The Middle Ages in 50 Objects

Cover
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Reviews
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Half-title page......Page 5
Title page......Page 7
Copyright page......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations and Conventions......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Part I The Holy and the Faithful......Page 21
1 Jonah Cast Up, c. 280–290, Asia Minor (?), marble; 41.50 × 36.00 × 18.50 cm (16 5/16 × 14 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches)......Page 22
2 Altar Front, c. 540–600, Constantinople or Ravenna, marble; 101.00 × 169.50 × 25.50 cm (39 3/4 × 66 11/16 × 10 inches)......Page 26
3 Pilgrim’s Flask with Saint Menas, sixth–seventh century, Egypt, terracotta; 10.00 × 6.40 cm (3 7/8 × 2 1/2 inches)......Page 30
4 Calyx (Chalice), 900s–1000s, Byzantium, Middle Byzantine, blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt
-copper mounts; h: 7.70 cm (3 inches)......Page 34
5 Christ’s Mission to the Apostles, c. 970–980, Ottonian, Milan, Italy, ivory; 18.20 × 9.90 × 1.00 cm (7 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 3/8 inches)
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6 Feline Incense Burner, 1100s, eastern Iran, western Afghanistan, or Turkmenistan, Khurasan, copper alloy, cast and chased; 35.50 × 11.00 × 32.50 cm (13 15/16 × 4 5/16 × 12 3/4 inches)......Page 42
7 Leaf from a Qur’an, 1100s, Iran, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; 32.00 × 21.30 cm (12 9/16 × 8 3/8 inches)......Page 46
8 Arm Reliquary of the Apostles, c.1190, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Germany, gilt-silver, champlevé enamel, oak; 51.00 × 14.00 × 9.20 cm (20 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 inches)......Page 50
9 Virgin and Child, late thirteenth century, Liège (?), wood (oak) with polychromy and gilding; 83.00 × 24.00 × 20.00 cm (32 5/8 × 9 7/16 × 7 13/16 inches)......Page 54
10 Christ and Saint John the Evangelist, early fourteenth century, Germany, Swabia, near Bodensee (Lake Constance), polychromy and gilded oak; 92.71 × 64.45 × 28.84 cm (36 1/2 × 25 5/16 × 11 5/16 inches)......Page 58
11 Master of Rubielos de Mora, The Coronation of the Virgin with the Trinity, c. 1400, Spain, oil on panel; 144.60 × 91.40 cm (56 7/8 × 35 15/16 inches)......Page 62
12 Christ Carrying the Cross (panel from an altarpiece), 1400s, England, Nottingham, painted and gilded alabaster; 47 × 28.3 cm (18 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches)......Page 66
13 Leaf from an Antiphonary, Initial H with the Nativity, c. 1480, south Germany, Augsburg (?), ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leaf 62.50 × 41.00 cm (24 9/16 × 16 1/8 inches)......Page 70
Part II The Sinful and the Spectral......Page 75
14 Adam and Eve, Fragment of a Floor Mosaic, late 400s to early 500s, northern Syria, marble and stone tesserae; 142.90 × 107.30 × 5.72 cm (56 1/4 × 42 3/16 × 2 1/4 inches)......Page 76
15 Curtain Panel with Scenes of Merrymaking, sixth century, Egypt, tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping, undyed linen and dyed wool; 144.20 × 26.70 cm (56 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches)......Page 80
16 Plaque from a Portable Altar Showing the Crucifixion, 1050–1100, Germany, Lower Rhine Valley, walrus ivory; 5.10 × 9.55 cm (2 × 3 3/4 inches)......Page 84
17 Dragon’s Head, 1100–1150, Anglo-Norman
(?), walrus ivory; height 6.40 cm (2 1/2 inches)......Page 88
18 Bowl with Engraved Figures of Vices, 1150–1200, Germany, bronze, spun, hammered, chased, and punched; 6.05 × 28.95 cm (2 3/8 × 11 3/8 inches)......Page 92
19 Engaged Capital with a Lion and a Basilisk, 1175–1200, Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), marble; 30.20 × 33.00 × 29.25 cm (11 7/8 × 12 15/16 × 11 1/2 inches)......Page 96
20 Leaf from a Cocharelli Treatise on the Vices, Acedia and Her Court, c. 1330, Genoa, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet 16.30 × 10.30 cm (6 3/8 × 4 inches)......Page 100
21 Miniature from a Mariegola, The Flagellation, 1359–1360, Venice, workshop of Lorenzo Veneziano, tempera and gold on parchment; sheet 29.50 × 21.00 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/4 inches)......Page 104
22 The Madonna of Humility with the Temptation of Eve, c. 1400, Italy, tempera and gold on wood panel; framed 191.50 × 99.00 × 11.00 cm (75 3/8 × 38 15/16 × 4 5/16 inches)......Page 108
23 Zebo (Zecho) da Firenze, Grotesques from the Hours of Charles the Noble, c. 1404, France, folio 22, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex 20.32 × 15.71 × 6.98 cm (8 × 6 1/8 × 2 11/16 inches)......Page 112
24 Günther Zainer, The Virgin Mary Overcoming a Devil, from Speculum Humanae Salvationis/Spiegel menschlicher Behältnis, c. 1473, Germany, Augsburg, hand-colored woodcut; 7.4 × 12.0 cm (2 15/16 × 4 3/4 inches)......Page 116
