14.7 x 29.9 cm (1 7/8 x 5 13/16 x 11 3/4 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52408

Accession number1958.15.18.l

Curved, Serrated Flint

Plummet stone engraved with bird motif

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1500–700 BC

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsRed jasper

DimensionsLength 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/612596

Accession number6123.2596

Plummet stone engraved with bird motif

Nine-Pointed Star Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date550

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped flint

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52772

Accession number1958.15.18.n

Nine-Pointed Star Flint

Scallop-Edged Eccentric Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date550-675

Object typeTool

MaterialsCarved flint, olive green

Dimensions6 1/4 in. l. (16 cm.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52400

Accession number1958.15.18.d

Scallop-Edged Eccentric Flint

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Collar-like Eccentric Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date500

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped flint

Dimensions12 in. dia. (30.5 cm.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52401

Accession number1958.15.18.e

Collar-like Eccentric Flint

Ring-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date550-675

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped flint

DimensionsDiam: 19.5cm (7 11/16 in. ) Height: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52407

Accession number1958.15.18.k

Ring-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleArtist

Creation date900-1200

Object typeTool

MaterialsCopper

Dimensions6 in. l. x 7 in. w. (15.3 cm. l. x 17.8 cm. w.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/8683

Accession number1958.86.5b

Implement

Chipped stone disk

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1250–1350

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsStone

DimensionsDiameter 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Chipped stone disk

Description: The Trevi superimposed on the remains of Ancient Rome, after Lanciani,...

The Trevi superimposed on the remains of Ancient Rome, after Lanciani, "Forma Urbis"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator name (description)after Lanciani

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleMapmaker

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

The Trevi superimposed on the remains of...

The Trevi superimposed on the remains of Ancient Rome, after Lanciani, "Forma Urbis"

Monolithic axe

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1300–1400

Object typeArms/Armor

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)

LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/611781

Accession number6125.1781

Monolithic axe

Three-Spoked Eccentric Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date550-675

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped Flint

DimensionsObject: 25.4cm (10in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52773

Accession number1958.15.18.o

Three-Spoked Eccentric Flint

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Neptune sarcophagus

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMaterials

LocationVatican, Rome

Neptune sarcophagus

Oceanus mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationVatican, Rome

Oceanus mosaic

Cross-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date550

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped flint

Dimensions25.5 x 4 x 26.7 cm (10 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 10 1/2 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52406

Accession number1958.15.18.j

Cross-Shaped Eccentric Flint

Paddle-Shaped Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date600-675

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped flint

Dimensions15 in. l. (38 cm.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52775

Accession number1958.15.18.q

Paddle-Shaped Flint

Monolithic axe

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1300–1450

Object typeArms/Armor

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)

LocationNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?irn=182733

Accession number17/891

Monolithic axe

Polished spud stone

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1200–1400

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsGraystone

DimensionsHeight 8 in. (20.3 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8008503

Accession numberA116035

Polished spud stone

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Description: Roman woodworking tools (drawknife, socketed chisel, auger blade, one-piece fine...

Roman woodworking tools (drawknife, socketed chisel, auger blade, one-piece fine mortising chisel)

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleArtist

Object typeTool/Implement

DimensionsDrawknife blade length L: 11.8 cm; socketed chisel total L: 26.3 cm, cutting edge 2.2 cm across; auger blade total L: 20 cm; one-piece fine mortising chisel total L: 17.5 cm, 0.7 cm across

LocationMuseum of London

Roman woodworking tools (drawknife,...

Roman woodworking tools (drawknife, socketed chisel, auger blade, one-piece fine mortising chisel)

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Relief of a knife seller from the tomb of L. Cornelius Atimetus

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date0–100 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 1.33 m; w: 1 m

LocationVatican Museums, Vatican City

http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/galleria-lapidaria/sezione-ii--imperatori-e-casa-imperiale/ara-ossario-di-due-fabbricanti-di-coltelli.html#&gid=1&pid=2

Accession number9277

Relief of a knife seller from the tomb...

Relief of a knife seller from the tomb of L. Cornelius Atimetus

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Description: A grave relief of Marcus Aebutius, freedman of the gens Aebutia, showing measuring...

A grave relief of Marcus Aebutius, freedman of the gens Aebutia, showing measuring tools used by both the mason and the carpenter

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator name (description)After Blümner 1884

Creator roleIllustrator

Object typeIllustration

A grave relief of Marcus Aebutius,...

