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Parthenon of Athens, from behind columns

Provenance: Athens, Greece
Dates from:

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Partial cross-head with ornament

Wooller, Northumberland, Part of a cross-head with a crude incised ornament Located in the Monk's Dormitory.

Provenance: Durham, England
Dates from: X

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Perceval and King Mordrain (SP?)

Perceval encounters a King Mordrain (SP?). The latter is in bed.

Provenance: Vienna, Austria
Dates from: XV

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Perceval's sister saves a Chatelaine

Perceval's sister is depicted saving a Chatelaine with her heart's blood.

Provenance: Vienna, Austria
Dates from: XV

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Perceval's sister with enscribed sword

Perceval's sister is depicted holding an inscribed sword.

Provenance: Vienna, Austria
Dates from: XV

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Pipin reliquary

Another presumably Carolingian reliquary, depicting or belonging to Pipin of Aquitaine. Located at Conques, originally from Oldenburg, Germany.

Provenance: Conques, Germany
Dates from: XI^med

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Portion of cross-shaft

Portion of a cross-shaft found on the site where St. Cuthbert died

Provenance: Durham, England
Dates from: X

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Portrait of Bernard Silvester

Portrait of Bernard Silvester, with superscription declaring him to be the translator of this 'infallible book.'

Provenance: ,
Dates from: XIV

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Prologue to Liber Experimentarius

Final paragraph of the prologue to the Liber Experimentarius, naming Bernard as the 'faithful translator from the Arabic.' The dots represent the usual method of obtaining one's key number or figure. A. random number of dots were quickly 'cast' in four parallel lines and the number of dots in each line was counted: if a line had an even number 2 dots were left; if an odd number, one dot.. The resulting pattern was one of 16 possible combinations (2212, 1121,1221 etc.) each of which carried its own meaning, or (depending on the form of geomancy favoured) led on to the next stage.

Provenance: ,
Dates from: XIV
Currently Housed in: Bodleian Library

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Purse Lid from Sutton Hoo

Purse lid from Sutton Hoo, discovered in the burial chamber of the ship. The purse lid is decorated with gold and garnet cloisonne. Among the images depicted on the purse lid is the image of a man standing between two wolves and the image of an eagle. Both the wolf and the eagle were Anglo-Saxon representations of strength and courage. Though the leather backing of the purse had already rotted away, the purse lid was found with 37 coins, which were crucial in dating the artifact. -British Museum

Provenance: Sutton Hoo, England
Dates from: VIIⁱⁿ