Chalice

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The slender proportions and small bowl of this chalice are typical of work of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The Annunciation and Crucifixion appear in the enameled roundels on the base, along with the coat of arms of an unidentified owner. By the 14th century silver was generally marked to identify the place of manufacture, largely to guarantee that it was sufficiently pure. The hallmark of the city of Barcelona appears here on the rim of the base and between the coat of arms and the Annunciation.

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