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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 IX. 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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The Arsenal Bible (fol. 307r). Acre, 1250–54. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris (Ms. 5211).
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Icon with Saint Catherine and Scenes from Her Life. Italy, late 13th century. Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa, Italy.
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Gradual, Proper and Common of Saints (fol. 84v). Gerona Bible Master. Bologna, ca. 1285. Tempera on vellum; 290 fols.; 51.5 x 35.5 cm (20 1/4 x 14 in.). Text opening: Gaudeamus (Let us rejoice). Musei Civici d'Arte Antica, Bologna (Ms. 526).
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Lectionary Binding. Constantinople (?), second half of the 13th or early 14th century. Repoussé silver-gilt, chased and engraved on a wood board, cloisonné enamel on gold; 36.5 x 30.5 cm (14 3/8 x 12 in.). Complesso Museale di Santa Maria della Scala, Siena (Cod. X. IV. I.).
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The Body of Saint Catherine Carried to Mount Sinai. The Belles Heures of Jean, duc de Berry, fol. 20. Pol, Jean, and Herman de Limbourg. French (Paris or Bourges), 1405–1408/9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1954 (54.1.1).
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