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![]() Not to be only a collection form antiquity, there are also exhibitions from more modern artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec sketches and even a collection of the French opera scores from the 18th century and in the Library a contemporary painting of Martin Luther and his wife. Hunt)Īmong other incredible collections are a great assemblage of Mesopotamian cylinder seals and cuneiform tablets – including Babylonian lapis lazuli cylinders and a ceramic cuneiform tablet of the Babylonian Atrahasis Epic – and of course Etruscan bronze cistae and Roman material as well as Renaissance paintings, sculptures and glazed religious reliefs from the della Robbia Workshop in Florence. ![]() The Morgan Library and Museum New York (Photo P. Eusebius wrote a Life of Constantine that must be the source for the two side panel rondels, especially the dream of Constantine on the bottom left with the angel with the vision of the Cross before battle with Maxentius. ![]() Of course, regarding wood fragments of the Cross, Voltaire famously quipped one could build a wood road from Paris to Berlin with all the reputed relic Cross fragments. Stavelot Triptych alone is worth the visit with its exquisite Mosan metal work and enameled rondels of the lives of Constantine and his mother Helena centered around a relic fragment of the “True Cross” (see above image). But there’s so much more – the gilded 12th c. Carolingian to early Renaissance, but also included rare bejeweled Gospel covers from the Carolingian period all the way to Durer engravings. When I was last there just last November (2021) the main exhibition was on manuscripts of the Morgan Library collection from 9th c. #MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS MORGAN LIBRARY MUSEUM FULL#One needs at least a full day or two to take in just the always memorable exhibitions. Pierpont Morgan was a unique collector who amassed an amazing array of enviable collections. A world-class collection of medieval manuscripts and related medieval relics is certainly known and appreciated, but there’s so much more than peerless medieval manuscripts here. ![]() The Morgan Library and Museum – formerly known as Pierpont Morgan Library – on Madison Avenue has to be one of my favorite visits in New York City. Stavelot Triptych with Cross Relic 12th c. ![]()
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