Selected Artworks

Map of the Holy Land, from Chronica majora, vol. I

Written and illustrated by Matthew Paris (British, ca. 1200–1259)

Date: ca. 1240–53 Medium: Opaque watercolor and ink on parchment; 151 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.6.1

Gold Ensemble for the Head or Neck

Date: 11th–12th century Medium: Gold filigree, wire, granulation, strips, beads, and sheet Accession Number: SL.4.2016.20.6

Bottle with Christian Scenes

Date: mid-13th century Medium: Glass, gold and enamel Accession Number: SL.4.2016.13.1

The Ryerson Diptych: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Donor; The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist, and Two Angels

Date: ca. 1275–85 Medium: Tempera and gold on wood panels with gilded plaster pastiglia Accession Number: SL.4.2016.8.1

Reliquary of the Cross

Date: 1178–98 Medium: Gilded copper and champlevé enamel Accession Number: SL.4.2016.55.1

Syriac Lectionary

Date: 1216–1220 Medium: Tempera, ink, and gold on paper; 264 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.26.1

Processional Cross

Date: ca. 1050 Medium: Silver gilt and niello Accession Number: SL.4.2016.9.3

Celestial Globe

ʿAlam al-Din Qaysar (Egyptian, 1178/79–1251)

Date: A.H. 622 (1225/26) Medium: Copper alloy inlaid with silver and copper Accession Number: SL.4.2016.36.2

Four Gospels in Arabic

Date: 737 AH / 1335 CE Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper; 205 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.26.3

Bowl with a Coptic Monk-Priest

Date: 1050–1100 Medium: Stonepaste with luster overglaze Accession Number: SL.4.2016.31.6

Jewish Wedding Ring

Date: first half 14th century Medium: Gold Accession Number: SL.4.2016.59.1

The Gates of Mercy, from the Moskowitz Rhine Mahzor

Date: 1340s Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; 179 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.24.4

The Gates of Mercy, from the Worms Mahzor, vol II

Copied by Simcha ben Yehudah (German, active late 13th century)

Date: ca. 1280 Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; 219 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.24.2

Aaron Lighting the Temple Menorah, from the Regensburg Pentateuch

Copied by David ben Shabetai (German, active Regensburg, late 13th–early 14th century)

Date: ca. 1300 Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; 246 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.21.1

Ivory Horn (Olifant)

Date: 12th century Medium: Elephant Ivory Accession Number: SL.4.2016.3.2

Genealogy of the Patriarchs (Yichus ha-Avot)

Date: 16th century Medium: Tempera and ink on parchment Accession Number: SL.4.2016.24.5

'Umra Certificate

Date: A.H. 21 Muharram 837 (September 6, 1433) Medium: Ink, opaque watercolors, and gilded paint on paper Accession Number: SL.4.2016.11.2

The Virgin and Apostle Capital

Date: 1170s Medium: Limestone Accession Number: SL.4.2016.18.1

The Saint James the Greater Capital

Date: 1170s Medium: Limestone Accession Number: SL.4.2016.18.2

The Saint Peter Capital

Date: 1170s Medium: Limestone Accession Number: SL.4.2016.18.3

The Saint Matthew Capital

Date: 1170s Medium: Limestone Accession Number: SL.4.2016.18.4

The Saint Thomas Capital

Date: ca. 1180 Medium: Limestone Accession Number: SL.4.2016.18.5

Three Coats of Arms of Sir Hugh Wake over a Royal Fatimid Inscription

Date: 1150 and 1241 Medium: Marble, carved and painted Accession Number: SL.4.2016.20.5

A Knight of the d'Aluye Family

Date: after 1248–by 1267 Medium: Limestone Accession Number: 25.120.201

Crusaders Advance on Jerusalem

Date: ca. 1158 Medium: Pot-metal glass Accession Number: SL.4.2016.5.1

Saladin's Treatise on Armor

Date: before 1187 Medium: Opaque watercolors, gold, and ink on paper; 217 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.42.1

Missal of the Holy Sepulchre

Date: ca. 1135–40 Medium: Tempera, gold, silver and ink on parchment Accession Number: SL.4.2016.44.3

Reliquary of Saint Anastasios the Persian

Date: 969–70 Medium: Silver repoussé, gilding and niello Accession Number: SL.4.2016.1.1

Cross

Date: 14th century Medium: Copper Accession Number: SL.4.2016.49.4

Elements from a Tomb in the Holy Sepulchre

Date: 1180s Medium: Marble Accession Number: SL.4.2016.19.1

Section 13 of the Qur'an of Nur al-Din

Calligraphy by ‘Ali bin Ja’far bin Asad (active Damascus, mid-12th century)

Date: A.H. Dhu’l-Hijja 562 (September 1167) Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper and parchment Accession Number: SL.4.2016.54.1

Ceramic Lantern

Date: early 13th century Medium: Stonepaste; underglaze-painted in blue, luster-painted on transparent glaze Accession Number: 91.1.138

Domed Box

Date: late 13th–14th century Medium: Brass with silver inlay Accession Number: SL.4.2016.22.1

Mosque Lamp of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars

Date: probably A.H. 676 (1277) Medium: Brass, inlaid with silver and black compound Accession Number: SL.4.2016.11.1

The Psalter of Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

Date: ca. 1135 Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; 218 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.26.6

The Prophet Isaiah in a Letter H, from a choir book of the Franciscans of Bethlehem

Illuminated by Andrea di Bartolo (Italian, Siena, active by 1389–died 1428 Siena)

Date: ca. 1401–04 Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment Accession Number: SL.4.2016.18.8

Reliquary Cross of Jacques de Vitry

Date: about 1160–80; cross: soon after 1216; base: after 1228 Medium: Cross: gilded silver, cloisonné enamel on gold, semiprecious stones, and glass; base: gilded copper Accession Number: SL.4.2016.35.1

Incense Burner

Date: 14th century Medium: Brass, gold, silver, and black compound Accession Number: SL.4.2016.11.3

Gospel Book

Copied by the priest Nerses (Armenian, active Sis, mid-14th century)

Date: 1346 Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment

Cross of Sibyl of Anjou

Date: after 1134–before 1156 Medium: Walrus ivory Accession Number: SL.4.2016.46.2

Chasse of Ambazac

Date: 1180–90 Medium: Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, rock crystal, semiprecious stones, faience, and glass Accession Number: SL.4.2016.2.1

The Archangel Israfil

Date: late 14th–early 15th century Medium: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper Accession Number: SL.4.2016.27.1

Next Year in Jerusalem from the Barcelona Haggadah

Date: ca. 1360–70 Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on paper; 163 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.26.8

Bible

Date: first quarter 14th century Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; 500 folios Accession Number: SL.4.2016.51.1

Triptych Reliquary of the Cross

Date: ca. 1160–70 Medium: Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, émail brun, and rock crystal Accession Number: SL.4.2016.49.2

Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven

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