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A medieval manuscript illustration depicting the work on an agricultural estate during the month of February. From 'Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry', c. 1412-1440 CE. (Condé Museum, Château de Chantilly, Oise, France)

Boothby Pagnell Manor House, Lincolnshire, U.K. Built c. 1200 CE.

This bronze spout was shaped like a bull's head. The horns are curved and there is an ornamented forelock. From Urmia, north-western Iran. Urartian, 8th to 7th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

Yue stoneware water-dropper vessel in the form of a frog or a toad holding an ear or wine cup. Glazed. Made in Shanglinhu. From Zhejiang province. South China. Western Jin Dynasty. 265-316 CE. (The British Museum, London).

Great Chalfield Manor, rebuilt 1465-80 CE. Wiltshire, U.K.

A silver denarius issued by the Roman Republican moneyer Manius Fonteius in 85 BCE. The deity depicted on the front has been identified by scholars as either Apollo or Vejovis. The reverse depicted a winged child mounted on a male goat, with...

A reconstruction of the Temple of Vejovis in Rome, based on archaeological findings. It had a unique layout, with a horizontally oriented cella (the central worship area), as opposed to the usual vertical orientation. This was necessary to...

A colossal statue of Vejovis (also spelled Vediovis or Veiovis), recovered in a 1939 CE excavation of the Temple of Vejovis in Rome. The head is missing, but long locks of curly hair drape the statue's chest, suggesting a youthful, Apollo-like...

A folio of the Magna Carta with the clause on equal access to justice for all freemen. The Charter was first signed by King John in 1215 CE and then reaffirmed by his son and successor Henry III (r. 1216-1272 CE) in 1225 CE. (Cotton MS Augustus...

A 14th century CE manuscript illustration showing King John of England (r. 1199-1216 CE) hunting. 'De Rege Johanne', folio 116. (British Library, London)