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Silver finger-ringers were gifted or worn by both Omani men and women in a <em>Zār</em> ceremony to ward off evil.
Oman
silver
Diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
Each of the four gospels in this book opens on a page with brilliantly illuminated borders depicting the author of the text as well as birds-principally peacocks, symbols of the immortality of the soul-and fountains, representing the fountain of life and the salvation of the soul. This volume consists of 428 leaves with texts in Greek. Its level of sophistication suggests that it was probably written and decorated in a monastery in Constantinople.
Byzantium, Constantinople
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding
Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
Did you know...
Gospel Books were carried in procession through Byzantine churches.
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
This amulet is the head of a jackal. He holds a whip and crook, and is kneeling with snakes before his knees. He has the tail of a bird.
Egyptian
H: 2 7/16 x W: 7/8 x D: 2 1/16 in. (6.2 x 2.27 x 5.3 cm)
medium: bronze cast
culture: Egyptian
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
H. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
medium: Porcelain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 14.40.501a, b 1914
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913