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Edited by William D. Wixom, with contributions by Barbara Drake Boehm, Katharine R. Brown, Lisbeth Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Helen C. Evans, Margaret E. Frazer, Carmen Gómez-Moreno, Timothy B. Husband, Daniel Kletke, Charles T. Little, Mary B. Shepard, and William D. Wixom

The publication of this comprehensive catalogue celebrates the distinguished career of William D. Wixom at the Metropolitan. Highlighted in these pages are more than three hundred purchases and gifts, the great majority of which have been on view but many of which have remained unpublished until now.

292 pages, 435 illustrations (110 in full color), 9 in. x 12 in. Hardcover; clothbound, with jacket.

Original price $65

Mirror of the Medieval World, Cloth
05-006762
Member Price: $36.00 each
Non-Member Price: $40.00 each

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			Featured on the cover: Lion Aquamanile, ca. 1400 German; Made in Nuremberg Latten alloy; 13 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (33.3 x 12.1 cm) The Cloisters Collection, 1994 (1994.244) Aquamanilia, from the Latin words meaning "water" and "hands," were vessels used to pour water over the hands of priests before celebrating Mass or of diners at meals. This hollow vessel, cast in the lost-wax process, is rendered in the form of a proud and alert lion. The rear edges of all four legs have been notched and engraved to suggest fur, while the long mane covering the entire chest has been rendered in low relief and incised to achieve surface detail. A dragon forms the vessel's handle and a dragon head spout supports the spigot extending from the lion's chest.

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