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Works of Art (31)

Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1520, Attributed to Master of James IV of Scotland, Ink and tempera on vellum (48.149.15)
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)
Bible, ca. 1250–1275, French; Paris, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment; leather binding (1997.320)
Bifolium, from a Manuscript of the Decretals of Gratian, ca. 1290, French; Paris, Tempera and gold leaf with brown ink on parchment (1990.217)
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)
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)
Hours of Jeanne d'Évreux, ca. 1324–1328, Jean Pucelle (French), Made in Paris, Grisaille and tempera on vellum (54.1.2)
Icon with the Virgin Eleousa, ca. early 14th century, Byzantine (Constantinople), Lazurite, malachite, silver coupons, glass, terracotta, calcite, and various stone tesserae; gilded wood frame, wax substraight
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)
Leaf from a Manuscript of Valerius Maximus, ca. 1380, French, Made in Paris,, Parchment, tempera, ink, gold leaf (31.134.8)
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)
Leaf from a Missal, ca. 1270–1290, French; Made in Paris, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1981.322)
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)
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)
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)
Leaves from a Beatus Manuscript, ca. 1180, Spanish (Burgos, Castile-León), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, metal leaf (1991.232.1–.14)
Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke, late 13th–early 14th century, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (2001.633)
Manuscript Leaf from a Choir Book, second half of 15th century, Mariano del Buono (Italian, Florentine(?)), Parchment, tempera, ink, gold leaf (96.32.15)
Manuscript Leaf from a Psalter: Agony in the Garden and Betrayal of Christ, ca. 1270, English, Vellum, tempera, ink, metal leaf (22.24.4)
Manuscript of the Apocalypse, 1320s, Normandy, Paint, gold, silver, and brown ink on vellum (68.174)
Margaret More (1505–1544), Wife of William Roper, 1535–36, Hans Holbein the Younger (German), Vellum laid on playing card (50.69.2)
Portrait of a Woman, 1597, Nicholas Hilliard (British), Vellum (35.89.2)
Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1590, Nicholas Hilliard (British), Vellum laid on card (32.100.311)
Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux (1566–1601), Second Earl of Essex, 1588, Nicholas Hilliard (British), Vellum laid on card (35.89.4)
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)
Psalter, late 12th century, Byzantine, Tempera, black ink, gold leaf on parchment with paper endpapers (2001.730)
Saint John the Baptist, Master of James IV of Scotland, Ink and tempera on vellum (48.149.16)
Self-Portrait, 1558, Simon Bening (Netherlandish), Tempera on parchment (1975.1.2487)
Snuffbox, ca. 1815
Maker: Gabriel-Raoul Morel (French); School of Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French) and possibly Madame Aimée-Zoë Lizinka de Mirbel (French)
Gold, ivory (17.190.1114)
Still Life with Flowers, a Snail, and Insects, 1589, Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish), Watercolor, gouache, and shell gold on vellum (2008.110)
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)

Thematic Essays (11)