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Softcover. Condizione: Good. Disbound. Original paper front cover is present. Very small "Keep" & date ink stamp on the front cover.

Softcover. Mauve paper wraps with grey cross and black lettering. 96 pp. plus 19 bw plates. Catalogue from the December 6, 1935 (private view) opening of the new Gallery of Medieval Art at the Brooklyn Museum. The main essay is by Louise Chase, Assistant Curator of Medieval Art, and the foreword is by Marvin Chauncey Ross, Advistory Curator. The catalogue lists the 225 items of the collection. The collection of medieval art, comprising Byzantine art and art of western Europe, includes sculpture, painting, mosaic, illuminated manuscript books, coins, jewelry, tapestries and other woven textiles, pottery, wrought iron, arms and armor. It represents over a thousand years of history, from the founding of Constantinople in 330 A.D. to the discovery of America. Some objects of later date are included to indicate the persistent influence of the medieval tradition. NF internally. Covers are faded at two edges, tearing at front spine, and chipped on three free edges. Ownership blind stamp of Sheldon and Caroline Keck, both art conservators and the museum and founders of the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.