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"Quamvis incredibile, semper est solutio!" (otherwise known as the famous Aztec Téchcatl, sacrificial stone) [awkwardly dedicated to my guys] (notes in post) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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The Téchcatl (sacrificial stone) was the altar on which human sacrifices were made by extracting the hearts of the victims. It was built into the floor in front of the temple entrance, where it faced the figure or face of the god installed at the far end of the interior. The present example differs from other known téchcatl in that it consists of the body of a two-headed serpent, the heads emerging from the sides with the mouths opened to reveal fangs. The upper part of the serpent’s curved body supported the back of the victim, who was forced down by five priests pulling at his hands, feet and head. With the victim’s back arched, a further priest was able to sink the sacrificial knife under the rib cage to extract the heart, which was thought to be the food of the gods.

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Bronze water jug, Egypt?, 8th-9th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Vase with dancing female figures, gilded silver, Sassanid-era Iran, ~500 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Crab pendant, copper-gold alloy, Panama, 700-1000 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gilded tankard, Ottoman Empire (Turkiye), 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Map of Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland), 1826 AD copy of a 1562 AD original Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Modern Antiques or Ethnography (~1800 AD or later)

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Pair of Migration Period brooches, Romania, ~500 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold shoe buckle, Austria, ~500 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Mail-and-plate armor, Iran, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Byzantine earring, 5th-6th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Mortar, France, 16th Century Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Steel armor, Ottoman Empire (Turkiye), 15th-16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Clay figurine of a Central Asian man, Tang-Dynasty China, ~8th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Porcelain bowl, Korea, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver cup with a copper base, Korea, 6th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Engraved plate armor, Germany, ~1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Wood gambling chip, Ireland, 16th-17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Socks, 12c. Egypt Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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https://collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collection/?q=sock%20egypt%2012th

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Buddha statue, Korea, 1622 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bone game pieces, Sweden, 550 AD - 800 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Engraved brass dish, Venice, Italy, late 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Archer's helmet, Italy, ~1460 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver penny, minted in Mainz, Germany, ~980 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze headdress decoration depicting the 'decapitator god', Peru, 400 BCE - 600 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Leg guards (greaves) with silver inlay, Iran, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bone die, Sweden, 1250 AD - 1350 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Plate armor, Germany, 1530 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Lambard Cup, England, 1578 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Tiny ritual axe (emphasis on ritual), Tibet, ~17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Roundel with a Personification of the Moon (Carolingian ca. 860–890) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464560

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Cathedral clock mechanisms, Salisbury, England, UK, 1386 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Survey including the Tower of London, England, 1597 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Cupboard doors, Egypt, 5th-7th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Casket, iron and silver, France, late 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Christian figurine, bronze, Denmark or France, 1150 AD - 1200 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze statuette of Hercules, Italy, 1519 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Drinking horn with a silver rim, Sweden, 800 AD - 1100 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Sword, Switzerland, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Rusted Norse padlock, Sweden, 800 AD – 1100 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Map of Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul, 16th century AD (Franz Hogenberg) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Engraving of Trier, Germany, 16th century AD (Franz Hogenberg) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze basin with silver inlay, Egypt, 14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gemstone cameo of a knight, France, 13th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Glass bowl with enamel and gold leaf, Venice, Italy, 1500-1520 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Humanoid depiction of the zodiac sign of the Pig, Korea, 7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze doorknocker, Venice, Italy, ~1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Silk banner, made in Germany and Italy, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Communion chalice and metal straws, gilded silver and niello etching, Germany, ~1160 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze processional cross, Ethiopia, ~1400 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ceramic humanoid figurine with the head of a snake, Tang-dynasty China, 8th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Lidded glass tankard, Italy, 12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Jasper Christian icon, Byzantine Empire (now Greece and Turkiye), 11th-12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold jewelry, Sweden, 800 AD - 1100 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze shoes made as grave goods, Korea, ~500 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Merovingian pin, gold and garnets, Belgium, ~700 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ivory Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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vertical two-panel ivory plaque with Latin inscription between the two. top: three men with the left and right ones looking to the center man, who has his left hand raised. bottom: jesus (right) points with two fingers at Mary, left. who is running towards him with open arms.

Ivory Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere @historyartifactsSpanish, carved 1115-20Inscribed: D(OMI)N(V)S LOQUITUR MARIE (The Lord speaks to Mary)The Met, #NYC #ArtHistory #MedievalArt #religion #Christianity #MuseumArchive #glam #ArtMuseum #catholicism #spain

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Maya warrior with removable shield, terracotta, Mexico, 600 AD - 900 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Armillary sphere for astronomical measurements, Belgium, ~1575 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bone gaming piece, Sweden, 1100 AD - 1500 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Italian 16th century AD imagining of the 2nd century AD Roman port of... uh... Portus. Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Depiction of ship mills under a bridge in Paris, France, ~1317 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Frankish Glass "Claw" Beaker (5th–6th century) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468762

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Statuette of a dwarf jester riding on a dragon, bronze, France (copy of an Italian-Flemish original), ~1700 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Earthenware tobacco pipe, Mexico, 300 BCE - 800 AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Olmec figurine, jade, Mexico, date unknown; pre-Columbian? Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Processional cross, copper alloy, Ethiopia, 12th-13th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate plate armor with silver and gold inlays, Italy, 1590 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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12.4 lb (5.6 kg) bulletproof steel helmet, France, ~1570 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Dagger (tanto) blade, Japan, ~1315 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ceramic bowl depicting a musician and audience, likely Iran, ~1200 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Patterned wool carpet, likely Ottoman Turkiye, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wooden chair, Italy, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Chainmail, Italy, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ivory booklet, France and Germany, ~1300 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Steel helmet, Germany, ~1520 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze menorah pin, Byzantine Anatolia (Turkiye), 4th-7th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wheellock pocket pistol in Turkish style, Germany, ~1570 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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https://art.thewalters.org/object/51.548/

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Engraving of a Turkish family by German artist Albrecht Dürer, made ~1495 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wood spindles, Peru, 10th-16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Sword with a sharkskin grip, Austria, ~1570 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Armor and lance for a cavalryman, Germany, 16th-17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Armor cuirass, Ottoman Empire (Turkiye), 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gun shield, Italy, ~1550 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Turban helmet with chainmail, Iran or Turkiye, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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A selection of crossbow bolts, Germany, 1400 AD - 1700 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Part of a decorated tunic, cotton and feathers, Peru, 600 AD - 1000 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bowl atop a ceramic jaguar, Costa Rica, 5th-16th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold necklace, Colombia, 5th-10th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Four-cornered wool hat, Peru, 7th-10th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Golden bird ornament, Colombia, 5th-10th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Sword, Italy or Germany, 14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wood cup used for consuming corn beer, Bolivia or Peru, 500 AD - 1000 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ceramic owl vessel, Costa Rica, 6th-14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Fiber basket, Bolivia, 6th-11th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold earring, Indonesia, 8th-12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold ring with glass 'gem', France, 6th-11th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold diadem, Colombia, 5th-10th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold pendant, Colombia, 4th-10th century AD Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Fragment of the Sheldon Tapestry map depicting London, England, made ~1590 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver pin, Bolivia, 500 AD - 1000 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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