Footed Cup with Falconer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this freely drawn design a man holds two lures used in the training of falcons; below them two birds appear. Contemporary travelers' accounts describe large hunting parties living for months in tents in the countryside. Laws regulating the ownership of birds of prey further attest to the popularity of hawking on medieval Cyprus.

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