
The Archimedes Palimpsest
Second half of the tenth century · Iron gall ink on parchment
Private collection
Artworks made 500 to 1400. 74 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.

Second half of the tenth century · Iron gall ink on parchment
Private collection

c. 1270-1300 · Ink
Dispersed

Early 14th century · Brass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

1096 · Linen
Diocese of Perigueux et Sarlat

c. 1340 · Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 834 CE · Tapestry weave
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo

c. 1324-1328 · Grisaille
The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

690 AH / 1291 CE · Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

9th - 11th century AD · Cameo-cut glass
Corning Museum of Glass

1133 · Red silk samite dyed with kermes
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

644 AH / 1246-47 CE · Brass
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
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