Sardonyx cameo from the court of the Emperor Frederick II, Southern Italy, c1240. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The "Great Cameo of France", 1st century CE. Cabinet des Medailles, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

The Gemma Claudia, c49 CE. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. To the left are Claudius and Agrippina the Younger. To the right are Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder.

The Gemma Augustea. Sardonyx cameo, 9-12 CE. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Onyx cameo, 27 BCE. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Sardonyx cameo of Antinous, c130 CE. Cabinet des Medailles, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

Sardonyx cameo of Augustus, c14-20 CE. British Museum, London

Sardonyx cameo of Constantine, 4th century.

Cup of the Ptolemies

Sardonyx, from Alexandria, 1st century BCE - 1st century CE. Cabinet des Medailles, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.



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Sardonyx cameo of Athena, late 1st century BCE, mounted in enameled gold, 17th century. Cabinet des Medailles, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Signet ring of Guillaume de Flouri, Viscount of Acre. Late 13th century, The Cluny, Paris.
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From Bohemia, 14th century. The Cluny, Paris.

Lombard Book Cover

9th century. National Archaeological Museum, Cividale

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Patens

Sardonyx, 6th-7th century. Setting, Constantinople, late 9th-early 10th century. Enamel center, Paris, c1300. Louvre.
Serpentine, 1st century. Mounted for the court of Charles the Bald, 9th century. Louvre.

Crown Jewels of Bohemia

Crown of St. Wenceslas.
14th century orb and scepter.
Weltliche Schatzkammer, Vienna.

Cross of Agilulf, Monza Cathedral

Reliquary for a Tooth of St. John the Baptist, Museo del Duomo, Monza

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Cross of Berengar I, Museo del Duomo, Monza

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