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- Title
- Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript with calligraphic text. Font size varies, and in the center of the leaf text wraps around a blank box of parchment with a red dot in the center. To the left of this main text block is a colorful illustration of an enthroned figure in a dotted robe flanked by devotees. Surrounding him are various auspicious symbols.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.247
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- MS leaf: Bifolio from a Missal
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian (Florentine)
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.7
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Pope Sixtus IV (obverse), and the Ponte Sisto (reverse)
- Artist
- Lysippus
- Physical Description
- The front (obverse) of this medal depicts the profile portrait of a man with a tonsure, wearing a cope adorned with acorns and oak leaves and a large clasp. An inscription runs around the border. The reverse represents a bridge spanning a river enclosed within a border of oak leaves. An inscription appears above the balustrade of the bridge.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1471-1484
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1473
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.285
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Tahmina Comes to Rustam, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.46
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Rustam Shoots Asfandiyar, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.62
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Head of a Buddha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.27
- Medium and Support
- sandstone
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)
- Artist
- Neri di Bicci
- Physical Description
- The arms of the cross end in quatrefoil-shaped terminals. The front (obverse) is gilded and features a molding along the edges. The back (reverse) has a deep azurite blue ground and a gilded band punched with tiny rosettes that runs along the border.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1418-1492
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1475
- Accession Number
- 1942.6
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on wood
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- The Cook and his Wife
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer
- Physical Description
- Two figures dominate the image with little reference to setting other than a low horizon line and some pebbles in the lower left. A man stands tothe lelft wearing simple tradesman's clothes; in his right hand he holds a ladle and another cooking implement. A knife in its sheath hangs at his waist. On his left shoulder stands a bird wtih wings open that is facing the man. To the right is a woman with a headdress and veil and cloak wrapped over one shoulder and in front of her.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1496-1497
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.93
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Page of a Missal
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.101
- Medium and Support
- tempera, ink and gold leaf on vellum
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Illuminated Manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1450
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.423
- Medium and Support
- ink and watercolor on vellum
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.99
- Medium and Support
- iron
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Illuminated Chapter Heading from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (Second heading)
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.39D
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Gurgin Fights with Andariman, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.55
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Buzurjmihr Interprets a Dream for Nushirwan, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.71
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Dakini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
- Physical Description
- A bronze image of a dancing figure, cast in the cire perdue (lost wax) technique in one piece with its lotus-petal base.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.157
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Arms of Prince Rudolph II von Scherenberg, Bishop of Würzburg
- Artist
- Master AG
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1475 - 1490)
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1482
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.42
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Leaf from a Book of Hours (Suffrage to St. Barbara)
- Artist
- Anonymous French (Rouen?)
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1480
- Accession Number
- 1992/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Caturvimsati Pata (Shrine of the 24 Jinas)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
- Physical Description
- This shrine depicts a large seated Jina surrounded by 23 other jina figures and a variety of attendants. The Jina figures that adorn the sides and are arranged in tiers above the main figure. The side columns and the whole is surmounted by auspicious pot forms. The main figure sits in the lotus position on a lion throne flanked by a male and female demigod. Along the sides he is flanked by standing cauri bearers, garland bearers above them and riders on elephants above that with an umbrella with a standing figure on it above his head. At the base in the center is a standing figure holding a sick or club with a bull cognizance behind him on the base of the throne. The nine globs on the base, four to his right and five to his left represent the nine planets and his hands folded in a gesture of meditation
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1464
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.120
- Medium and Support
- bronze or brass
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Leaf from a Gradual
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1440
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.88
- Medium and Support
- ink and tempera on parchment
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Siyavush Passes Through the Fire, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.48
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- The Death of Dara, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.64
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Head of a Buddha (Sukhothai style)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th Century
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.53
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- MS leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation
- Artist
- Anonymous Byzantine
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.195.6
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on glazed paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Architectural ceiling boss with two dragons, probably from the Church of St. Andrews at Cullompton
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- Two rampant dragons with open wings, wide flared tails and red-painted eyes stand facing one another with a large plant form held between them.
- Century
- 15th Century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1430
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.46
- Medium and Support
- wood with red polychrome
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Leaf from a Choir Book with Nativity
- Artist
- Anonymous German (Late Gothic)
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.89
- Medium and Support
- ink and tempera on parchment
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Square tile with stylized tulip design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.260
- Medium and Support
- fritware with blue and amber glaze ?
