Venice Resources
Step 2: Identify your Artifact
Use the resources below to find your artifact:
Arms and Armour
Decorative Arts
- Islamic Decorative Arts
- Medieval Decorative Arts
- East Asian Ceramics
- Chinese Decorative Arts
- Roman Decorative Arts
Astrolabe
Step 3: The Artifact in Context
- Medieval Manuscript Paintings
- Islamic Manuscript Paintings
- Chinese and Japanese Paintings
- Islamic Arms and Armour Reconstructions
Additional Resources
Research Links
- The Forge
- Medieval Weapons and Armour
- Sword Forms
- Falchion
- Faussart
- Messer
- Dagger
- Jian 1
- Jian 2
- Turco-Mongol sabre
- Maces of the Ancient and Medieval World
- Medieval Crossbows
- The Medieval Crossbow
- Kettle Hat
- Great Helm
- Nasal Helmet
- Comitatus: Late Roman, Germanic and Romano-British Reenactment
- Roman Military Equipment: Helmets
- Museum of Roman Military Equipment
- Arts of the Islamic world
- Discover Islamic Art
- Islamic Architecture
- Islamic Architecture (Kidepede)
- Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
- Medieval European Sculpture for Buildings
- Medieval Jewelry
- Morgan Library Bible
- Medieval Manuscripts of the Bodelian Library
- Ivory Carving in the Gothic Era, 13th–15th centuries
- The Art of Asia
- China Online Museum
- Calligraphy of the Masters
- Chinese Seals
- Ancient China for Kids : The Silk Road
- The Silk Road: materials for an e-History
- Silk Road
- Silk Road Seattle Project- Historical texts
- Silk Road Map
- Silk Road Atlas
- The Silk Road
- History of Silk
- Marco Polo: The Glories of Kinsay [Hangchow] (c. 1300)
- The Art of Asia: Chinese Dynasty Guide
- The Gerege- The First Universal Token known in the world as a Foreign Passport
- The Maritime Republics of Venice, Genoa and Pisa
- Astrolabe
