Images

Glass panel with Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba. Franco-Netherlandish, 15th–16th century CE. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Linen warp, made in Strasbourg, Upper Rhineland, Germany, c. 1490–1500 CE. Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 40 in. (80 x 101.6 cm)

Tintoretto: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1545 CE, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

A memorial Armenian cross-stone or khachkar, Vagharshapat, Armenia. 10th century CE.

Silver penny of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899 CE), minted in Wessex. British Museum, London

Dating to 600-900 CE, this child's woolen tunic is dyed in purple, red-brown and green, with decorative fringes. Measures 89 x 101 cm. From an article by Alzahraa K. Ahmed, at https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/topical-essays/posts/family-and-children...

Made in Byzantine Egypt between 580-640 CE, this wood and iron spindle measures 34.2 x 8.1 cm overall, with the whorl measuring 2.7 x 8.1 cm.

This toy figure carved in bone dates to the 6th-9th century CE. Measures 60 x 26 x 7 mm. From an article by Alzahraa K. Ahmed, at https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/topical-essays/posts/family-and-children...

Medieval windows at Armenia's Tatev Monastery.

This memorial khachkar can be found at the medieval Tatev Monastery in Armenia.