Works of Art (40)
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Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), 1493,
Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German),
Engraver and Publisher: Michel Wolgemuth (German),
Author: Hartmann Schedel,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (21.36.145) |
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Manuscript Leaf from a Choir Book, second half of 15th century,
Mariano del Buono (Italian, Florentine(?)),
Parchment, tempera, ink, gold leaf (96.32.15) |
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Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial A: Cutting from an Antiphonary, ca. 1470–80, Cosimo Tura (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (11.50.1) |
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Belles Heures of Jean of France, Duke of Berry, 1406–8 or 1409, Pol, Jean, and Herman de Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish), French; Made in Paris, Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum (54.1.1) |
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Bible, ca. 1250–1275, French; Paris, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment; leather binding (1997.320) |
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Book Cover Plaque: Christ in Majesty, ca. 1185–1210, French; Made in Limoges, Gilded copper and champlevé enamel (17.190.757) |
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Coptic Manuscript, 700–900, Coptic; Possibly from the Kasr Deir es Surian (Castle of the Monastery of the Syrians), Wadi an-Natrun, Egypt; Written and illustrated in Egypt, Ink and colored inks on parchment (19.196.5) |
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Coptic Manuscript, Coptic; Possibly from the Dayr al-Suriyan (Monastery of the Syrians), Wadi an-Natrun, Egypt; Written and illustrated in Egypt; Written in Coptic, with Arabic in the margins, in black and red, Paper (19.196.3) |
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Descent from the Cross: Cutting from a Missal, ca. 1475–76, Girolamo da Cremona (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment, laid down on wood (49.7.8) |
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Double-Sided Gospel Leaf, first half of 14th century,
Ethiopia; Tigray region,
Tempera on parchment (2006.100) |
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Folio from The Hours of Jeanne d'Évreux: Calendar Page for November (Gathering Acorns), ca. 1324–1328, Jean Pucelle (French), French; Made in Paris, Grisaille and tempera on vellum (54.1.2) |
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Holy Virgins Greeted by Christ as They Enter the Gates of Paradise: Leaf from the Breviary of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York, ca. 1467–70, Simon Marmion (French), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2477) |
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Hours of Jeanne d'Évreux, ca. 1324–1328, Jean Pucelle (French), Made in Paris, Grisaille and tempera on vellum (54.1.2) |
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Incipit Page to the Gospel of John, 1300–1310, From a gospel book attributed to the illuminator Sargis; scribe unknown, Armenian; Probably from Siwnik’, Noravank’, Vellum, pigments, and gold (38.171.2) |
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Initial R, with the Annunciation, from a Gradual, ca. 1300, German; Probably made at the convent of Sankt Katharinenthal, Lake Constance, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1982.175) |
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Initial V from a Bible, ca. 1175–1195, French; From the Abbey of Pontigny, Tempera on parchment (1999.364.2) |
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King David in Prayer in an Initial B: Cutting from a Psalter, 1450, Zanobi Strozzi (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2470) |
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Last Judgment in an Initial C: Cutting from an Antiphonary, ca. 1406–7, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2485) |
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Last Judgment, from a Book of Hours, ca. 1400, French; Paris, Tempera and gold on vellum (1998.179) |
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of Revelation, ca. 1180, Spanish; Made in Burgos, Castile-León, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, metal leaf (1991.232.1-.14) |
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Leaf from a Manuscript: The Birth of the Virgin in an Initial G, ca. 1375, Don Silvestro dei Gheraducci, Italian; Florence, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (21.168) |
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Leaf from a Missal, ca. 1270–1290, French; Made in Paris, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1981.322) |
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Leaf from a Missal, ca. 1290, Northeast French; Beauvais (?), Tempera and gold leaf, on parchment (1992.238) |
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Leaf from a Royal Manuscript, with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis, ca. 1320–1342, Italian; Made in Bologna, for Hungarian use, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1994.516) |
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Leaf from the Epistle to the Hebrews, 12th century (1101), Byzantine; Found in Meteora, Greece (before 1898), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (1991.232.15) |
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Leaf from the Hours of Étienne Chevalier: The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against Demons, ca. 1452–60, Jean Fouquet (French), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2490) |
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Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), Author: Hartmann Schedel, Illustrators: Michael Wolgemut (German), and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German), Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493, Woodcut illustrations with printed text; bound volume (1981.1178.29) |
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Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke, late 13th–early 14th century, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (2001.633) |
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Manuscript Leaf from a Gospel Book, 1290–1330, Armenian; Written in Armenian and painted possibly in the Lake Van region, Vaspurakan (now eastern Turkey), Ink and tempera on parchment (57.185.3) |
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Manuscript Leaf from a Psalter: Agony in the Garden and Betrayal of Christ, ca. 1270, English, Vellum, tempera, ink, metal leaf (22.24.4) |
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Manuscript of the Apocalypse, 1320s, Normandy, Paint, gold, silver, and brown ink on vellum (68.174) |
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Martyrdom of Saint Agatha in an Initial D: Cutting from an Antiphonary, ca. 1470–73, Sano di Pietro (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2488) |
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Page from an Illuminated Gospel, late 14th–early 15th century, Ethiopia, Lake Tana region, Wood, vellum, pigment (1998.66) |
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Predica del arte del ben morire (Sermon on the Art of Dying Well): Title page (signature a1),
Author: Girolamo Savonarola,
[Florence: Ant. Tubini, shortly after 1500], 4th ed.,
Book with printed text and four woodcut illustrations (25.30.95) |
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Psalter and Hours of Bonne de Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy, before 1349, Probably Jean Le Noir, his daughter Bourgot, and his workshop, French (Paris), Tempera, grisaille, ink, and gold leaf on vellum (69.86) |
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Psalter, late 12th century, Byzantine, Tempera, black ink, gold leaf on parchment with paper endpapers (2001.730) |
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Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity: Leaf from a Mariegola, ca. 1425–34, Cristoforo Cortese (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2468) |
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Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, ca. 1270–80,
South Italian (probably Naples),
Tempera on parchment (2005.273) |
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Silver covers for a gospel, 1691, Signed Astuatsatur Shahamir, Kayseri, Turkey, Gilt-silver repoussé plaques (16.99) |
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Two Leaves from a Book of Hours, Representing the Annunciation, 1465, Master of Charles of France, French (Bourges), Tempera and gold leaf on vellum (58.71a,b) |
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Thematic Essays (23)
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