Exhibition · 415 works
Symbols & Ornament
Motifs that repeat until decoration becomes a language of its own.
A border is never merely a border. It marks a threshold, organizes attention, protects a centre, and teaches the eye what should return. Pattern lets an idea travel farther than a single image.
This room gathers fragments, textiles, vessels, and printed ornaments without pretending their symbols mean the same thing. Look for rhythm first. Meaning begins where resemblance ends.
415Total works337Cleveland47The Met31SMK
On the walls
The hanging.
Twenty-four representative works balanced across source institutions. Search the full exhibition by title, maker, material, object number, or keyword.
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Prayer book with case (mahdar)
Madonna med barnet
Life of the Virgin: Joachim and the Angel
Tusk with Figurative Relief
Paven tronende mellem en engel og ærkeenglen Mikael, der har nedstyrtet en tyrker
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Passion of Jesus Christ: The Descent into Limbo
Ornamental fillet with the crucifixion and the virgin and child
Christ Crowned with Thorns
The Passion: The Agony in the Garden
Revelation of St. John: Angel with the Key of the Bottomless Pit
![Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation](/art/cma_106349_Initial_M%5Bissus_est%5D_Excised_from_an_Antiphonary_The_Annunciation.webp)
Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
The Large Passion: The Crucifixion