25 Demon in Chains, illustrated single page manuscript, c. 1453, style of Muhammad Siyah Qalam (Iran?), opaque watercolor and gold on paper; 25.70 × 34.40 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/2 inches)......Page 120
Part III Daily Life and Its Fictions......Page 125
26 S
-Shaped Fibula, sixth century, Frankish, silver with garnets; 2.20 × 2.80 × 0.80 cm (13/16 × 1 1/16 × 5/16 inches)......Page 126
27 Button, 500s, Byzantium, rock crystal, garnet, granulated gold; diameter: 3.05 cm (1 3/16 inches)......Page 130
28 Solidus with Busts of Constans II and Constantine IV (obverse), 659–661, Byzantium, gold; diameter 1.90 cm (11/16 inches)......Page 134
29 Bifolium Excised from a Carolingian Gradual, c. 830–860, Germany or northeastern France, gold and silver ink on purple parchment; sheet 29.00 × 10.00 cm (11 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches)......Page 138
30 Jug, Buyid period, reign of Samsam al-Dawla,
985–998, Iran or Iraq, gold with repoussé and chased and engraved decoration; overall 12.50 × 10.20 cm (4 7/8 × 4 inches), diameter of base 7.00 cm (2 3/4 inches)......Page 142
31 Lion Aquamanile, 1200–1250, Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, copper alloy, cast, chased, and punched; 26.40 × 29.00 × 15.00 cm (10 3/8 × 11 3/8 × 5 7/8 inches)......Page 146
32 Luster Wall Tile with a Couple, 1266, Iran, Kashan, fritware with luster-painted
 design; 19.50 × 16.00 cm (7 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches)......Page 150
33 Leaf Excised from Henry of Segusio’s Summa Aurea: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1280, France, Paris, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; 44.20 × 27.50 cm (17 3/8 × 10 13/16 inches)......Page 154
34 Albarello with Two Hares, fourteenth century, Spain, Paterna, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); 22.30 × 9.90 cm (8 3/4 × 3 7/8 inches)......Page 158
35 Mirror Case with a Couple Playing Chess, 1325–1350, France, Paris, ivory; diameter 10.20 cm (4 inches)......Page 162
36 Table Fountain, c. 1320–1340, France, Paris, gilt-silver and translucent enamels; 31.10 × 24.10 × 26.00 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 10 3/16 inches)......Page 166
37 Barbute, 1350–1420, Northern Italy, iron; 29.00 × 21.00 × 25.00 cm (11 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 9 13/16 inches), 1.58 kg (3.48 lb.)......Page 170
38 Time, from Chateau de Chaumont Set, 1512–1515, France, Lyon (?), silk and wool, tapestry weave; 321.80 × 452.00 cm (126 11/16 × 177 15/16 inches)......Page 174
Part IV Death and Its Aftermath......Page 179
39 Columbarium Tomb Plaque with the Monogram of Christ, 500–800, Spanish (Visigothic or Byzantine?), terracotta; 32.40 × 20.80 cm (12 3/4 × 8 3/16 inches)......Page 180
40 Single -Edged
Knife (Scramasax), 600s, Frankish, Burgundy (?), iron, copper, and gold foil; 36.90 × 4.10 cm (14 1/2 × 1 9/16 inches)......Page 184
41 Inscribed Tombstone of Shaikh al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn al-
Hasan(d.1110/AH 504), Iran, Yazd, limestone; overall: 65.00 × 42.60 cm (25 9/16 × 16 3/4 inches)......Page 188
42 Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1180, Germany, Lower Saxony (Hildesheim?), gilded copper, champlevé enamel; 9.55 × 20.80 × 0.16 cm (3 3/4 × 8 3/16 × 1/16 inches)......Page 192
43 Leaf from a Psalter, The Crucifixion, c. 1300–1330, Flanders, Liège, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; 9.4 × 7.3 cm (3 11/16 × 2 13/16 inches)......Page 196
44 Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ, c. 1350–1375, Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, ivory; 20.7 × 11.1 cm (8 1/8 × 4 3/8 inches) (each panel)......Page 200
45 Master of Heiligenkreuz, Death of the Virgin, c. 1400, Austria, tempera and oil with gold on panel; 66.00 × 53.30 cm (25 15/16 × 20 15/16 inches)......Page 204
46 Claus de Werve, Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1404–1410, Champmol, Vizille alabaster; 41.1 × 17.6 × 11 cm (16 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 inches)......Page 208
47 Master of Guillebert de Mets and Workshop, The Last Judgment, Leaf from a Book of Hours, 1430s, Flemish, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; 12.60 × 8.50 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/16 inches)......Page 212
48 Initial T from a Choral Book with Isaac and Esau, c. 1460–1470, Northern Italy, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet 18.00 × 16.00 cm (7 1/16 × 6 1/4 inches)......Page 216
49 A Bridal Couple, c. 1470, southern Germany, oil on panel; unframed 62.30 × 36.50 cm (24 1/2 × 14 5/16 inches)......Page 220
50 Hans Holbein, Dance of Death, The Pope, cut c. 1526–1527, Germany, woodcut; trimmed sheet 7.0 × 4.8 cm (2 3/4 × 1 7/8 inches)......Page 224
Illustrations......Page 228
List of Maps......Page 233
References......Page 234
Index......Page 242