COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.28.99.1
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
During the 1100s and 1200s, knights from western Europe trying to establish a Christian kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital built fortified settlements in the Holy Land. Established by French Crusaders in the 1100s, Castle Montfort was purchased in the 1220s by the Teutonic Knights, a German crusading order who rebuilt and renamed it Castle Starkenberg. This keystone was probably carved during the restoration. After the castle fell in 1272 to Baybars, the Mamluk sultan of Egypt, the surviving knights retired to Acre (now cAkko, Israel), the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land. In 1926 the Museum participated in the excavation of the ruined castle.
Creator Nationality:
European; Western European; Christian
Creator Name-CRT:
Crusader
Title:
Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
ca. 1220?1230
Creation Start Date:
1220
Creation End Date:
1230
Materials and Techniques:
Limestone
Creation Place:
From Castle Montfort/Starkenberg
Dimensions:
19 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (48.9 x 67.3 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
28.99.1
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence H. Mackay, Archer M. Huntington, Stephen H . P. Pell and Bashford Dean, 1928
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_28.99.1.tif
