Senhor Branca e Vermelha

vida, des quando vos non vi:

mais, pois vós queredes assi,

por Deus, senhor ben talhada,

querede-vos de mim doer

ou ar leixade-mir morrer.

Vós sodes tan poderosa

de min que meu mal e meu ben

en vós é todo; [e] por en,

por Deus, mha senhor fremosa,

querede-vos de mim doer

ou ar leixade-mir morrer.

Eu vivo por vós tal vida

que nunca estes olhos meus

dormen, mnha senhor; e, por Deus,

que vos fez de ben comprida,

querede-vos de mim doer

ou ar leixade-mir morrer.

Ca, senhor, todo m é prazer

Gold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald Plasma, 6th–7th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Medieval Art

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Size: Overall: 16 ¾ x 13/16 x 7/16 in. (42.5 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm) Wt: 64g Medium: Gold, pearls, emerald plasma

Pilgrim’s Medallion with Saint Symeon the Younger, c. 1100, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval Art

Saint Symeon the Younger was a stylite saint, an early Christian ascetic who fled the world for the desert and, perched on a column, spent his days fasting and praying. The site of Symeon’s column attracted many pilgrims during and after his lifetime. Medallions like this one, showing Symeon atop his column, were taken home by pilgrims in commemoration of their visit and were believed to serve their owners as protective talismans. Size: Diameter: 5.7 x 0.4 cm (2 ¼ x 3/16 in.) Medium: lead

Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

armor: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926; helmet and left gauntlet: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938; mail brayette: Gift of Prince Albrecht Radziwill, 1927; mail sleeves: Rogers Fund, 1927 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Steel, leather

Wall Tile, Persian, late 13th to early 14th century, Saint Louis Art Museum: Islamic Art