Khurasan Coin, 11th century, Iran
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Khurasan Coin, 11th century, Iran
Excavated in Iran, Nishapur Public domain photograph of archaeological object, coin, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript
Made in Byzantine Egypt Public domain reproduction of Greek Byzantine medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript
Made in Byzantine Egypt Public domain reproduction of Greek Byzantine medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leaf from a Coptic Manuscript - Public domain medieval manuscript
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Glass bracelet, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A close up ...
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Khurasan Bead, 11th century, Iran
Excavated in Iran, Nishapur Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fragment, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A piece of rock w...
Attributed to Iraq Public domain photograph of ceramic museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stamp Roller, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A close up of...
Ecuador Public domain photograph of stamp object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chess Piece, Pawn - Public domain museum image. A black stone object w...
Attributed to Western Islamic Lands Public domain image related to board games, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spindle Whorl, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A brown coin...
Mexico, Mesoamerica Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wooden Spindle, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A black and...
Peru Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Peru, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wooden Spindle, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A black and...
Peru Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Peru, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bell Pendant, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A gold figuri...
Colombia Public domain photograph of a pre-Columbian archaeological object, South and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mask Fragment, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A bronze mas...
Colombia Public domain photograph of mask art object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cylindrical Cord Clasp with Filigree Design
Eastern Javanese period or later Public domain photograph of gold metal object, jewelry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spindle Whorl, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A brown vase...
Mexico, Mesoamerica Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bird Finial, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A stone sculpt...
Public domain photo of antique sculpture, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Wooden Spindle, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A black and...
Peru Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Peru, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nose Ornament, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A metal obje...
Ecuador Public domain photograph of metal museum object , free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spindle Whorl, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A red vase s...
Mexico, Mesoamerica Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wooden Spindle, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A black and...
Peru Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Peru, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spindle Whorl, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A red and ye...
Peru Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Peru, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spindle Whorl, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A close up o...
Mexico, Mesoamerica Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chimú Miniature Litter Section, Peru
Peru Public domain photograph of figure, small sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photo of Figure: Male, 11th century - Public domain dedication
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Bracelet, copper alloy - Public domain museum image. A close up of a r...
Mali, Inland Niger Delta region Public domain photograph of archaeological object, copper alloy metal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arrowhead (Yanonē), 12th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Large arrowheads, pierced and elaborately chiseled with landscapes, birds, flowers, dragons, and Buddhist divinities, were created to be admired for the beauty of their metalwork and design rather than for use ... More
Crocodile-Head Figure Pendant - Public domain museum image. A silver s...
Costa Rica or Panama Public domain photograph of figure, small sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rowel Spur (Left) in 13th-century Style
A bronze cast iron wine bottle opener, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Bowl, 11th century - Public domain museum image. A brown bowl sitting ...
United States, Missouri Public domain photograph of ceramic museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Peruvian Openwork Headband, 11th century
Peru Public domain photograph of textile object, Peru, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of cotton textile object, free to use, no copyright restrictio... More
Photo of Miniature Tunic, 11th century - Public domain dedication
Peru, Ica Valley Public domain photograph of vase-shaped vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bowl, 11th century, Iran - Public domain photo of museum object
Attributed to Iran, Rayy Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bowl, 11th century, Iran - Public domain photo of museum object
Attributed to Iran Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chinese Wild Geese in Winter - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan ...
Unidentified Artist Chinese, 13th century Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) Public domain image related to Chinese history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
White-Robed Kannon, hanging scroll, Japanese art
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Chinese Piece, 11th century - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan M...
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Demons on an Elephant with Adorant
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Viewing the Moon under a Pine Tree
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Bowl, 11th century, Iran - Public domain photo of museum object
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Two Poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, Continued (...
