Stele #3 from grave offering chamber of Building A, frontal reliefs: [T] Quatzalcoatl with symbols associated with the number four; [B] Human heart with drops of blood (the god mutilating himself to create the fifth human race, ca. 650-850
Stele #3 from grave offering chamber of Building A, side reliefs: [T] Ocelot, symbol of night and the underworld; [B] Symbolic arrow piercing an ear of corn, ca. 650-850
Stone disk of Coyolxauhqui, showing the Moon Goddess slain by her brother Huitzilopochtli; from the site of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City), 15th century
Stone disk of Coyolxauhqui, showing the Moon Goddess slain by her brother Huitzilopochtli; from the site of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City), 15th century
Story of Jacob: Jacob dividing Laban’s flocks and choosing the spotted animals as his portion; detail of quadripartite vault fresco from east transept, Cremona Cathedral, ca. 14th century
Story of Jacob: Jacob’s reconciliation with his brother Esau; detail of quadripartite vault fresco from east transept, Cremona Cathedral, ca. 14th century
Story of Jacob: Leah, Rachel, and Jacob receive word of Esau’s approach; detail of quadripartite vault fresco from east transept, Cremona Cathedral, ca. 14th century
Story of Joseph: Joseph cast into the pit by his Brethren; detail of quadripartite vault fresco from east transept, Cremona Cathedral, ca. 14th century
Story of Joseph: Joseph in prison, interpreting the dreams of Pharaoh’s Butler and Pharaoh’s Baker; detail of quadripartite vault fresco from east transept, Cremona Cathedral, ca. 14th century
Story of Joseph: Pharaoh’s dreams of seven fat cows and seven lean cows, and seven fat ears of grain and seven lean ears of grain; detail of quadripartite vault fresco from east transept, Cremona Cathedral, ca. 14th century