Gold Leaf

Gold leaf that belonged to great grandmother French. This is enclosed in an envelope which has Jas. Carruthers and Co. Grain Exporters, New York as a return address, n.d.

Bronze stamping leaf.

Prepared by Morris S. Kantrowitz and Frederick R. Blaylock.

Choirboy haunted by painful memories

IT was in the magnificent Manchester Cathedral that Eli Ward's pure soprano attracted the attention of the new dean, the Reverend Robert Waddington. When Waddington called for volunteers to help him polish the gold leaf on the altar railings, several choirboys came forward. Among them was Eli, a working-class 11-year-old from a council estate, who loved singing in the choir and was happy to help...

Rûz-nâme : manuscript, [ca. 1845]

Calendar scroll for years 1263-1348/1846-1930 for city of Samakov, Bulgaria. Numerous tables based on various calculations. Hijri and Rumi years, with months, prayer hours, related elements.

Tiraz Fragment

Textile, Islamic, Abbasid; 1 ft. 10 63/64 in.x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; cotton, ink, and gold; plain weave, resist-dyed (ikat), painted Inscription: black ink and gold leaf; painted

Lamentation, fol. 149v, from Belle Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg Brothers; 9 3/8 in.x 6 11/16 in.; tempera and gold leaf on vellum

The Duc on a Journey, fol. 168r, from Belle Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg Brothers; 9 3/8 in.x 5 ft. 6 59/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on vellum

Venus Shooting an Arrow Through an Opening of the Tower: detail, from Le Roman de la Rose

Manuscript, French, 15C; tempera, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard

The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul

Bernardo Daddi; 3 ft. 11 7/8 in.x 3 ft. 8 31/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul: detail of the Virgin Mary

Bernardo Daddi; tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone; 1 ft. 5 3/4 in. x 1 ft. 5 1/4 in.; one of a series of six panels, tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George; 1 ft. 5 63/64 in. x 11 47/64 in.; one of a series of paitings, tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Lamentation

Master of the Codex of Saint George; 1 ft. 5 63/64 in. x 11 47/64 in.; one of a series of paintings, tempera and gold leaf on panel

Saint John on Patmos, The Virgin and Child Enthroned, and the Death of the Virgin, left wing of a diptych

Pacino di Bonaguida; 2 ft. 3/8 in. x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Crucifixion, right wing of a diptych

Pacino di Bonaguida; 2 ft. 3/8 in. x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on panel