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Image of <i>Celtic Head,</i> c. 100-300?<br>Sandstone with traces of original red paint <br>Romano-British, northern England? <br>The ClevelandMuseumof Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsch 1955.555

Celtic Head, c. 100-300?
Image of <i>Jonah Cast Up,</i> c. 280-90<br>Marble <br>Late Roman, Asia Minor <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, The John L. Severance Fund 1965.238

Jonah Cast Up, c. 280-90
Image of <i>Octagonal Pendant and Two Spacers,</i> 300s, presumably 324-326<br>Gold <br>Late Roman, eastern Mediterranean, probably Sirmium or Nicomedia <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1994.98.13

Octagonal Pendant and Two Spacers, 300s, presumably 324-326
Image of <i>Tapestry Icon of the Virgin and Child,</i> 500s/600s<br>Wool; slit and dovetailed tapestry weave <br>Byzantine, Egypt <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1967.144

Tapestry Icon of the Virgin and Child, 500s/600s
Image of <i>Christ's Mission to the Apostles,</i> c. 970-980<br>Ivory <br>Ottonian, Milan <br>The Cleveland Museumo f Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1967.65

Christ's Mission to the Apostles, c. 970-980
Image of <i>Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude,</i> c. 1045<br>Gold, cloisonné enamel, red porphyry, gems, pearls, niello, oak <br>German, Lower Saxony <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.ab

Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude, c. 1045
Image of <i>Ostensorium with the “Paten of Saint Bernward” Paten,</i> c. 1180-90<br>Silver, gilt silver, niello <br><i>Monstrance,</i> c. 1350-1400 <br>Silver, gilt silver, rock crystal <br>German, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim? <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund with additional gift from Mrs. R. Henry Norweb 1930.505

Ostensorium with the “Paten of Saint Bernward” Paten, c. 1180-90
Image <i>The “Spitzer Cross,”</i> c. 1190<br>Gilt copper, champlevé enamel <br>Master of the Royal Plantagenet Workshop (French, Limoges) <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1923.1051

The “Spitzer Cross,” c. 1190
Image of <i>Table Fountain,</i> c. 1320-40<br>Gilt silver with translucent enamel <br>French, Paris <br>The ClevelandMuseumof Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1924.859

Table Fountain, c. 1320-40
Image of <i>Three Mourners from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404)</i><br>Alabaster <br>Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, active in Burgundy, 13961439) <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.128; Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.6667

Three Mourners from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy(1364-1404)
Image of <i>The Adoration of the Magi,</i> c. 1440-45<br>Tempera (and oil?) and gold on wood <br>Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, Siena, active 1417 - died 1482) <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. and L. E. Holden Funds 1942.536

The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1440-45
Image of <i>Saint Jerome and the Lion,</i> c. 1495<br>Alabaster <br>Tilman Riemenschneider (German, c. 14601531) <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1946.82

Saint Jerome and the Lion, c. 1495
Image of <i>Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group,</i><b> </b>1500-1510<br>Pearwood <br>Veit Stoss (German, c. 14451533) <br>The ClevelandMuseumof Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.64

Mourning Virgin from a Crucifixion Group, 1500-1510
Image of <i>Hours of Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Clothing the Poor,</i> c. 1500-1504<br>Tempera and gold on vellum, 279 folios <br>Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian and others (Flemish, Bruges, and Ghent) <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1963.256

Hours of Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Clothing the Poor, c. 1500-1504
Image of <i>Half-armor for the Foot Tournament,</i> c. 1590<br>Steel, etched and gilded; brass rivets, leather, and velvet fittings <br>Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, Milan, active 15721593) <br>The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.299

Half-armor for the Foot Tournament, c. 1590