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Aquamanil na forma de um cavaleiro montado

ca. 1250
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304
Os aguamanilos, nome derivado das palavras em latim para “água” e “mãos”, serviam para verter água sobre as mãos de comensais antes de um banquete. Os sacerdotes também os usavam quando se preparavam para celebrar a missa. Este exemplo ilustra os ideais da cavalaria que permeavam a cultura medieval ocidental e que influenciaram a produção de objetos para uso diário. O cavaleiro usa um tipo de armadura que se tornou obsoleta nas últimas quatro décadas do século XIII. Infelizmente, o escudo—que provavelmente exibia o brasão do proprietário—e a lança foram perdidos. Os círculos com linhas cruzadas no corpo do cavalo de guerra sugerem que é um tordilho, equino muito apreciado na Idade Média.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Aquamanil na forma de um cavaleiro montado
  • Data: ca. 1250
  • Geografia: Alemanha, Baixa Saxônia, provavelmente Hildesheim
  • Meio: Liga de cobre
  • Dimensões: 37,5 x 32 x 14,2 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Doação de Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Número de acesso: 64.101.1492
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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