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Vergil's Aeneid from the Vergilius Vaticanus illuminated manuscript kept in the collection of the Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana. MS lat. 3225. fol. 33 v; by the Master of the Vergilius Vaticanus; 5th century AD

“Vie de sainte Radegonde”, illustrations from a 9th century French manuscript

Coptic medallion with polychrome figures on a red ground. The image is said to represent the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius with two Persian prisoners, a reference to his victory over the Persians in 627;  6th-7th century Egypt

Scenes from the Life of Daniel, 4th quarter of the 10th century Spain

Imaginerry portrait of Adelaide of Susa, (c. 1020-1091) Marchioness of Turin, painted in the 18th century

Portrait of Emperor Otto II., with the symbols of the four parts of his Empire from the Registrum Gregorii, circa 985

Illuminations from the Gospels of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III by the Meister der Reichenauer Schule,  c.  990-1002 

Miniature with Count Dirk II of Holland and his wife Hildegard of Flanders presenting the codex to the Egmond Abbey. Egmond Gospels is a Gospel Book produced in Rheims around 850-875 and illuminated c. 900 in the same region