Roundel with a Personification of the Moon

Roundel with a Personification of the Moon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This plaque is one of the earliest known examples of the cloisonné-enamel technique in the West. The moon (luna) is symbolically represented here as a female sky goddess riding in a chariot and holding torches. The plaque originally would have been accompanied by another, with an image of the sun, both probably framing a large crucifix.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roundel with a Personification of the MoonRoundel with a Personification of the MoonRoundel with a Personification of the MoonRoundel with a Personification of the MoonRoundel with a Personification of the Moon

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.