Artifacts - Bronze - Italy Relief on bronze from Lorenzo Ghiberti`s (1378-1455) first Baptistery Gate at Florence. Between 1403 and 1424.

Artifacts - Metal - Germany Gothic Censer (a container in which incense is burned ) St. Mauritius at Munster in Westphalia, North of the Rhine. 13th century The Gothic style succeeded the Romanesque period. It reached its highest achievements in Northe

Artifacts - Wood/Metal - Germany Reliquary of Oak with Gilt Reliefs in Lead. (1300-1350) A reliquary was used to store blessed relics - pieces of a deceased holy person`s body or belongings - for purposes of reverence.

Artifacts - Silver/Gold - Germany Chalice (a wine cup used in the communion service) from the Convent of St. Paul in Carinthia. 14th century The significance of the rite in the Christian religion has its origins in the epistles of St. Paul to the Corinth

Artifacts - Relief - Italy From Lorenzo Ghiberti`s (1378-1455) second bronze Baptistery Gate at Florence. Finished 1447. The artist was born in the year of the Great Schism that saw two Popes (one in Rome, the other in Avignon France) contest the rule o

Artifacts - Gold - Germany Seal of the Emperor Maximilian I. who became Holy Roman Emperor in 1486. Maximillian married Bianca Maria Sforza and thus joined with the great Sforza dynasty of Italy He died in the same year as Leonardo Da Vinci and Lucretia

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy The Annunciation. Relief by Donatello (1386-1466) in Santa Croce, the church of the Fransiscan order at Florence and the finest example of Italian Gothic architectural style. The sculptor is generally agreed to be one of th

Artifacts - Relief - Italy The Creation of Eve. From Lorenzo Ghiberti`s (1378-1455) second, bronze Baptistery Gate at Florence. The artist was born in the year of the Great Schism that saw two Popes (one in Rome, the other in Avignon France) contest the

Artifacts - Furniture - Germany. A Gothic chair of the 15th century