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
- 26 S-Shaped Fibula, sixth century, Frankish, silver with garnets; 2.20 × 2.80 × 0.80 cm (13/16 × 1 1/16 × 5/16 inches)
- 27 Button, 500s, Byzantium, rock crystal, garnet, granulated gold; diameter: 3.05 cm (1 3/16 inches)
- 28 Solidus with Busts of Constans II and Constantine IV (obverse), 659–661, Byzantium, gold; diameter 1.90 cm (11/16 inches)
- 29 Bifolium Excised from a Carolingian Gradual, c. 830–860, Germany or northeastern France, gold and silver ink on purple parchment; sheet 29.00 × 10.00 cm (11 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches)
- 30 Jug, Buyid period, reign of Samsam al-Dawla, 985–998, Iran or Iraq, gold with repoussé and chased and engraved decoration; overall 12.50 × 10.20 cm (4 7/8 × 4 inches), diameter of base 7.00 cm (2 3/4 inches)
- 31 Lion Aquamanile, 1200–1250, Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, copper alloy, cast, chased, and punched; 26.40 × 29.00 × 15.00 cm (10 3/8 × 11 3/8 × 5 7/8 inches)
- 32 Luster Wall Tile with a Couple, 1266, Iran, Kashan, fritware with luster-painted design; 19.50 × 16.00 cm (7 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches)
- 33 Leaf Excised from Henry of Segusio’s Summa Aurea: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1280, France, Paris, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; 44.20 × 27.50 cm (17 3/8 × 10 13/16 inches)
- 34 Albarello with Two Hares, fourteenth century, Spain, Paterna, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); 22.30 × 9.90 cm (8 3/4 × 3 7/8 inches)
- 35 Mirror Case with a Couple Playing Chess, 1325–1350, France, Paris, ivory; diameter 10.20 cm (4 inches)
- 36 Table Fountain, c. 1320–1340, France, Paris, gilt-silver and translucent enamels; 31.10 × 24.10 × 26.00 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 10 3/16 inches)
- 37 Barbute, 1350–1420, Northern Italy, iron; 29.00 × 21.00 × 25.00 cm (11 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 9 13/16 inches), 1.58 kg (3.48 lb.)
- 38 Time, from Chateau de Chaumont Set, 1512–1515, France, Lyon (?), silk and wool, tapestry weave; 321.80 × 452.00 cm (126 11/16 × 177 15/16 inches)
- Part IV Death and Its Aftermath
- Illustrations
- List of Maps
- References
- Index
27 - Button, 500s, Byzantium, rock crystal, garnet, granulated gold; diameter: 3.05 cm (1 3/16 inches)
from Part III - Daily Life and Its Fictions
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
- 26 S-Shaped Fibula, sixth century, Frankish, silver with garnets; 2.20 × 2.80 × 0.80 cm (13/16 × 1 1/16 × 5/16 inches)
- 27 Button, 500s, Byzantium, rock crystal, garnet, granulated gold; diameter: 3.05 cm (1 3/16 inches)
- 28 Solidus with Busts of Constans II and Constantine IV (obverse), 659–661, Byzantium, gold; diameter 1.90 cm (11/16 inches)
- 29 Bifolium Excised from a Carolingian Gradual, c. 830–860, Germany or northeastern France, gold and silver ink on purple parchment; sheet 29.00 × 10.00 cm (11 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches)
- 30 Jug, Buyid period, reign of Samsam al-Dawla, 985–998, Iran or Iraq, gold with repoussé and chased and engraved decoration; overall 12.50 × 10.20 cm (4 7/8 × 4 inches), diameter of base 7.00 cm (2 3/4 inches)
- 31 Lion Aquamanile, 1200–1250, Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, copper alloy, cast, chased, and punched; 26.40 × 29.00 × 15.00 cm (10 3/8 × 11 3/8 × 5 7/8 inches)
- 32 Luster Wall Tile with a Couple, 1266, Iran, Kashan, fritware with luster-painted design; 19.50 × 16.00 cm (7 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches)
- 33 Leaf Excised from Henry of Segusio’s Summa Aurea: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1280, France, Paris, ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; 44.20 × 27.50 cm (17 3/8 × 10 13/16 inches)
- 34 Albarello with Two Hares, fourteenth century, Spain, Paterna, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); 22.30 × 9.90 cm (8 3/4 × 3 7/8 inches)
- 35 Mirror Case with a Couple Playing Chess, 1325–1350, France, Paris, ivory; diameter 10.20 cm (4 inches)
- 36 Table Fountain, c. 1320–1340, France, Paris, gilt-silver and translucent enamels; 31.10 × 24.10 × 26.00 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 10 3/16 inches)
- 37 Barbute, 1350–1420, Northern Italy, iron; 29.00 × 21.00 × 25.00 cm (11 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 9 13/16 inches), 1.58 kg (3.48 lb.)
- 38 Time, from Chateau de Chaumont Set, 1512–1515, France, Lyon (?), silk and wool, tapestry weave; 321.80 × 452.00 cm (126 11/16 × 177 15/16 inches)
- Part IV Death and Its Aftermath
- Illustrations
- List of Maps
- References
- Index
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- The Middle Ages in 50 Objects , pp. 110 - 113Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018