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
- Part III Daily Life and Its Fictions
- Part IV Death and Its Aftermath
- 39 Columbarium Tomb Plaque with the Monogram of Christ, 500–800, Spanish (Visigothic or Byzantine?), terracotta; 32.40 × 20.80 cm (12 3/4 × 8 3/16 inches)
- 40 Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax), 600s, Frankish, Burgundy (?), iron, copper, and gold foil; 36.90 × 4.10 cm (14 1/2 × 1 9/16 inches)
- 41 Inscribed Tombstone of Shaikh al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn al-Hasan (d.1110/AH 504), Iran, Yazd, limestone; overall: 65.00 × 42.60 cm (25 9/16 × 16 3/4 inches)
- 42 Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1180, Germany, Lower Saxony (Hildesheim?), gilded copper, champlevé enamel; 9.55 × 20.80 × 0.16 cm (3 3/4 × 8 3/16 × 1/16 inches)
- 43 Leaf from a Psalter, The Crucifixion, c. 1300–1330, Flanders, Liège, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; 9.4 × 7.3 cm (3 11/16 × 2 13/16 inches)
- 44 Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ, c. 1350–1375, Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, ivory; 20.7 × 11.1 cm (8 1/8 × 4 3/8 inches) (each panel)
- 45 Master of Heiligenkreuz, Death of the Virgin, c. 1400, Austria, tempera and oil with gold on panel; 66.00 × 53.30 cm (25 15/16 × 20 15/16 inches)
- 46 Claus de Werve, Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1404–1410, Champmol, Vizille alabaster; 41.1 × 17.6 × 11 cm (16 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 inches)
- 47 Master of Guillebert de Mets and Workshop, The Last Judgment, Leaf from a Book of Hours, 1430s, Flemish, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; 12.60 × 8.50 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/16 inches)
- 48 Initial T from a Choral Book with Isaac and Esau, c. 1460–1470, Northern Italy, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet 18.00 × 16.00 cm (7 1/16 × 6 1/4 inches)
- 49 A Bridal Couple, c. 1470, southern Germany, oil on panel; unframed 62.30 × 36.50 cm (24 1/2 × 14 5/16 inches)
- 50 Hans Holbein, Dance of Death, The Pope, cut c. 1526–1527, Germany, woodcut; trimmed sheet 7.0 × 4.8 cm (2 3/4 × 1 7/8 inches)
- Illustrations
- List of Maps
- References
- Index
42 - Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1180, Germany, Lower Saxony (Hildesheim?), gilded copper, champlevé enamel; 9.55 × 20.80 × 0.16 cm (3 3/4 × 8 3/16 × 1/16 inches)
from Part IV - Death and Its Aftermath
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
- Part III Daily Life and Its Fictions
- Part IV Death and Its Aftermath
- 39 Columbarium Tomb Plaque with the Monogram of Christ, 500–800, Spanish (Visigothic or Byzantine?), terracotta; 32.40 × 20.80 cm (12 3/4 × 8 3/16 inches)
- 40 Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax), 600s, Frankish, Burgundy (?), iron, copper, and gold foil; 36.90 × 4.10 cm (14 1/2 × 1 9/16 inches)
- 41 Inscribed Tombstone of Shaikh al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn al-Hasan (d.1110/AH 504), Iran, Yazd, limestone; overall: 65.00 × 42.60 cm (25 9/16 × 16 3/4 inches)
- 42 Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1180, Germany, Lower Saxony (Hildesheim?), gilded copper, champlevé enamel; 9.55 × 20.80 × 0.16 cm (3 3/4 × 8 3/16 × 1/16 inches)
- 43 Leaf from a Psalter, The Crucifixion, c. 1300–1330, Flanders, Liège, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; 9.4 × 7.3 cm (3 11/16 × 2 13/16 inches)
- 44 Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ, c. 1350–1375, Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, ivory; 20.7 × 11.1 cm (8 1/8 × 4 3/8 inches) (each panel)
- 45 Master of Heiligenkreuz, Death of the Virgin, c. 1400, Austria, tempera and oil with gold on panel; 66.00 × 53.30 cm (25 15/16 × 20 15/16 inches)
- 46 Claus de Werve, Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1404–1410, Champmol, Vizille alabaster; 41.1 × 17.6 × 11 cm (16 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 inches)
- 47 Master of Guillebert de Mets and Workshop, The Last Judgment, Leaf from a Book of Hours, 1430s, Flemish, ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; 12.60 × 8.50 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/16 inches)
- 48 Initial T from a Choral Book with Isaac and Esau, c. 1460–1470, Northern Italy, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet 18.00 × 16.00 cm (7 1/16 × 6 1/4 inches)
- 49 A Bridal Couple, c. 1470, southern Germany, oil on panel; unframed 62.30 × 36.50 cm (24 1/2 × 14 5/16 inches)
- 50 Hans Holbein, Dance of Death, The Pope, cut c. 1526–1527, Germany, woodcut; trimmed sheet 7.0 × 4.8 cm (2 3/4 × 1 7/8 inches)
- Illustrations
- List of Maps
- References
- Index
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- The Middle Ages in 50 Objects , pp. 172 - 175Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018