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Chimú Copper Scale Balance, Peru
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Ewer, 11th century, Iran - Public domain photo of museum object
Attributed to Iran Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photo of Beaker, Birds, 11th century - Public domain dedication
Peru Public domain photograph of vase-shaped vessel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ordination and Star Signs (Kanjō yōshukuji)
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Bowl, 11th century, Iran - Public domain photo of museum object
Attributed to Iran Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lining of a Cap, Egypt, 11th Century AD
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Chinese On the Seventeenth Day - Public domain dedication. Metropolita...
Public domain illustrated book page scan, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Bowl, 11th century, Iran - Public domain photo of museum object
Attributed to Iran Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pillar Fragment with Dancing Apsaras
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Low Table or Stand - Public domain photo of museum object
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Bowl, 11th century, Iran - Public domain photo of museum object
Attributed to Iran Public domain photograph of ceramics object, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fragment, 12th century - Public domain photo of museum object
Attributed to Syria Public domain photograph of glazed ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nose Ornament, 12th century - Public domain dedication photo
Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Animals from BL Harley 4751, f. 2v
Detail of miniature of animals. Image taken from f. 2v of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manusc... More
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 135
Decorated initials in a leaf from a 13th-century Missal. Image taken from f. 135 of Fragment of a leaf from a noted Missal, with part of the feast of Peter. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a ... More
Pelicans from BL Harley 4751, f. 46
Detail of a miniature of pelicans (Pelicano). On the left side of the miniature, the pelican kills one of its young; on the right, it revives it by feeding it his blood. Image taken from f. 46 of Bestiary, wit... More
Detail from BL Sloane 1044, f. 133
Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Ecclesiasticus 14:22, in a 13th-century leaf. Image taken from f. 133 of Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr. Written in Latin... More
Fragment, Egypt, 12th Century CE (AD)
Attributed to Egypt, Fustat Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Decorated initials from BL Sloane 1044, f. 133
Decorated initials from a 13th-century leaf with a quotation from Ecclesiaticus. Image taken from f. 133 of Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1... More
Eagles from BL Harley 4751, f. 25v
Miniature of eagles, one holding a fish, illustrating the text that when it is young the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun ... More
Musical notation from BL Harley 1717, f. 251v
Musical notation, on four-line red staves, 13th century. Image taken from f. 251v of Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie). Written in French. The "BL Harley Man... More
Swan from BL Harley 4751, f. 41v
Miniature of a Swan (Olor), with a fish in its beak. Image taken from f. 41v of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collect... More
Phoenix from BL Harley 4751, f. 45
Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned wi... More
Asp from BL Harley 4751, f. 61 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of an asp and a man, illustrating the text that the asp puts one ear against the ground, and blocked its other ear with the tip of its tail, so that it could not hear a snake-charmer's spell. Image ta... More
Unicorn from BL Harley 4751, f. 6v
Public domain scan of manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in Lon... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 5958, f. 19v
Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) in green, with pen-flourished decoration and music staves. Image taken from f. 19v of Fragment of a leaf from an English early 13th century Breviary containing the Office for St Nich... More
Disk ornament, 12th century - Public domain dedication photo
Colombia Public domain photograph of a pre-Columbian archaeological object, South and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Detail from BL Harley 4751, f. 51v
Detail Image taken from f. 51v of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the Britis... More
Vipers from BL Harley 4751, f. 60
Detail of a miniature of a viper, birthing its babies through its side. Image taken from f. 60 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" r... More
Photo of Fragment, 12th century - Public domain dedication
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Photo of Jar, 12th century - Public domain dedication
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Fragment of a Lamp, Egypt, 12th Century CE (AD)
Attributed to Egypt Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Image from BL Harley 4751, f. 37
