quodque siccis oculis dicere non possumus

Cumdach of the Stowe Missal (Ireland, 1025-1052) Wood, brass, silver gilt, glass cabochons;

The Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters has in its collection a curious early 20th-century reproduction of the 11th-century Cumdach of the Stowe Missal. A cumdach, or book shrine, is an Irish form of reliquary case made for books associated with important religious figures. Only five early examples of cumdachs exist.

A Memento Mori Skeleton, France, 1566

An unusual Georgian-era pendant with imagery associated with mourning, however the images are composed entirely of micro-calligraphy text recalling the dates of death, and biblical verses. Extremely rare. Images on both sides. The case is gold filled.

Pendants uncovered near Kent, Anglo-Saxon England, 7th century

crowd of the damned

Pamplona Bible, Navarre 1197

Fragment ( France ), gold and silk embroidery, 14th century.

THE SILVER GOSPELS transcribed by Ghazar (1488)

Ink and pigments on thick paper folios with rounded outer edges bound between wooden boards lined with coarse blue linen covered in brown goatskin and overlaid with silver plaques

The Gospel manuscript was written in 937 of the Armenian era (1488 CE) in the province of Ekeeac by the priest Azar at the monastery of St. Auxentius. Rebound in the Armenian year 1161 (1712 CE).

Held by The Walters Art Museum.