
The Coronation Chair
1297-1300 · Oak
Westminster Abbey, London
Artworks made 500 to 1400. 64 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

1297-1300 · Oak
Westminster Abbey, London

ca. 1180-1210 · Brass

Dated 583 AH / 1187 CE · Stonepaste
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Late Kamakura period, first half of the fourteenth century · Forged and folded steel

c. 200-300 CE · Gold leaf fused between two layers of blown...
Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy.

Early 12th century, Goryeo dynasty · Stoneware with mold-impressed design under...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Asian Art...

First half of the 12th century · Cloisonne
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Archimedes undertext second half of the tenth century · Iron gall ink on parchment
Private collection, on deposit at the Walters Art Museum...

c. 1270-1300, usually placed within a decade either side of... · Ink
Dispersed. 122 of 309 leaves located in more than one hundred...

early 14th century · Brass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Islamic Art...

1250-1300 · Brass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Islamic Art...

1096 or 1097 CE · Linen
Diocese of Perigueux et Sarlat
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