Monasticism

Chalice (one of a group of fifteen objects), 6th–7th century; Early Byzantine North Syrian; Made in Attarouthi Silver, silver-gilt; Max H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm) to 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm), Max Diam. 5 2/3 in. (14.3 cm) to 9 1/8 in. (20.6 cm) Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Henry J. and Drue E. Heinz Foundation, Norbert Schimmel and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1986 (1986.3.1) www.metmuseum.org

Present in both Islamic and European cultures. These are complex institutions that served a variety of individual and societal needs. In the West monasteries preserved literacy, the learning of the classical past and fostered the arts associated with manuscripts.

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