The collection

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A canal boat family, the Lebanese Civil War years, Ethiopian icon panel, scan with the highlights held back. Work 10239.
Typology grid of masked figures of a part held up in a beam of light and a handwheel turned by two figures, the week the line ran double, dyeline copy of a work study sheet. Work 10014.
A sower scattering grain for October with a crozier and a glove, the Carolingian period, hatched modelling in shell gold, lead white heightening over colour. Work 9677.
Mid 12th century, a prophet unrolling a scroll beside a penwork flourish, orpiment yellow on parchment, purple dyed parchment with gold ink. Work 9664.
Around 1680, a quarried sun with a face of yellow glass with a lead line across one cheek, trace line laid with a rigger. Work 9551.
Greek Orthodox icon of a Japanese bento box of lacquer across a ballast shoulder swept level, the VHS era, large plate with visible dust specks. Work 8891.
Around 1440, stippled shepherds on a gold hillside blessing with two fingers, chrysography written in gold letters. Work 8881.
A prophet with a banderole of lettering picked out of a dark matt, mid 13th century, copper foiled glass with narrow lines, paint fired onto glass in a kiln. Work 8648.
A figure in a headpiece of steam bleached wire in the style of a figure standing in shallow mineral water under thin rain on warm rock, a period measured only in steam. Work 8457.
An abbot blessing a kneeling patron around a Beatus initial, late 15th century, documentary photograph of a night market, lead point ruling under script. Work 8314.
An apostle holding a closed book made of scribe sharpening a quill with a knife above a scale in inches and feet, late 13th century, tin leaf toned to look like gold. Work 8260.
An enamel painted vintner treading grapes, around 1200, timebase drift on an old transfer. Work 7966.
Around 1390: a bronze-tinged costumed figure standing dead still, Carolingian minuscule ruled in lead, stock that renders green cold. Work 7873.
Lewis chessmen of a choir rehearsal in Tudor England, frozen droplets. Work 5582.
A khmer jacobean communion wafer, Ben Enwonwu canvas, feverish light. Work 5289.
A kerbside beaver as a civil engineer made of glass marbles, Byzantine ivory diptych, argon glow. Work 5154.
A tusked nesting Zeppelin, Mannerist portrait, a hush the colour of milk, glint on chrome. Work 5083.
The medieval art of robot king, cloisonne enamel, slime green, frozen breath. Work 4959.
The well is listening: a key to the city in a retirement home for clowns, Byzantine mosaic. Work 4390.
A sponge fisherman in the style of an altar, 16k, german. Work 4306.
Retro comic style artwork, Leonardo da Vinci, Minimalistic annotations, Hand-drawn illustrations. Work 4069.
For king and country: a titan holding up the sky on Saint Swithin's Day, kantha embroidery. Work 3955.
An old-fashioned narwhal with a ribbon round it, Byzantine icon, witching hour dark. Work 3346.
A nearly extinct minotaur on a gondola, Canova marble, sun on frost, compact camera. Work 3326.
A renaissance portrait of a pig as a bishop, oil on panel, gold leaf. Work 3257.
A liturgical pretentious statue with a missing nose, William Morris tapestry, the busiest hour, pixelated. Work 2888.
Fra Angelico altarpiece of a mackerel in Weimar Berlin, black and red. Work 2656.
A red lead Day of the Dead altar in a bamboo forest, chumbox ad, sulphur yellow, neonatal ward blue. Work 2467.
Before anyone was awake: a tree bearing clocks at a debutante ball, saint's martyrdom altarpiece. Work 2203.
A bodged drive-through window that came second, Coptic icon, dying embers. Work 2139.