New York-Metropolita..eum-'Kidney' Dagger3
Steel, Bone grip English (?), 1450-1500 (26.145.7)
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New York-Metropolita..ndlestick, closeup17
Silver, gilding, and niello, iron core German, Hildesheim, before 1022 Dom-Museum Hildesheim (DS L 9) These rare and precious candlesticks are perhaps the most important to survive from the Middle Ages. Masterpieces of casting, they are lavishly decorated with a variety of motifs, including abundant foliage, nude men riding dragons, and figures climbing the vine-covered shaft or eating grapes, which might allude to the Eucharist. Both candlesticks bear the following enigmatic inscription in Latin: "Bishop Bernward ordered his servant to cast this candlestick in the first flowering of this art, not from gold or silver but nevertheless as you see it here."
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New York-Metropolita..n, and the Nativity1
Carved in the South Lowelands, about 1490-1510 (17.190.476)
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New York-Metropolitan Museum-Clock24
Case in the form of a white marble vase supported by a bronze figure of Eros, the base ornamented with gilt-bronze reliefs represnting Father Time, Anthony and Cleopatra, Mars and Venus, and Hercules and Omphale. Revolving chapter rings for hours and minutes of white enamel. Movement of brass and steel signed Lepaute A Paris for the Lepaute workshop of this period consisting of Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (1727-1802) and Pierre Henry, called Henry-Lepaute (1749-1806). French (Paris), ca. 1775-1780 (29.180.4)
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New York-Metropolita..atch with Calendar23
Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued Case and dial: brass, silvered brass, silver; steel hand Movement: probably Nicolas Forfaict the Elder (recorded 1573-1619) French (paris) ca 1600-1610 A single long hand indicates the hours and half hours, marked on the silver chapter ring applied to the dial. A small hand attached to a disk that revolves inside the chapter ring indicates the moon's age in its monthly cycle (measured in days), and an aperture in the disk displays its phase 17.190.1607
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New York-Metropolita.. Watch with Sundial5
Case of gilt brass, signed: Jan Jansen Bockels Inv et Sculpt Movement of gilt brass and steel, partly blued, signed: Ian Ianssen Bockeltz van Aecken. Dutch (Haarlem), ca. 1605-1610 The engravings on the dial personify the Four Seasons. The dial also shows the phases and age of the moon in its monthly cycle, the day of the month, and the number of days in each month. The sundial inside the cover can be used for setting the watch. The disk for setting the alarm is a replacement, as are the hands. 17.190.1603
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New York-Metropolita.. of emblam of Mark15
Covers: silver and gilded silver with niello, filigree, semiprecious stones, and late 10th-century Byzantihne (Constantinople) ivory on wood core; manuscript: tempera, gold and silver on parchment German, Hildesheim, ca. 1015; refurbished ca 1194 Dom-Museum Hildesheim (ds 18) Bishop Bernward donated this gospel book with its elaborate cover of precious materials to the abbey of Saint Michael in Hildesheim. Then central ivory plaque, taken from a prestigious Byzantine triptych, depicts Christ flanked by Mary and John. The cover's renewal in the late twelth century, probably to secure or commemorate Bernward's canonization, added the gilded silver crucifix and symbols of the Evangelists, antique intaglios, and precious and semiprecious stones.
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New York-Metropolita..le Lectern Closeup12
Copper Alloy German, Hildesheim, ca. 1220 Dom-Museum Hildesheim (D 1984-2) This finely cast eagle grasping a dragon in its talons supported a gospel book upon its outstretched wings. The lectern was likely raised high above the floor, but the form of its support is unknown. It is a rare object, although its details compare closely with those of other works cast in Lower Saxony. For example, the engraved pattern of the feathers is similar to that on the wings of the Evangelist symbols on the baptismal font.
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New York-Metropolita..lexander the Great20
Enamel, partly gilded, on copper Colin Nouailher (active by 1539, d. after 1571) French (Limoges) ca 1541 Three of the four plaques by Nouailher in this case are from a series depicting the Nine Heroes-a grouping of valiant figures popularized by Jacques de Longuyon's early fourteenth-century romance Les Voeux du Paon (The Vows of the Peacock). Longuyon's poem was greatly admired at the courts of France and Burgundy and inspired ports and artists throughout western Europe. 1993.65.1
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New York-Metropolita..Parting the Red Sea4
From Hildesheim baptismal font, ca. 1226
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New York-Metropolita.. altarcandlesticks10
Cast copper alloy, engraved, chiseled, and gilded, with niello (?) and traces of silver South Netherlandish, Meuse River Valley, ca. 1160 Dom-Museum Hildesheim Unusual and complex iconography distinguishes these candlesticks. On one are personifications of the conrinents, each holding a fragment of the disk representing Earth and a second attribute: Europa is armed with a sword and shielf (war); Asia bears a receptacle representing wealth; Africa holds the book of science. The figures on the other candlestick bear allegories of medicine (a vase), conflict (two fighting snakes), and theory and practice (two busts of young men). The allegories may collectively evoke the totality of the universe.
