Medieval Church Treasures from Hildesheim Coming to NYC's Metropolitan Museum

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB

Crosier of Abbot Erkanbald. German (Hildesheim), ca. 997 or before 1011.
Silver with gilding, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.3 cm). Dom-Museum Hildesheim (DS 7)

NEW YORK---Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art presents "Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim" beginning September 17. The exhibition of works from Germany’s Hildesheim Cathedral in Lower Saxony has one of the most complete surviving ensembles of ecclesiastical furnishings and treasures in Europe, including many medieval masterpieces made between about 1000 and 1250. The cathedral was designated a UNESCO world cultural heritage site in 1985.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: "Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim" (September 17, 2013 – January 5, 2014), 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York City, metmuseum.org