Medieval Echoes
On a warm summer day we went north, well past the usual routes, to The Met Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. It is the quieter branch of The Met, and a long way in spirit from Fifth Avenue: cool stone, arcaded walks and gardens that belong to medieval Europe more than to Manhattan.
The photographs here, some in colour and some in black and white, were taken over that afternoon.
The collection runs to more than 5,000 works from the medieval period, among them the Unicorn Tapestries, illuminated manuscripts and carved figures of great stillness.
The gardens are laid out after medieval practice, planted with the herbs, shrubs and flowers once grown for the kitchen and for medicine. From their walls the view opens onto the Hudson and the Palisades, and the city falls away.
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PHOTOS A. SAKAE