A grave relief of Marcus Aebutius, freedman of the gens Aebutia, showing measuring tools used by both the mason and the carpenter

Monolithic axe

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1300–1400

Object typeArms/Armor

MaterialsGreenstone

DimensionsLength 14 in. (35.6 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8083771

Accession numberA317614

Monolithic axe

Animal-Shaped Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator nationality/cultureMayan

Creator roleArtist

Creation date600

Object typeTool

MaterialsChipped orange and gray flint with lighter spots

DimensionsObject: 14.2 x 27cm (5 9/16 x 10 5/8in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52398

Accession number1958.15.18.b

Animal-Shaped Flint

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Double-Headed Bat Flint

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsChipped flint.

Dimensions6.2 x .9 x 15.4 cm (2 7/16 x 3/8 x 6 1/16 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52402

Accession number1958.15.18.f

Double-Headed Bat Flint

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

The Piacenza Liver

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 07

Creator nationality/cultureEtruscan

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 200–175 BCE

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze

Dimensions12 × 8 × 6 cm

LocationMuseo Civico, Piacenza, Italy

The Piacenza Liver

Polished spud stone

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1200–1400

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsGreenstone

DimensionsHeight 8 in. (20.3 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8036144

Accession numberA173545

Polished spud stone

Funerary relief of Licinius Philonic(os) and P. Licinius Demetrius

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date70–100 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 68 cm; W: 80 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=459080001&objectId=465530&partId=1

Accession number1954.12–14.1

Funerary relief of Licinius Philonic(os)...

Funerary relief of Licinius Philonic(os) and P. Licinius Demetrius

Description: Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationStrong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York

Portrait of Michel-Eugène...

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul pasted into Homer's copy of "Chevreul on Colours"

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureEnglish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1201–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/547571c6-0e1e-414f-b245-f36706655540

Accession numberMs. Ashmole 1511, fol. 7

Bestiary: Creation of Eve

Wooden implement

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1400–1600

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsWood

DimensionsWidth 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.411

Accession number1950.411

Wooden implement

Description: Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York,...

Installation view of Primary Structures exhibition, The Jewish Museum, New York, showing works by Donald Judd

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1966

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Primary Structures...

Untitled 1966 (on wall) and Untitled 1966 (on floor)

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 25526, fol. 77v

Roman de la Rose: Copying and...

Roman de la Rose: Copying and illuminating the folios of a manuscript

Female figure with an apron table

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 300–700

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579

Accession number1979.206.357

Female figure with an apron table

St. Jerome in his Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1500–1510

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001

Accession number1845,0825.690

St. Jerome in his Study

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 14

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1610–1620

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/148777/possibly-fath-khan-son-of-malik-ambar

Accession number17.3103

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik...

Portrait of Malik Ambar

Blackamoor figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1875–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted and gilt wood and metal

Dimensions24 x 7 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (61 x 19.7 x 17.5 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/141477/pair-of-candlesticks-with-figures-of-blackamoors

Accession number96.1127.1

Blackamoor figures

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1100–1200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/

Accession number702-1884

The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...

The Virgin and Child

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

DimensionsHeight 9 in. (22.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120168

Accession number1990.554.2

Model of a Tree-Climbing Ritual

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115

Accession numberBZ.1954.2

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1470–1485

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001

Accession number1856,0712.1029

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Tripod Grindstone

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleArtist

Creation date800-1200

Object typeTool

MaterialsVolcanic rock

Dimensions26.7 x 52.7 cm (10 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10685

Accession number1973.88.3

Tripod Grindstone

Procession of female saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 550 AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy

Procession of female saints

Description: A statue base dedicated to Silvanus by P. Tartarius Chiaritus and his brother...

A statue base dedicated to Silvanus by P. Tartarius Chiaritus and his brother Atticus

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationAntiquarium del Celio, Rome

A statue base dedicated to Silvanus by...

A statue base dedicated to Silvanus by P. Tartarius Chiaritus and his brother Atticus

Drill and stock of a bow drill from Hawara, Egypt

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleArtist

Object typeTool/Implement

Dimensions55 cm

LocationUniversity College, London

Accession number27979

Drill and stock of a bow drill from...

Drill and stock of a bow drill from Hawara, Egypt

The Veroli Casket

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 950–1000

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory and bone on wood core; metal hardware

Dimensions4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (11.5 x 16 x 40.3 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70463/veroli-casket-casket-unknown/

Accession number216-1865

The Veroli Casket

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 3 7/8 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Christ Flanked by Disciples

Plane from the Roman Colonia Agrippina

Posted by:John Carlson

May 10

Creator roleArtist

Creation date100–200 AD

Object typeTool/Implement

MaterialsIron

DimensionsL: 32.4 cm

LocationRheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany

Accession number36.199

Plane from the Roman Colonia Agrippina

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and...

