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Lectern for the Reading of the Gospels with the Eagle of Saint John the Evangelist, ca. 1301, with later additions; Gothic Giovanni Pisano (Italian, ca. 1240–1319) Italian; Made in Tuscany Carrera marble with addition of Pentelic marble; 27 3/4 x 24 3/16 x 16 in. (70.5 x 61.5 x 40.6 cm) Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.70.28) www.metmuseum.org

Art and material culture helped focused thoughts on spiritual matters. They prompted prayer and meditation. As such, art objects were an avenue to the divine.

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