Image taken from f. 37 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Librar... More
Bonnacon and apes from BL Harley 4751, f. 11
Miniature of hunters spearing a bonnacon, and protecting themselves from its burning dung with a shield. In the roundel below: miniature of a mother ape climbing a tree and trying to escape from hunters, with... More
Hawking from BL Harley 4751, f. 49
Miniature of men and hawks catching ducks. Image taken from f. 49 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medi... More
Image from BL Harley 4751, f. 55
Image taken from f. 55 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Librar... More
Donkey from BL Harley 4751, f. 25
Detail of a miniature of a donkey (Asinus) prompted towards a water wheel by a man with a stick and a whistle. Image taken from f. 25 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written ... More
Decorated initials from BL Harley 5958, f. 34
Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue. Image taken from f. 34 of Fragment of a leaf from a second half of the 13th century English Troper-Proser containing ‘Gloria’ trope and ... More
Phoenix from BL Harley 4751, f. 45
Detail of a miniature of a phoenix biting a branch. Image taken from f. 45 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collectio... More
Apes from BL Harley 4751, f. 11
Detail of a miniature of a mother ape climbing a tree, attempting to escape from hunters, with one baby in front and a second on her back. Image taken from f. 11 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambren... More
Unicorn from BL Harley 4751, f. 6v
Miniature of men killing a unicorn that has been lured into a maiden's lap. Image taken from f. 6v of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscrip... More
Antelope from BL Harley 4751, f. 5v
Miniature of an antelope and a man with an axe. The antelope has caught its saw-like antlers in a shrub, giving a hunter the chance to kill it. Image taken from f. 5v of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus C... More
House martins from BL Harley 4751, f. 37v
Detail of a miniature of house martins diving for mud (although the birds depicted are coloured more like swallows). Image taken from f. 37v of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. W... More
Herons from BL Harley 4751, f. 41
Detail of mniature of herons (Ardea). This image can be interpreted in two ways: the herons can be seen as a group of three, standing together eating eels. Alternatively, it can be interpreted as a single he... More
Nose ornament, 12th century - Public domain dedication photo
Colombia Public domain photograph of gold metal object, jewelry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photo of Panel from a Minbar - Public domain dedication
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Photo of Sutra box coat of arms - Public domain dedication
In the late 13th century the rulers of Korea started a project to make boxes for sutras, or Buddhist texts. Only a few of these boxes have survived, all decorated with a dense pattern of leafwork, inlaid with s... More
Column Shaft, 12th century - Public domain dedication museum photo
Made in Pyrénées, France Public domain photograph of French art object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of French art object, free to use, no copyrig... More
Panther from BL Harley 4751, f. 4
Detail of a miniature of a panther. Image taken from f. 4 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval man... More
Reptiles from BL Harley 4751, f. 62
Miniatures of two kinds of reptiles (Scicalis and Anphivena). Image taken from f. 62 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a... More
Pelicans from BL Harley 4751, f. 46
Miniature of pelicans (Pelicano). On the left side of the miniature, the pelican kills one of its young; on the right, it revives it by feeding it his blood. Image taken from f. 46 of Bestiary, with extracts f... More
Decorated initials from BL Harley 5958, f. 81
Coloured initials in red, blue, and green, with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 81 of Fragment of a leaf from an early 13th century English Missal containing the Masses for St Chrysostom, St Catherin, S... More
One Hundred Buffaloes, scroll painting, Song dynasty
Unidentified Artist Chinese, 13th century Song dynasty (960–1279) Public domain photograph of scroll painting artwork, Asia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bowl LACMA M.73.5.278 (2 of 2) - Egypt
File:Bowl_LACMA_M.73.5.278_(2_of_2).jpg ) ..Description..Title.Bowl (image 2 of 2)..Description..: Iran, Kashan, early 13th century.: Furnishings; Serviceware.: Fritware, underglaze painted.: The Nasli M. Heera... More
Fragment, Egypt, 12th Century CE (AD)
Made in Egypt Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Image from BL Harley 4751, f. 13v
Image taken from f. 13v of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Libra... More
Cow from BL Harley 4751, f. 23 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of woman milking a cow, who is licking its calf. Image taken from f. 23 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a co... More
Phoenix from BL Harley 4751, f. 45
Miniature of a phoenix biting a branch, and below, burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, wh... More