The Museum’s collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world.
past Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures February 22–May 21, 2017 past Jerusalem
This ivory panel is the right leaf of a folding diptych, a type of religious object composed of two panels that fold like a book. The three holes and drilled circles on the left edge remain from the hinges that once joined it to the matching leaf
Coronation, Annunciation, and Visitation ca. 1325–50 Diptych with the Entry into Jerusalem
In addition to providing intriguing interpretations of animals, bestiaries offered tales about the existence of bizarre and loathsome creatures, many of which appeared in medieval art.
humility was demonstrated by the account of his riding a donkey into the city of Jerusalem
Although [Babylon] was not among the oldest cities in this part of the world, in ancient Mesopotamian mythology it came to be seen as the first city, made at the creation of the world …
In the case of the state of Judah and the city of Jerusalem, such acts earned him
Herakleios (r. 610–41) successfully ended a long, costly war with Persia and regained Jerusalem
The Third Intermediate Period laid the foundation for many changes that are observable in art and culture throughout the first millennium.
Sheshonq I, appears in the Bible under the name Shishak, the Egyptian ruler who sacked Jerusalem
Herakleios (r. 610–41) successfully ended a long, costly war with Persia and regained Jerusalem
This diptych is composed of two rectangular panels of ivory held together with four hinges, allowing it to close like a book. The smooth backs or exteriors reveals the vertical orientation of the ivory grain typical of medieval ivory carving, with the distal end of the ivory tusk facing downward
Adoration of the Magi and the Presentation of the infant Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem
Lacking the traditions of commercial production and established markets that supported the continued growth and vitality of the Netherlandish and French industries, manufactories like the Medici, Mortlake, and Barberini workshops were dependent on the fortune of their founding patrons.
The Harvest Urbanus Leyniers Daniel Leyniers III 1712–28 The Crusaders Reach Jerusalem
Herakleios (r. 610–41) successfully ended a long, costly war with Persia and regained Jerusalem
