The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

With Saint John the Forerunner, a deacon saint (probably Saint Stephen), a bishop saint, and crosses Inscribed in Greek: Of Saint John of the village of Atarothis The figure carrying a Gospel book and swinging a censer to cense and honor the text is probably Saint Stephen. One of the first seven deacons of the Christian church and its first martyr (Acts of the Apostles 6 and 7), he was a popular saint throughout the Christian world in this period.

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