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Related content for the world culture "Renaissance Europe"
Related galleries
Room 46: Europe 1400-1800
Room 40: Europe AD 1000-1540
Related highlight objects
Alabaster panel with a scene of the Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket
Anthony Van Dyck, a study for the costume of Robert Shirley
Archer's bracer
Astronomical compendium
Bacon Cup
Brass of John Langston
Cast and chased gold medal of Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard
Cast and chased gold medal of Mary I, by Jacopo da Trezzo
Cast gold medal of King Charles I, by Nicolas Briot: the Dominion of the Seas
Cast silver gilt medal of King Charles I by Thomas Rawlins
Cast silver plaque depicting the voyage of Sir Francis Drake by Michael Mercator
Coins deposited in the Court of Chancery, in the case 'Jones v. Lloyd'
Dominicus Custos, a bust portrait of Shah Abbas I
Dr Dee's magic
Dr Dee's mirror
Engraved glass goblet
Gilded brass astrolabe, made by Humphrey Cole
Gilded bronze stirrup
Girdle prayer book
Glass flask with a portrait of Henry VII, King of England
Glass tankard with silver-gilt mounts
Gold 5 unites of King Charles I ('Juxon Medal'), probably from dies engraved by Abraham Vande
Gold medal of Henry VIII as Head of the Church of England
Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of an English Woman, a drawing
Hans Holbein the Younger, Two views of a Woman wearing an English Hood, a drawing
Iznik ewer, with English silver-gilt mounts
Jacopo de Barbari’s View of Venice
Musical chamber clock by Nicholas Vallin
Nicholas Hilliard, Queen Elizabeth I: Design for the Obverse of the Great Seal of Ireland, a drawing in pen a
Nocturnal and Tide Predictor, made by Humphrey Cole
Obverse die, puncheon for bust and silver crown of the Old Pretender as James III
Pewter charger with the arms of England
Ring dial, made by Humphrey Cole
Seal-die of the Muscovy Company
Set of silver 'apostle' spoons
Silver Abbasi coin of the Safavid Dynasty
Silver rupee of Charles II
Silver siege money of the English Civil Wars
Stove-tile with the arms of James I of England
Struck gold medal of James I of England (VI of Scotland) by Nicholas Hilliard
The Armada Service
The Goodricke Cup
The Lyte Jewel
The Marlborough ice pails
The More Jewels
'The Mostyn', made by Thomas Tompion
The Phoenix Jewel
The Seal Burse of Elizabeth I
Related research projects
Bejewelled: The Male Body and Adornment in Early Modern Britain
Italian Renaissance Ceramics, A Catalogue of the British Museum’s Collection, BMP 2007
Related tours
Michelangelo: money and medals
Michelangelo's drawings
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