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Wall crucifix at The Cloisters, New York City.
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Garden at The Cloisters, New York City.
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at The Cloisters, New York City.
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Gardens at The Cloisters, New York City.
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Wall installation at The Cloisters, New York City.
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Father Louis - Tomb Slab of a Monk. France, 14th century. Inscription: Hic Iacet Venerand Pater Lvdovics" (Here lies venerable Father Louis). In The Cloisters, New York City.
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Wall installation at The Cloisters, New York City.
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The Cloisters, New York City.
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The Cloisters, New York: "Polyptych with the Nativity" - Brabant, Brussels, mid-15th century. Said to have come from a nunnery in Segovia, Spain.
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The Cloisters, New York: "Reliquary Arm" in Silver and silver gilt with gems. From Valley of the Meuse, Belgium, circa 1230. "This container for the precious remains of a saint adopts the form of the relics it once held - fragments of a saint's arm."
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The Cloisters, New York: "Polyptych with the Nativity" - Brabant, Brussels, mid-15th century. Said to have come from a nunnery in Segovia, Spain.
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The Cloisters, New York.
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The Cloisters, New York: Trie Cloister, from France, late 12th or early 13th century. "Created for the Caremelite convent at Trie-sur-Baise in teh Pyranees. Garden is planted with medieval species."
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The Cloisters; blank spot on wall bears label, "Adoration of the Shepherds," with a sticky-note attached saying, "Temporarily Removed."
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Beamed ceiling in Gothic Hall, The Cloisters, NYC
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The Cloisters, NYC.
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The Cloisters, Alexander the Great in "The Nine Heroes Tapestries, for Charles VI king of France. Among the earliest medieval tapestries to survive."
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The Cloisters, warrior detail from Alexander the Great tapestry in "The Nine Heroes Tapestries, for Charles VI king of France. Among the earliest medieval tapestries to survive."
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The Cloisters, "Doorway of Volcanic stone, France, Auvergne, early 16th century. From the House of the Unicorns at Montferrand, near Clermont-Ferrand."
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The Cloisters, "Mourning Virgin," from Tyrol, Austria, 13th Century
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The Cloisters, New York.
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The Cloisters, King Arthur from "The Nine Heroes Tapestries, for Charles VI king of France. Among the earliest medieval tapestries to survive."
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The Cloisters, "The Nine Heroes Tapestries, for Charles VI king of France. Among the earliest medieval tapestries to survive."
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The Cloisters, Julius Caesar in "The Nine Heroes Tapestries, for Charles VI king of France. Among the earliest medieval tapestries to survive."
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The Cloisters, circa 1400 "The Nine Heroes Tapestries, for Charles VI king of France. Among the earliest medieval tapestries to survive."
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The Cloisters, Joshua and David from "The Nine Heroes Tapestries, for Charles VI king of France. Among the earliest medieval tapestries to survive."
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The Cloisters, "The Unicorn Tapestries. Probably designed in Paris and woven in Brussels about 1500 for an unknown patron."
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The Cloisters, "The Unicorn Tapestries. Probably designed in Paris and woven in Brussels about 1500 for an unknown patron."
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The Cloisters, "The Unicorn Tapestries. Probably designed in Paris and woven in Brussels about 1500 for an unknown patron."
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The Cloisters, detail from one of "The Unicorn Tapestries. Probably designed in Paris and woven in Brussels about 1500 for an unknown patron."
