#aquamanile

[arthistoryanimalia]

Elephant Aquamanile

Syria, 12th or early 13th c. CE

laqabi ware: moulded stonepaste, covered w/ slightly opacified white glaze, w/ turquoise & cobalt-blue in-glaze staining

29.5 x 20.5 x 13 cm

Khalili Collections POT 1285

[artschoolglasses]

Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon, North German, 1200

From the Met Museum

[artifacts-archive]

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion

German, ca. 1400

This elaborate water vessel was intended for handwashing. A specialty of metalworkers in German-speaking lands for centuries—from the twelfth to the fifteenth—they are called aquamanilia, from the Latin words for water (aqua) and hand (manus).

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion.

Artist/Culture: German or Netherlandish

Date: late 13th or early 14th century

Period: Late Medieval

Medium: Brass

▪︎This unusual example bears a Hebrew inscription on one side that reads: (On the side and rear hip of the lion): ברוך אתה ה אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וצוונו על נטילת ידים ; [Translation] Blessed be God, King of the Universe, who blessed us and instructed us to wash our hands (Baruch ata adonai alokhenu meleh Ha-olam asher Ridshanu bemitsvotsar vetsivanu al netilas yadayim).

[jstor]

These 13th- and 14th-century aquamanilia from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection on JSTOR (which includes nearly half a million open access images for everyone) are really something else. Our favorite is the one of Aristotle and Phyllis. Sure, the story behind it is as sexist as you may expect, but we prefer to interpret it as the triumph of woman over insufferable mansplainer.

[polymorphousculturevulture]

Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis, Bronze, Quaternary copper alloy, South Netherlands, 14th – 15h century.

source: nobrashfestivity

[worldhistoryfacts]

An aquamanile in the form of a lion, Germany, ca. 1400. What’s an aquamanile, you ask? It’s a jug-like thing, often in the shape of an animal or human, used for pouring water over your hands to wash them. These were used at fancy medieval meals and by priests at mass.

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[philoursmars]

Il y a une petite quinzaine, je suis allé avec Julien et Katie, au Louvre-Lens pour une expo temporaire : “Animaux Fantastiques”. Une très belle expo ! Ici des licornes :

monument pour Renée d'Orléans Longueville, licorne tenant ses armoiries - église des Célestins, Paris, 1515

aquamanile en laiton, licorne - Nuremberg, 1420

André Thévet - "Cosmographie Universelle'" le "camphruch", sorte de licorne amphibie censée vivre en Indonésie - Paris, 1575

dent de narval + bronze et soie - 1600

Maître S.K. - "Orphée jouant du violon devant les animaux"- 1583

Ehrard Reuwich, illustration pour le livre de Bernhard von Breydenbach - ''Pèlerinage en Terre Sainte'' - Mayence, 1502

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