List of Illustrations xiiiStone-paste jar painted in black under turquoise glaze Syria, late 12th to early Carved wooden panel depicting Chaucer’s “Pardoner’s Tale” Britian, ca.. 1410 27
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Stone-paste jar painted in black under
turquoise glaze (Syria, late 12th to early
Carved wooden panel depicting Chaucer’s
“Pardoner’s Tale” (Britian, ca 1410) 270
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Ceramic funerary urn (Zapotec style,
Tomb of the Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chishti
at Fatehpur Sikri, India (watercolor on
paper, 15th to early 16th centuries) 285
Mortuary figure of a female dancer
(earthenware with three-color lead-
silicate glaze, Tang Dynasty, China, first
Funerary badge (Britain, ca 1376) 287
Tombstone (marble, Iran, 12th century) 289
Male mask (Japan, early 16th century) 297
Black limestone mask (Santiago Ahuizotla,
Mexico; 150 b.c.e to 700 c.e.) 316
Alms box for donations to the poor
Silver penny of Ethelred II (minted in
Soapstone bowl of a kind associated with
girls’ initiation rites (Strait of Georgia
culture, British Columbia, ca 1–900) 341
A hornbook (Britain, 15th century) 346
Bronze head of the king of Ife, with a
beaded crown and plume (Yoruba
culture, Nigeria, ca 12th–14th
Gold pendant with a miniature portrait of a
Mayan ruler (Mexico, ca 600–1521) 362
Kublai Khan (1215–94) and his empress
enthroned (ink on paper, Mughal
The coronation of William I, Westminster
Abbey, London, Christmas Day, 1066 374
Beaker showing a complete narrative
cycle from the Shahnameh, the Persian
Book of Kings (Kashan, Iran, late 12th
Corbel in the form of an angel holding a shield with the arms of the Grocers’
Stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl, a goddess associated with fertility (Huastec culture, Mexico, ca 900–1521) 419 Children at play (China, ca 1368–1644) 421 Medieval illumination showing a family
Ceremonial ring showing sacrificial victims (Nigeria, as early as the 15th century) 431
A Buddhist procession of three musicians and one dancer (stone, Song Dynasty, China, 10th–11th centuries) 434
Spring Festival on the River (ink and color
on silk, China, 18th century) 434 Stone sculpture of Durga Mahishasuramardini (Orissa, eastern India; 13th century) 435 Pilgrim badge of Saint George and the
Condiment tray (Egypt, ninth century) 441 Lime-paste vessel in the form of a lion
(white stoneware with ash glaze;
Khmer, Thailand; Angorian Period;
Copper alloy cauldron for cooking (Britain,
Flask (rock crystal with enameled gold mount, Egypt, Fatimid Dynasty,
“Challenging the Iranians,” from a Shahnameh
(Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper;
Painting of a stream flowing through a bamboo forest by Wang Fu (China,