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Middle Ages in fifty objects |
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Cover; Reviews; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Conventions; Introduction; Part I The Holy and the Faithful; 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); 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); 3 Pilgrim's Flask with Saint Menas, sixth-seventh century, Egypt, terracotta; 10.00 6.40 cm (3 7/8 2 1/2 inches). |
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4 Calyx (Chalice), 900s-1000s, Byzantium, Middle Byzantine, blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt-copper mounts h: 7.70 cm (3 inches); 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); 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); 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). |
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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); 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); 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). |
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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); 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); 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); Part II The Sinful and the Spectral. |
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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); 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); 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); 17 Dragon's Head, 1100-1150, Anglo-Norman walrus ivory. |
| Abstract |
The array of images included in this volume reveals the full and rich history of the Middle Ages. Exploring material objects from the European, Byzantine and Islamic worlds, the book casts a new light on the cultures that formed them, each culture illuminated by its treasures. The objects are divided among four topics: the holy and the faithful; the sinful and the spectral; daily life and its fictions, and death and its aftermath. Each section is organized chronologically, and every object is accompanied by a penetrating essay that focuses on its visual and cultural significance within the wider context in which the object was made and used. Spot maps add yet another way to visualize and consider the significance of the objects and the history that they reveal. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 10, 2018). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 1107150388 9781107150386 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Trivia and miscellanea. |
| ISBN | 9781316577189 |
| ISBN | 131657718X |
| ISBN | 9781108340816 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1108340814 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# |
40028319755 |
