Return to The Cloisters, part 2

Today I'm following up on my post from last week telling about my visit to The Cloisters in New York last October.  Wandering further into this massive place, we see more fragments accumulated from European churches, castles and monasteries.

 A few steps below the main level is another chapel with beautiful stained glass at one end a collection of artifacts from a variety of European churches inside.

Moving a little further on I came to the Boppard Room where I found a fifthteenth-century alabaster altar piece topped with three busts of female saints.  The exquisite altar and triptych above made this room jaw-dropingly beautiful.

Other works of art nearby are the Annunciation Triptych which came from an area that is now Belgium.  It depicts the angel Gabriel telling Mary she will be the mother of Jesus.

A statue of mother and child stands adjacent.

Another room is filled with display cases with smaller medieval works of art.  Above is a Reliquary Shrine made of gold, silver, enamel and paint.  It came from Paris and was created sometime between 1325 and 1350.

Above is another one of the courtyards surrounded by cloisters that I spoke about in last week's post.

An open window looks out at one of the courtyards.

The Met Cloisters is full of architectural features that I found amazing to see.  And, it's location in north Manhattan at Fort Tryon Park overlooking the Hudson River is the perfect spot to make you forget you are in busy New York City.  In fact, it feels very much like you have been transported to some remote part of Europe.