List of Illustrations xiii Stone-paste jar painted in black under turquoise glaze (Syria, late 12th to early 13th centuries) Carved wooden panel depicting Chaucer’s “Pardoner’s Tale” (Britian, ca 1410) 262 270 Volume II Ceramic funerary urn (Zapotec style, Mexico, ca 250–750) Tomb of the Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chishti at Fatehpur Sikri, India (watercolor on paper, 15th to early 16th centuries) Mortuary figure of a female dancer (earthenware with three-color leadsilicate glaze, Tang Dynasty, China, first half of the eighth century) Funerary badge (Britain, ca 1376) Tombstone (marble, Iran, 12th century) Male mask (Japan, early 16th century) Black limestone mask (Santiago Ahuizotla, Mexico; 150 b.c.e to 700 c.e.) Alms box for donations to the poor (Britain, 15th century) Silver penny of Ethelred II (minted in Lewes, England; 1003–16) Soapstone bowl of a kind associated with girls’ initiation rites (Strait of Georgia culture, British Columbia, ca 1–900) A hornbook (Britain, 15th century) Bronze head of the king of Ife, with a beaded crown and plume (Yoruba culture, Nigeria, ca 12th–14th centuries) Gold pendant with a miniature portrait of a Mayan ruler (Mexico, ca 600–1521) Kublai Khan (1215–94) and his empress enthroned (ink on paper, Mughal Dynasty, India, 1596) The coronation of William I, Westminster Abbey, London, Christmas Day, 1066 282 285 286 287 289 297 316 326 329 341 346 356 362 365 374 Beaker showing a complete narrative cycle from the Shahnameh, the Persian Book of Kings (Kashan, Iran, late 12th century) Corbel in the form of an angel holding a shield with the arms of the Grocers’ Company (London, 1466) Stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl, a goddess associated with fertility (Huastec culture, Mexico, ca 900–1521) Children at play (China, ca 1368–1644) Medieval illumination showing a family group (France, ca 1275–99) Ceremonial ring showing sacrificial victims (Nigeria, as early as the 15th century) A Buddhist procession of three musicians and one dancer (stone, Song Dynasty, China, 10th–11th centuries) Spring Festival on the River (ink and color on silk, China, 18th century) Stone sculpture of Durga Mahishasuramardini (Orissa, eastern India; 13th century) Pilgrim badge of Saint George and the dragon (ca 1400s) Condiment tray (Egypt, ninth century) Lime-paste vessel in the form of a lion (white stoneware with ash glaze; Khmer, Thailand; Angorian Period; 12th–13th centuries) Copper alloy cauldron for cooking (Britain, 1200s or later) Flask (rock crystal with enameled gold mount, Egypt, Fatimid Dynasty, mid-10th century) “Challenging the Iranians,” from a Shahnameh (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; early 15th century) Painting of a stream flowing through a bamboo forest by Wang Fu (China, 1410) 379 394 419 421 423 431 434 434 435 437 441 443 448 450 462 472