Handbook of the Pierpont Morgan Wing Cover

Handbook of the Pierpont Morgan Wing

Breck, Joseph and Meyric Rogers

1925

418 pages

153 illustrations

This title is out of print.

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Description

Table of contents

About the authors

Written in 1925, this handbook discusses the objects exhibited in the galleries of the Pierpont Morgan Wing. Historic photographs of the galleries provide insight into the history of this part of the museum, and a series of general chapters discuss the development of the arts and periods represented in the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection with a consideration of political, social, and economic contexts.

Met Art in Publication

Belt Buckle, Iron, silver inlay, Frankish or Burgundian — Belt Buckle
7th century

Châtelaine-Plaque Buckle, Bronze, Gallo-Roman — Châtelaine-Plaque Buckle
ca. 50 BCE–ca. 500 CE

Mount for Spear Shaft, Silver-gilt, niello, Late Roman — Mount for Spear Shaft
ca. 400

Mount for Spear-Shaft, Silver-gilt, niello, Late Roman — Mount for Spear-Shaft
ca. 400

Mount for Spear Shaft, Silver-gilt, niello, Late Roman — Mount for Spear Shaft
ca. 400

Belt Buckle, Silver-gilt, niello, Late Roman — Belt Buckle
ca. 400

Belt adornment with an eagle and its prey, Gold, turquoise inlay, Parthian or Kushan — Belt adornment with an eagle and its prey
ca.1st–2nd century CE

Brooch, Copper alloy, Celtic — Brooch
ca. 600 BCE

Disk Brooch, Gold sheet with copper alloy backing, and inlays of garnet, glass and calcite, Frankish — Disk Brooch
late 7th century

Glass goblet with snake-thread decoration, Glass, Roman — Glass goblet with snake-thread decoration
3rd century CE

Panel of a Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian, Ivory, Byzantine — Panel of a Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian
521

Panel of a Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian, Ivory, Byzantine — Panel of a Diptych Announcing the Consulship of Justinian
521

Icon with the Koimesis, Ivory, Byzantine — Icon with the Koimesis
late 900s

Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church, Ivory, Carolingian — Plaque with the Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church
ca. 800–825

Virgin and Child in Majesty, Walnut with paint, tin relief on a lead white ground, and linen, French — Virgin and Child in Majesty
ca. 1175–1200

Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist, Champlevé and cloisonné enamel, copper alloy, gilt, German — Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist
ca. 1175–1200

Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere, Ivory, traces of gilding, Spanish — Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere
ca. 1115–20

Gold Belt Mount with Loop, Gold, Avar — Gold Belt Mount with Loop
700s

Silver Bucket, Silver, Byzantine — Silver Bucket
600s

Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria, Gold, Avar or Byzantine — Goblet with Personifications of Cyprus, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria
700s

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