Drinking Bowl

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The term "mazer" derives from a German word meaning "burled" or "grained" and is generally applied to any lathe-turned root or hardwood object. The inscription on the lip of this drinking bowl reads: "Reason bade that I should write, think much, and speak little."

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.

Metropolitan Museum of Art