Events
Haggadah by Joel Ben SimeonAquamanile (vessel for ritual hand washing)Double cup, c. 1325-1350Folio of the Mishnah TorahPicking grapes for verjuice
Taquinum santitatisBlack pepper being harvested for traders c. 1410-1412depiction of ginger from the De Materia Medica of Dioscurides13th century manuscript dyed with saffronPerformance of a crusade play at Charles VI's feast, Grandes chronicles de FranceIllumination of January, from the Tres Riches Heures du duc de berryFolio from the Forme de CuryInitial folio from Le ViandierAndromachus oversees the harvest, Kitab al-DiryaqBell tower of the Church of San SalvadorArtesonado ceiling toward the apse in the Convent of Santa ClaraArtesonado ceiling in the Aljaferia palace throne roomZellij in the AlhambraZellij in Bou Inania MadrasaMap of the ancient world
Christian Topography
Cosmas incicopleustesChristian TopographyCeiling over the altar of the cathedralHaram al-Sharif, 18th or 19th century renderingPilgrimage Scroll showing the Haram al-SharifHaram al-Sharif, view from the SE with Qubbat al-ArwahMihrab of Sulayman, Dome of the RockAl-Aqsa Mosque ("The Furthest Mosque")Salah al-Din mihrabChurch of the Holy SepulchrePlan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre & adjoining buildings, De Iocis sanctisCapture of Jerusalem, Emile SignolFolio from the Luttrell Psalter showing Richard the Lionheart (L) spearing Saladin (R) through the heartMiniature of a Siren (L) and a Centaur (R), BestiaryMiniature of a manticore from a Salisbury bestiaryFolio from a 12th-century copy of Wonders of the EastHereford MapSouthern edge of the world, Hereford MapMiniature of the third sign of the apocalypse, the gathering together of the fish and the sea monstersMiniature with devils pouring molten lead down the throats of the damnedKing of the Jinn from the Kitab al-Bulhan ("The Book of Wonders")Types of JinnGog and Magog attack the City of Angels, from a treatise on the apocalypseCatalan Atlas, Abraham Creques, Majorca, SpainLand of Gog and Magog, its king and retinue in procession, with the Antichrist guarding its bordersMiniature from the Falnama of Ja'far al-Sadiq, made for Shah Tahmasp
c. 1550-1560, IranMostrous Muhammad, De generatione Machumet, ClunyTartar cannibals, Chronica Majora, Matthew ParisApocalypse, Bible moralisee, ParisNativity of the Antichrist, Mystere du Jour du Jugement, FranceThe Beast of the Earth, his image, and henchmenSelf-Portrait, Giorgio Vasari, oil on canvasBasilica of Saint-DenisAmbulatory, Basilica of Saint-DenisAmbulatory, Sainte-Foy AbbeyAltar, Basilica of Saint-DenisChartres CathedralReliquary with the Veil of MarySaint-ChapellePalais de Justice, Premier EtageDetail from a window over the southern apse
depicting the Book of EzekielCain Murdering Abel
Sainte-ChapelleSaint Bartholomew
Church of Sainte-PierreThree Magi before HerodRose window over the western portal
Sainte-ChapelleRose window over the north transept
Chartres CathedralBible moralisee, mid 13th centuryMap of Constantinople
De insulis archipelagi by Christoforo BuondelmontiIllumination depicting the Siege of ConstantinopleSiege and capture of JerusalemView of Paris from Saint-DenisDetail of the Palais de la Cite and Sainte ChapelleDetail of the fortress of the LouvreMap of ParisMarket in Paris
miniature from Le Chevalier ErrantProcession in Saint Mark's SquareMap of Constantinople (De insulis archipelagi)Hagia SophiaGreat Mosque of
DamascusMiniature depicting Charlemagne’s coronationFolio from a lectionary GospelIllumination from a Gospel Lectionary featuring St. JohnFolio from a Codex AureusOpening page of St. Luke’s GospelFolio from the so-called “Blue Qur’an"Sura (“chapter”)Christ appearing to the DisciplesFolio from a copy of the Materia Medica
of Dioscurides, c. 1224,Miniature from the so-called Barcelona Haggadah, c. 14th centuryGame of Astronomical Tables, El Libro de Juegos (Book of
Games), c. 1283,Periods
"T & O" Map of the world from the etymologiae of Isidore of Seville
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