Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a Gradual

Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a Gradual

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Peter Martyr was killed outdoors by heretics after delivering an Easter sermon denouncing them. To represent his feast, however, this artist relied on the formula that had already been widely adopted for Saint Thomas Becket, murdered by knights of Henry II inside Canterbury Cathedral.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a GradualManuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, 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.