Laocoön, detail of lower torso and legs

Phytomorphic Vessel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsBurnished ceramic with slip

DimensionsHeight 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/182618

Accession numberAC1996.146.27

Phytomorphic Vessel

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön, detail of head and...

Laocoön, detail of head and shoulders

Cup with mythological figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. 900–1000

Object typeContainer

MaterialsGilded and painted glass and silver gilt

LocationTreasury of San Marco, Venice

Cup with mythological figures

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly three monks of St Martin at Tours: Amandus, Haregarius, and Sigvaldus

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 1, fol. 423r

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to...

Presentation of the Vivian Bible to Charles the Bald

Dish with angels on either side of a cross

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureSyrian

Creator roleMetallist

Creation datec. AD 500–600

Object typeContainer

MaterialsSilver

DimensionsDiameter 7 3/8 in. (18.6 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/08.+Applied+Arts/227159

Accession numberW-209

Dish with angels on either side of a...

Dish with Angels on either side of a cross

Medallion with the Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. AD 550–600

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsGold

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/679389/

Accession number30219, 506

Medallion with the Annunciation

Description: Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing...

Entrance to the port of Honfleur showing the eastern and western jetties, harbor lights, and tide signal

Solidus of Theodosius III

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator roleMetalist

Creation date715–717 AD

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsGold

LocationDumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj109587

Accession numberBZC.1948.17.2430

Solidus of Theodosius III

Solidus of Theodosius III (715–717)

King Kephron

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 2472–2448 BC

Object typeSculpture

LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo

King Kephron

Statue of King Kephron

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 970–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSt. Ursen-Kathedrale, Solothurn, Switzerland

Accession numberDomschatz, fol. 7v

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe...

The Hornbach Sacramentary: The scribe Eburnant presents the book to Abbot Adalbert

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1084

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsTempera, gold leaf, and ink on vellum

Dimensions6 3/8 x 4 in. (16.2 x 10.3 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27038

Accession numberBZ.1962.35; MS. 3, fol. 80v

Psalter and New Testament: The...

Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1370–1375

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberMS. gr. 1242, fol. 123v

Theological works of Emperor John VI...

Theological works of Emperor John VI Cantacuzene: The Emperor John VI Cantacuzene

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 886–912

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions4 x 4 x 3/4 in. (10.3 x 10 x 2 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1415193

Accession number2006

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and...

Leo VI Crowned by the Virgin and Accompanied by the Archangel Gabriel

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nationality/cultureUnkown

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotograph

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of...

Harbor light and foghorn at the end of the western jetty, Honfleur

St. Catherine of Siena

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1460–1470

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (24.9 x 18.8 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29361001

Accession number1845,0825.481

St. Catherine of Siena

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 425–450

Object typeMosaic

LocationRavenna, Italy

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of...

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1227–1234

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

http://www.themorgan.org/collection/medieval-and-renaissance/manuscript/77422

Accession numberMS M.240, fol. 8r

Bible Moralisée: Colophon...

Bible Moralisée: Colophon miniature with donors, author, and scribe

Christ and Zacchaeus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly a copy by a German artist of a Byzantine pattern book

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeArchitectural drawing

MaterialsSilverpoint and sepia with red ink on vellum (single leaf)

Dimensions31 x 20.2 cm

LocationAugustinermuseum, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Accession numberInv. Nr. G 23/la

Christ and Zacchaeus

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nationality/cultureBamun (Cameroon)

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1800–1900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/207024/

Accession numberIII C33341

King's throne (Königsthron), detail

Detail of king's throne (Königsthron), Bamun, Cameroon

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation datec. 1525

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsAmate paper

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d234da96-2981-4316-8d27-60ce01fa373d

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture...

Codex Mendoza: Detail of Aztec capture scenes

Tipu's Tiger

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 21

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator roleToymaker/Designer/Developer

Creation datec. 1793

Object typeToy/Game

MaterialsPainted wood with metal fixtures

DimensionsHeight: 28 in. (71 cm); width: 24 in. (61 cm); length: 70 1/8 in. (178 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O61949/tippoos-tiger-mechanical-organ-unknown/

Accession number2545(IS)

Tipu's Tiger

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1175–1225

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and paint on medium-thick, well-prepared parchment

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25823/claricia-swinging-on-an-initial-q-2/

Accession numberW.26.64R

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial...

Psalter: Claricia swinging on an initial "Q"

Description: Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1230–1270

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 17907, fol. 62v

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and...

Petrus Riga, "Aurora": Initial "P" and marginal drawing of grapes carried on a pole

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