Manuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary

Manuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary

Girolamo dai Libri

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Active as a painter and an illuminator, Girolamo dai Libri came from a family of illuminators, as his name (Jerome of the Books) suggests. He sometimes collaborated with his father, Francesco. Here, he effectively distinguished between the Easter scene as sacred theater and the letter as a stage set by painting a blue theatrical mask in the middle of the A.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an AntiphonaryManuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an AntiphonaryManuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an AntiphonaryManuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an AntiphonaryManuscript Illumination with the Holy Women at the Tomb in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary

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.