Book contents
- Reviews
- The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
- The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The Holy and the Faithful
- Part II The Sinful and the Spectral
- 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; height 6.40 cm (2 1/2 inches)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Part III Daily Life and Its Fictions
- Part IV Death and Its Aftermath
- Illustrations
- List of Maps
- References
- Index
17 - Dragon’s Head, 1100–1150, Anglo-Norman (?), walrus ivory; height 6.40 cm (2 1/2 inches)
from Part II - The Sinful and the Spectral
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2018
Book contents
- Reviews
- The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
- The Middle Ages in 50 Objects
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The Holy and the Faithful
- Part II The Sinful and the Spectral
- 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; height 6.40 cm (2 1/2 inches)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Part III Daily Life and Its Fictions
- Part IV Death and Its Aftermath
- Illustrations
- List of Maps
- References
- Index
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- The Middle Ages in 50 Objects , pp. 68 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018