With growing assurance, architects in northern France, and soon all over Europe, competed in a race to conquer height.
The shimmering, colored light called to mind the heavenly Jerusalem described in
David ha-Kohen Coutinh[o], who signed his name in the book at Rosh Hashanah (in 1367) ; Moses Abulafia, who inscribed his name in the book (late 1400s–early 1500s) ; by descent, Donna Jamila, who sold the book in Thessaloniki (in 1526) ; Rabbi Abraham di Boton, who signed his name in the book, Thessaloniki (16th century) ; Zaradel Synogogue, Alexandria (by 1905) ; Central European Jewish Private Collector (1950s/60s–1996) ; J
Sanctuary of God, a sacred surrogate for the lost—and longed-for—Temple of Jerusalem
Inscription: (Exterior legend): [image of a flower] ATTENDITE . ET . VIDETE . SI EST . DOLOR . SICVT . DOLOR . MEVS([image of a flower] Look and see if [there] is sorrow like my sorrow [Lamentations 1:12])(Interior legend): O CRUX
facades and towers that look Netherlandish, not at all like the biblical city of Jerusalem
1902, excavated under the direction of R. Koldewey on behalf of the German Oriental Society; 1926, ceded to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1931, purchased from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
as the biblical conqueror who deported the Jews to Babylon after the capture of Jerusalem
The story of a remarkable seventeenth-century map, on view in Armenia!, that depicts the lands and history of the Armenian people.
catholicosates of Etchmiadzin, Gandzaar, Aght‘amar, and Cilicia; and the patriarchates of Jerusalem
Today, these ivories are housed in museums in Paris, Aleppo, Jerusalem, Karlsruhe
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
numerous exhibitions including Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages (2009), Jerusalem
Formidable traditions governed the representation of the Crucifixion and other Passion scenes, and yet Italian painters continually renewed them through creative engagement with established conventions.
According to the Gospels, the death of Christ occurred in Jerusalem, where he had
1902, excavated under the direction of R. Koldewey on behalf of the German Oriental Society; 1926, ceded to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1931, purchased from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
as the biblical conqueror who deported the Jews to Babylon after the capture of Jerusalem
BottleThis large bottle has a domed profile, a slightly flared cylindrical neck, and a low tooled foot. The decoration is divided into a series of bands. The band on the upper body includes three large medallions, each containing an eight-petaled green-and-red central star from which a complex scrolling pattern radiates outward to create a floral pattern; the outlines are in red, the background is blue and gold, and there are eight alternating pointed elements in red and white
Jerusalem, 1000–1400: Every People under Heaven.
