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View illustrated essays in a related feature on Byzantine art, including a visual essay on the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt.
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The images in this section offer a sampling of works on view in Gallery VIII. In order to appreciate the full scope of the exhibition, please visit the Metropolitan in person.
For events and programs related to the exhibition, see the online calendar.
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View of Hagia Sophia (sheet 6). Melchior Lorck (Flensburg, then Denmark, 1526/27–after 1583). Constantinople (and Vienna?), 1559. Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden, Netherlands (BPL 1758, BL. 6).
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Procession of Süleyman the Magnificent through the Hippodrome. Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550). Netherlandish, 1533, published 1553 in Moeurs et Fachons des Turks (Customs and Fashions of the Turks). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928 (28.85.7a,b).
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The Book of Worthy Conquest (Fut hat-i Jam la) (fol. 8r). Attributed to Arif . Istanbul, July 15571. Topkap Sarayi Müzesi, Istanbul (H. 1592).
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Amulet Roll (detail). Obverse, Constantinople or Sinai. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (Ms. M. 499).
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The Gospels (fols. 10v–11r). Priest Khach'atur, illuminator; priest Yohann s, scribe. Greater Armenia (Khizan), 1455. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Ms. W. 453).
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