Manuscript Leaf with a Funeral Procession in an Initial R, from a Gradual

Manuscript Leaf with a Funeral Procession in an Initial R, from a Gradual

Mariano del Buono

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This illumination offers a glimpse of life and death among wealthy citizens of Florence. The funeral procession is a lavish affair, with the deceased resting on a bier covered with expensive silk and the mourners attired in brightly colored costumes.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manuscript Leaf with a Funeral Procession in an Initial R, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with a Funeral Procession in an Initial R, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with a Funeral Procession in an Initial R, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with a Funeral Procession in an Initial R, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with a Funeral Procession in an Initial R, from a Gradual

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.