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Roof end tile with molded star-shaped lotus pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- It is decorated with the seedpod of the lotus medallion. The pod contains seven seeds, one seed in the middle surrounded by six peripheral ones(1+6 seed pattern)
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.195
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Iraj Is Slain by His Brothers, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”)
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.41
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Kai Khusrau Slays Afrasiyab and Garsiwaz, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.57
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Mourning Virgin from Crucifixion group
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Spain or Belgium
- Physical Description
- This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1450-1500
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.197
- Medium and Support
- wood, paint and gilding
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
![The Detraction of Good Things [Detractio Bonorum] from Sebastian Brant's "Stultifera navis [The Ship of Fools]" published by Johann Bergmann; Anonymous; Circle of Albrecht Dürer](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.550.1-2/2013_2.550.1-2.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;med=1;resnum=31;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_cent;select1=phrase;q1=15th+century){kind=link}
- Title
- The Detraction of Good Things [Detractio Bonorum] from Sebastian Brant's "Stultifera navis [The Ship of Fools]" published by Johann Bergmann
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Physical Description
- Text on both sides. One side has the image of a man with dogs at his feet. There is also a jester at his feet, kneeling down.
- Century
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.550.1-2
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Bird on a branch
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- A bird (probably a sparrow) perches among peach blossoms, while singing to welcome the spring.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1420 - circa 1435
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.353
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and colors on silk
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Leaf from a Breviary
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.163
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
- Physical Description
- The two-armed figure dances with his right leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm crosses his body and rests above the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. Tassels hang from him hips and under his armpits adding a great sense of movement to the whole figure. Multi-hooded snakes are at the base and also around the bottom of the club. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. He is a pair with 1980/2.291.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.290
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Velvet
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1450-1500
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.292A
- Medium and Support
- velvet
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- The Sea Monster
- Artist
- Wenzel von Olmutz
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1481-1497
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1498
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.184
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Kai Khusrau Crosses the Jihun, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.50
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Sikandar Builds a Barrier Against Yajuj and Majuj, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.66
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Blue-and-white bowl with floral scroll design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.111
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England
- Physical Description
- A standing, bearded figure of St. Christopher, broken off at the knees, holds the Christ child on his right shoulder while leaning upon a staff in his left hand. The child, whose head is encircled by a halo, wears a long cloak over his robe and rests his left hand upon an orb in his lap. The red and brown polychromy is a later addition.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.178
- Medium and Support
- alabaster with polychrome and gilding
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Man of Sorrows
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.167
- Medium and Support
- offset print on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Varahi (?): a boar-headed tantric goddess, with multiple arms bearing skulls, attended by two devotées
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.134
- Medium and Support
- ink with green and pink watercolor (vegetable pigments) on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Khusrau brought before his father Hurmuzd; from the Khamza of Nizami
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Iran, Turkoman Style
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460-1470
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.174
- Medium and Support
- ink, color, and gold on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- The Birth of Rustam, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.43
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Gushtasp Slays the Wolf, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.59
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Leaf from a Bible with decorated initial and vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Armenia
- Physical Description
- This page from a manuscript features two columns of text written in Armenian. An animal-shaped initial, composed of two stylized birds pecking one another, appears in the lower right column. The lower left margin is decorated with a sidebar that elegantly combines geometric and plant motifs. The decorative elements are painted in pink and blue with touches of reddish orange.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.162
- Medium and Support
- ink on glazed paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Leaf from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Anonymous French
- Artist Life Dates
- ()
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.92
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Velvet
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1450-1500
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.292C
- Medium and Support
- velvet
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Ecce Homo (Passion Series)
- Artist
- Martin Schongauer
- Physical Description
- A bearded man, wearing only a crown of thorns, a loincloth, and a long robe, stands stooped and sorrowful at the top of a short flight of steps. A man wearing a pointed cap and holding a scepter in his left hand emerges from the doorway behind him and points toward him with his right hand. A riotous crowd, full of grimacing and leering faces, stands on the steps and ground below. A column and a bundle of switches appear through the window behind the crowned figure. A small snarling dog appears in the foreground next to the steps where the artist's initials "M + S" are inscribed.
- Artist Life Dates
- c. 1430-1491
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1480
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.169
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084
- Title
- Rustam Takes Prisoner the Khan of China, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
- Artist
- Shiraz and Timurid Schools
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1460
- Accession Number
- 1963/1.52
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
- relevance
- rank 4.43084