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Fragment of an Animal Relief

Metropolitan Museum of Art

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300

Date: ca. 1150

Geography: Made in possibly Umbria, Italy

Culture: Italian

Medium: Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara)

Dimensions: Overall: 13 1/8 x 11 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (33.3 x 30.2 x 21.6 cm) weight: 67lb. (30.4kg)

Classification: Sculpture-Stone

Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Four Evangelists

Metropolitan Museum of Art

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

Date: 1000–1100

Geography: Made in Cologne, Germany

Culture: Ottonian

Medium: Tempera, ink, and metal leaf on parchment; leather, leather binding with ivory

Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (36.2 x 26.7 cm)

Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations

Baptismal Font

Metropolitan Museum of Art

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: 1137

Geography: Made in probably Sicily, Calabria, Southern Italy

Culture: South Italian

Medium: Marble (Pentelic marble)

Dimensions: Overall: 26 3/4 x 24 7/16 in. (68 x 62 cm) rim thickness: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Stone

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Panel with a Griffin

Metropolitan Museum of Art

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

Date: 1250–1300

Geography: Made in Greece or the Balkans (possibly)

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Marble

Dimensions: Overall: 23 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 2 9/16 in. (59.7 x 52.1 x 6.5 cm) weight: 91lb. (41.3kg)

Classification: Sculpture-Stone

Triptych with the Mandylion

Metropolitan Museum of Art

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

Maker: The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow (Russian, Moscow, recorded from 1511–about 1715)

Artist: Russian Painter , early 17th century

Date: 1637

Culture: Russian, Moscow

Medium: Silver, partly gilt, niello, enamel, sapphires, rubies, spinels, pearls, leather, silk velvet, oil paint, gesso, linen, mica, pig-skin, woods: Tilia cordata (basswood or linden), white oak

Dimensions:  Overall (open, confirmed): 27 × 35 3/4 × 5 in. (68.6 × 90.8 × 12.7 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Silver In Combination, Paintings

Christ Bearing the Cross

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

Artist: Nicolaos Tzafouris (Greek, ca. 1455–1500/1501)

Medium: Oil and tempera on wood, gold ground

Dimensions:  27 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (69.2 x 54.6 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Cross

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

The intricately carved cross was used when the clergy blessed the faithful. Its handle inserts into the ten-sided base. The four tiers of the base depict forty-eight scenes from the Hebrew Bible, which Christian theologians regarded as prefiguring events in the life of Christ. On the cross are the related scenes from Christ's life. The intricate carvings are typical of later Byzantine works.

Artist: Attributed to George Laskaris (Giorgios Laskaris)

Date: 1550–1600

Geography: Made in Constantinople

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Boxwood

Dimensions:  Overall: 16 7/8 x 4 x 3 1/16 in. (42.9 x 10.2 x 7.7 cm) base only: 8 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 1/16 in. (21.7 x 8.8 x 7.7 cm) cross only with shaft: 12 13/16 x 4 x 1 in. (32.5 x 10.2 x 2.6 cm) cross without shaft: 8 1/8 x 4 x 1 in. (20.6 x 10.2 x 2.6 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Wood

Medallions from an Icon Frame

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

These nine medallions are from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel Gabriel. The medallions may have been sent as a gift from the Byzantine court to the neighboring Christian state of Georgia. The three medallions across the top form a Deesis, with Christ between the Virgin and Saint John the Forerunner (the Baptist). Below is the hierarchy of the Church: apostles (Saints Peter and Paul), evangelists (Saints Matthew and Luke), theologians (Saint John the Theologian), and, across the base, military saints (Saint George).

Date: ca. 1100

Geography: Made in Constantinople

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Gold, silver, and enamel worked in cloisonné

Dimensions:  Diam: 3 1/4in. (8.3cm) Mount: 20 1/2 x 15 x 7/8 in. (52.1 x 38.1 x 2.2 cm)

Classification: Enamels-Cloisonné

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polytich: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

Date: early 15th century

Geography: Made in Crete ?

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Tempera and gold on wood

Dimensions:  Overall ((a) St John and Prochoros on Patmos): 10 1/16 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 in. (25.5 × 18.8 × 0.9 cm) Overall ((b) Baptism): 10 5/16 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 in. (26.2 × 18.7 × 0.9 cm) Overall ((c) Anastasis): 10 5/16 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 in. (26.2 × 18.4 × 0.9 cm) Overall ((d) St. Nicholas): 10 13/16 × 7 3/8 × 5/16 in. (27.4 × 18.8 × 0.8 cm)

Classification: Paintings-Icons

Jaharis Byzantine Lectionary

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

Date: ca. 1100

Geography: Made in Constantinople

Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; leather binding

Dimensions:  Overall: 14 1/2 x 11 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. (36.8 x 29.6 x 12.4 cm) folio: 13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. (35 x 26.2 cm)

Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations

Tusk Fragment with Christ Enthroned

Metropolitan Museum of Art

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 302

Date: 810-1010

Geography: Attributed to Egypt

Medium: Ivory; carved

Dimensions:  H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) W. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) D. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) Max. Th. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)

Classification: Ivories and Bone

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Harness Decoration

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Celtic or Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: 100–300

Culture: Celtic or Roman

Medium: Copper alloy

Dimensions:  Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in. (6.6 x 6.9 x 1 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Bronze

Knife with a Hand Holding an Orb

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Late Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: probably 3rd century

Culture: Late Roman

Medium: Copper alloy handle, steel blade

Dimensions:  Overall: 5 1/4 x 7/16 x 1/2 in. (13.4 x 1.1 x 1.2 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy

Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Hanging Lamp in the Form of a Sandaled Right Foot

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: 5th century

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Copper alloy

Dimensions:  Overall: 5 1/16 x 6 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (12.9 x 16.8 x 5.7 cm); chain length: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy

Standing Lamp with Running Dogs

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: 5th–6th century

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Copper alloy, cast

Dimensions:  Overall: 8 7/16 x 5 5/16 x 10 1/16 in. (21.4 x 13.5 x 25.6 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy

Hanging Lamp with a Griffin’s Head

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: 4th–6th century

Culture: Byzantine

Medium: Copper alloy

Dimensions:  Overall: 6 1/2 x 9 3/16 x 3 1/16 in. (16.5 x 23.3 x 7.7 cm) Chain length: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy

Glass Drinking Horn

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Langobardic (?)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: 575–625

Geography: Made in Italy (North)

Culture: Langobardic (?)

Medium: Glass

Dimensions:  8 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (21 x 7 cm); Other (Ht. ): 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

Classification: Glass-Vessels