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Shallow Dish
This dish features a three part structural division; the boss is almost flat. Around the depressed area is a band of degenerate Gothic [or pseudo-Arabic] script. On the brim are solid lustre painted zig-zags, possibly a late version of gadroons. The empty areas of this pattern are filled with dots and floral motifs. The reverse has repeated circles only.
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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish with Floral Motifs
This dish features a recessed center with a central boss decorated with a rosette design. The recessed area and rim are painted with floral motifs and leaf designs arranged in concentric rings.
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Dish,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Dish,

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Dish with an Escutcheon,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Dish,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Lustre-ware dish

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Man of Sorrows

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Champlevé enamel plaque with Christ in Majesty

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Coronation of the Virgin
A page from a manuscript depicting a woman, kneeling to be crowned, while a standing man blesses her. She is surrounded by a court of angels in an architectural setting in the clouds.
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Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees
Multi-colored ink on paper. Prominent reds, yellows and blues. Six figures, three smaller (clothed), three larger (nude or semi-nude). Scene of worship.
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In the Opera Box

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Libyan Sibyl, a leaf from an early printed book

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Adoration of the Magi
This unfinished painted study depicts a crowd of figures gathered around three richly dressed men and a woman and child, who appear on a flight of stairs near the entrance to a large building decorated with classical columns and pilasters. An elderly bald man wearing a red cloak trimmed with ermine kneels with his head bowed at the top of the stairs before a kneeling woman who holds an infant in her right arm. Another man wearing a turban decorated with a large feather stands behind the kneeling man and holds a gold censer hanging from a chain in his left hand. A third richly dressed man stands at the bottom of the stairs with his back turned toward the viewer. A number of other figures crowd around this central group from the sides. A large ox sits in the right foreground with a donkey standing behind it.
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Pope Paul IV (obverse), Christ Giving the Keys to Peter (reverse)

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Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)
The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.
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Illuminated Leaf
Illuminated manuscript page with Arabic calligraphy that is framed by floriated,<br /> cloud-band borders, stylized cartouches, and marginal vignettes.
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Leaf from a Gradual

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Candlestick with scenes of paired figures drinking

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Manuscript Leaf

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MS Leaf: Excerpts from the Evangelists

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Leaf from a Breviary

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Leaf from a Book of Hours (Calendar for October)

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MS Leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation #6

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MS Leaf: Bible Lessons

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Leaf from a Breviary

Accession Number
1958/1.163

Title
Leaf from a Breviary

Artist(s)
French

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
circa 1460

Medium & Support
ink, tempera and gold on parchment

Dimensions
9 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (23.8 x 17.2 cm);9 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (23.81 x 17.15 cm);7 3/8 x 5 in. (18.73 x 12.7 cm);4 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (11.11 x 11.43 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Label copy
A breviary as ornate as this one probably belonged to either an important abbot or a wealthy noble. The initial "I" at the bottom of the page marks the beginning of Psalm 42: "Judge me, O Lord...."
The breviary contains the elements of the Divine Office, a daily cycle of prayer performed by a community of monks. The core of the Divine Office is the Psalms, which are enriched with music and lessons from the Bible. The borders of the leaf displayed here are richly decorated with a meshwork of tendrils bearing gold leaves and colorful flowers.
A breviary as ornate as this one may have belonged to an important abbot. The initial "I" at the bottom of the page marks the beginning of Psalms 42: "Judge me, O Lord…."
Gallery display label text by Curator Annette Dixon, March 2002

Primary Object Classification
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Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Text-based Art
decorated initial
flowers

3 Related Resources
Introduction to Manuscripts and Early Print
(Part of 2 Learning Collections)
Music and Musicians
(Part of: Music + Art for Educators)

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