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New York-Metropolita..of Liturgical Fans11
Gilded copper alloy, rock crystal, semiprecious stones, and ancient intaglios. German, Hildesheim, ca 1130-1150 Dom-museum Holdesheim (DS 27a-c) This trio of openwork disks with central crosses constitutes a unique surviving ensemble of liturgical fans. Adorned with rock crystal and other gems, each is subtly differentiated by the foliate patterns of its pierced openwork and engraved designs. Liturgical fans were used ceremonially to fan the altar, but this heavy, gilded copper set may have served symbolic rather than functional purposes. It was long enshrined in the seventeenth-century retable (decorative altarpiece) behind Hildesheim Cathedral's high altar.
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New York-Metropolita..interior, ca 193418
Red and green Sommerso glass with gold-leaf inclusions
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New York-Metropolita..- Start of Matthew14
Opaque paint and gold on parchment German, Hildesheim, 1011 Dom-Museum Hildesheim (DS 33) This manuscript contains a full-page image of Christ in Majesty-the enthroned God encircled by symbols of the Evangelists-and colorful Evangilest portraits introducing each book of the Gospels. At the end of the book, its scribe, Gunbald, writes that he produced it in 1011, during Bernward's episcopate.
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New York-Metropolita..arls and Sapphires26
Byzantine, found in 1902 at Karavas, Cyprus Made 500-700 These elegant earrings are decorated with pearls, a favorite jewel of the Byzantines. Sapphires, then called Hyakinthoi (hyacinths), became popular in Byzantine jewelry in the sixth century. 17.190.145,146
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New York-Metropolitan Museum-Paten13
Gold German, Hildesheim(?), before 1398 Dom-Museum Hildesheim (DS 14) This finely engraved gold paten is decorated with an image of the haloed Lamb of God, which supports a banner as blood pours from its breast into a chalice, a symbol of Christ's sacrifice to redeem mankind. Symbols of the Four Evangelists and censing angels surround the central image. This paten and the accompanying gold chalice were presented to Hildesheim Cathedral by Bishop Gerald vom Berge (r. 1365-1398)
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New York-Metropolita..se and Yellow Bowl19
Spherical vase, ca 1940 Red glass with ultra-thin velato finish Bowl, ca 1940 Yellow glass with ultra-thin velato finish
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New York-Metropolita.. Gospel back cover16
binding and back cover: leather, copper worked in vernis brun on oak, German, Hildesheim, ca 1000 Dom-Museum (DS 13) The precious materials constituting this small gospel book were assembled in several stages. The manuscript was already a hundred years old when Bernward of Hildesheim comissioned a new cover, which likely included thge tenth-century Byzantinew ivory we see at the center. The bejeweled frame is a twelth-century addition, probably in honor of Bernward's canonization. With the bold monogram on the back cover, Bernward asserts his status as owner and patron.
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New York-Metropolita..erine of Alexandria2
Gold, enamel en ronde bosse, sapphires, corundum, and pearls France(paris), about 1400-1410 (17.190.905)
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New York-Metropolitan Museum-Table Clock6
Case of gilt brass Movement of iron Workshop of Johann Reinhold the Elder (ca. 1550-1596) German (augsburg), late 16th century The sides of the case display examples of the popular plaquettes of the Drunkenness of Noah and Abraham and the Three Angels by Peter Flötner (ca. 1485-1546). Two of the plaquettes are pierced, permitting the sound of a bell striking the hours inside the case to be audible. The hand and the chapter ring are replacements, probably made in the late seventeenth century. (29.52.4)
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New York-Metropolita..h Skeleton Movement7
Case and dial of gilt brass Movement of iron German, mid-16th century or earlier The iron balance wheel is missing. (29.52.7)
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New York-Metropolita..leton Movement case8
Case and dial of gilt brass Movement of iron German, mid-16th century or earlier (29.52.7)
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New York-Metropolitan Museum-Watch25
Case: rock crystal, with engraved and enameled floral designs, set in enameled gold mounts; dial: champlevé enamel on gold Movement: Pierre Verènde (recorded working in 1630) Agen, ca. 1620-30 17.190.1579
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New York-Metropolita..seum-Watch Movement9
Case and dial of gilt brass Movement of gilt brass and steel Flemish, dated 1571 The movement bears the punchmark of the clockmaker, WA. The engraving on the cover is from a print by Jacob Binck (ca. 1500-1569) entitled A Romantic Soldier Presenting Grapes to a Nude Woman (17.190.1548)
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New York-Metropolita.. Apollo and Daphne22
Case: enamel, partly gilded, on copper; gilded silver, brass Probably Jean II Reymond (recorded 1606-1631) French (Limoges), ca 1615-1625 Signed: IR The scene was adapted from one of Bernard Salomon's illustrations for several editions of Ovid's Metamorphoses published in Lyon by Jean de Tournes, beginning in 1557. The movement is signed by David Ramsay (appointed clockmaker to King James I of England in 1618) and was probably made around 1620-1625. 17.190.1550
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New York-Metropolita..nd Daphne movement21
Case: enamel, partly gilded, on copper; gilded silver, brass Probably Jean II Reymond (recorded 1606-1631) French (Limoges), ca 1615-1625 Signed: IR The scene was adapted from one of Bernard Salomon's illustrations for several editions of Ovid's Metamorphoses published in Lyon by Jean de Tournes, beginning in 1557. The movement is signed by David Ramsay (appointed clockmaker to King James I of England in 1618) and was probably made around 1620-1625. 17.190.1550
aperture=f3.5 focal length: 60.0 mm exposure 1/160 sec ISO: 2000