"The Winteringham Tau Cross and Ignis Sacer"

Timothy B. Husband worked in the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters for more than forty years. He studied at the Fogg Museum as an undergraduate at Harvard University, received his MA from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and completed his doctoral coursework at Columbia University. Focusing on the later Middle Ages, mostly in the German-speaking world, his interests include sculpture, tapestry, goldsmiths' work, ceramics, manuscripts, and stained glass in both the secular and ecclesiastical realms. He curated many exhibitions, including (2010), (2001), and The Medieval Housebook and the Art of Illumination (1999).