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Camel. Monastery of San Baudelio de Berlanga, Spain, first half of the twelfth century; fresco transferred to canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1961, 61.219. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471906.
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Panel with Byzantine ivory carving of the Crucifixion. Constantinople, tenth century (ivory); Jaca, Spain, late eleventh century (setting); silver-gilt with pseudo-filigree, glass, crystal, and sapphire cabochons, ivory on wood support; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917,17.190.134. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464015.
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Detail of Plate 2. Sapphire engraved with four of the ninety-nine "Beautiful Names" of God; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 17.190.134. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464015.
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Circular box (pyxis) with the Miracle of Christ's Multiplication of the Loaves. Box, North Africa, sixth century; Lid, Sicily or Spain (?), medieval period; ivory with paint. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1970,17.190.34. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464317.
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Octagonal Box. Spain, late twelfth or early thirteenth century; ivory or bone with various woods; polychromy; gilt-copper alloy mounts. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1950, 50.86. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468354.
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Illuminated frames of Hebrew Bible in Gothic style, fols. 7v-8r; Spain, 1300-1350 (before 1366); ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; modern leather binding. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection. 2018, 2018.59. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/773026.
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Horseshoe arches with micrographic strands around text of Hebrew Bible, fols. 463v-464r; Spain, 1300-1350 (before 1366); ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; modern leather binding. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 2018, 2018.59. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/773026.
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Elements from a Necklace. Spain, fifteenth or sixteenth century; gold, cloisonné enamel. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, 17.190.161a-j. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/ search/464044.
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Detail of Plate 8. Cylindrical beads of necklace with gold wires embedded in enamel evoking "Allah" in Arabic script; Spain, fifteenth or sixteenth century; gold, cloisonné enamel. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, 17.190.161a-j. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464044.
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Embroidered hood of a cope made for Alfonso de Cartagena with his coat of arms; Spain, ca. 1438; silk, metallic thread. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1953, 53.22a, b. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468428.
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Sculpture of the Miracle of the Palm Tree on the Flight to Egypt. Spain, ca. 1490-1510; Walnut, gesso, paint, and gilding. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Roger's Fund, 38.Q184. Public Domain Open Access, License CCO. www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467648.
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Titlepage of volume 1 of La corónica, Fall 1972. Courtesy of La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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