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.)

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Gospel Books were carried in procession through Byzantine churches.

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

clevelandart.org/art/1942.152.55.a

William Trost Richards

American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1833–1905 Newport, Rhode Island

Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

medium: Graphite and white gouache on buff-colored wove paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1970.9.28 1970

Purchase, Charles and Anita Blatt Gift, 1970

www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11889

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The proportions and balance of this pistol, including the "fishtail" butt curving around the hand, are visually pleasing and also make this 3 lb. 5.3 oz. gun easier to handle. The relative crudeness of the manufacture, including the inlaid decoration taken from a pattern book, indicates that the pistol was made for a cavalryman as opposed to an aristocratic officer. There are two marks stamped on the pistol: the maker's mark, which, although found on other guns, has not been identified; and the control mark on the barrel, indicating that it has been inspected for quality in Nuremberg.

L: 22 7/16 in. (57 cm)

medium: steel or iron, wood (walnut), bone or antler and engraved mother-of-pearl inlay; parts replaced

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/2093

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The figure on the kozuka is a standing Buddha. The wheel behind his head, in place of the usual aureole, probably symbolizes the wheel of the law. This might be Amida Buddha. This is part of a mounted set.

Japanese

H: 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)

medium: shibuichi, gold, copper, steel

culture: Japanese

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

art.thewalters.org/detail/10784

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