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A Tasty Take on Medieval Rosary Beads

July 24, 2015

By Hannah Holden

Guest Blogger Hannah Holden details MediaLab Intern Kevin Yoo's experience creating 3D-printed medieval rosary beads for the spring 2015 MediaLab Expo.
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"A Rosary Picture with a View of the Park of the Ducal Palace in Brussels, Possibly by Goswijn van der Weyden"

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The Artist Project: Moyra Davey

December 7, 2015
Artist Moyra Davey reflects on a rosary terminal bead with lovers and Death's head in this episode of The Artist Project.
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Intellectual Pursuits of the Hellenistic Age

April 1, 2007

By Colette Hemingway and Séan Hemingway

In addition to philosophy, students engaged in rhetoric (the art of public speaking), mathematics, physics, botany, zoology, religion, music, politics, economics, and psychology.
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Calligraphy in Islamic Art

October 1, 2001

By Department of Islamic Art

Objects from different periods and regions vary in the use of calligraphy in their overall design, demonstrating the creative possibilities of calligraphy as ornament.
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The Decoration of Tibetan Arms and Armor

August 1, 2007

By Donald J. La Rocca

The degree of ornamentation and the range of symbols found on Tibetan arms and armor can vary considerably, but generally the same decorative motifs found on other Tibetan objects and works of art, such as furniture, ritual implements, sculpture, and paintings, are seen on arms and armor.
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Identifying Natural Dyes to Understand a Tapestry's Origin

August 29, 2023

By Nobuko Shibayama, Elena Phipps, and Lucy Commoner

The dye used in a Latin American Colonial textile from the sixteenth to seventeenth century is examined in order to determine the textile's origin.
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Ringing in Tuba Christmas with the Bellophone

December 8, 2016

By Bradley Strauchen-Scherer

Associate Curator Bradley Strauchen-Scherer introduces readers to a Bellophone—a two-belled tuba-euphonium hybrid instrument—recently donated to The Met.
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Climbing in the Garden

May 22, 2014

By Caleb Leech

Managing Horticulturist Caleb Leech describes several of the climbing plants at The Cloisters and discusses the interest they held for medieval artists and students of nature.
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Successful Secale

July 10, 2014

By Caleb Leech

Managing Horticulturist Caleb Leech discusses the evolution of rye (Secale cereale) from a humble foodstuff to a staple of the medieval European diet.
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Limestone head of beardless male votary

Date: mid–1st century BCE
Accession Number: 74.51.2787

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Limestone statuette of a female votary (worshipper) playing a tambourine

Date: 2nd–3rd quarter of the 6th century BCE
Accession Number: 74.51.2502

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Bronze statuette of a male votary

Date: ca. 1400–1050 BCE
Accession Number: 1972.118.46

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Bronze statuette of a votary

Date: ca. 1600 BCE or later
Accession Number: 1972.118.45

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Bronze statuette of a female votary

Date: 4th–3rd century BCE
Accession Number: 65.11.9

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Limestone statue of a male votary

Date: 2nd–1st century BCE
Accession Number: 74.51.2769

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Bronze statuette of a male votary

Date: ca. 1400–1300 BCE
Accession Number: 24.97.106

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Limestone head of a female votary

Date: late 1st century BCE(?)
Accession Number: 74.51.2819

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Limestone statuette of a recumbent votary (worshipper)

Date: 6th century BCE
Accession Number: 74.51.2542

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Limestone statuette of a male votary (worshipper)

Date: mid-6th century BCE
Accession Number: 74.51.2552