# The 13th century

Time and place · hang 749 · 18 works

Works made in the 13th century, anywhere in the world.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. ["Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/preparing-medicine-from-honey-from-a-dispersed-manuscript-of-met-451400), 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/preparing-medicine-from-honey-from-a-dispersed-manuscript-of-met-451400?hang=749)
2. [The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-bodhisattva-seishi-from-the-triptych-approach-of-the-ami-aic-86374), Unrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura Period, mid–13th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/the-bodhisattva-seishi-from-the-triptych-approach-of-the-ami-aic-86374?hang=749)
3. [Crucifix with Scenes of the Passion](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/crucifix-with-scenes-of-the-passion-cma-159234), Unrecorded Italian maker, c. 1230–40. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/crucifix-with-scenes-of-the-passion-cma-159234?hang=749)

## First room, south wall

4. [Taima Mandala](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/taima-mandala-met-39669), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 14th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/taima-mandala-met-39669?hang=749)
5. [Two Angels](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-angels-met-436745), North Italian Painter (Verona?), ca. 1330. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/two-angels-met-436745?hang=749)
6. [Orchids](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/orchids-met-40133), Ma Lin, second quarter of the 13th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/orchids-met-40133?hang=749)

## Second room, south wall

7. [Tiger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tiger-cma-135432), Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/tiger-cma-135432?hang=749)
8. [Madonna and Child](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madonna-and-child-met-438754), Duccio di Buoninsegna, ca. 1290–1300. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/madonna-and-child-met-438754?hang=749)
9. [Drake and lotus flowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/drake-and-lotus-flowers-si-fsg-f1919-113), Huang Jucai, 1279-1368. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/drake-and-lotus-flowers-si-fsg-f1919-113?hang=749)
10. [Bamboo in the Wind](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bamboo-in-the-wind-cma-130496), Puming (Xuechuang), 1300s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/bamboo-in-the-wind-cma-130496?hang=749)

## Second room, north wall

11. [Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/opening-folio-of-the-26th-volume-of-the-anonymous-baghdad-qu-met-451015), Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/opening-folio-of-the-26th-volume-of-the-anonymous-baghdad-qu-met-451015?hang=749)
12. [The Flagellation and The Crucifixion, from a Psalter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-flagellation-and-the-crucifixion-from-a-psalter-aic-13230), German, about 1239. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/the-flagellation-and-the-crucifixion-from-a-psalter-aic-13230?hang=749)
13. [Dragon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-cma-135431), Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/dragon-cma-135431?hang=749)
14. [Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nagarjuna-c-150-250-ce-with-a-buddhist-master-cma-152324), Unrecorded Himalayan maker, c. 1300s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/nagarjuna-c-150-250-ce-with-a-buddhist-master-cma-152324?hang=749)

## Third room, north wall

15. [Dragon; Tiger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-tiger-cma-135430), Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/dragon-tiger-cma-135430?hang=749)
16. [Arhat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arhat-cma-149683), Unrecorded Korean maker, 1235. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13/arhat-cma-149683?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by unrecorded makers of Korea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-korea?hang=749&via=continue) (11 works)
- [More Korean painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/korean-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (19 works)
- [The 13th century, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/13?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiVUVhc0NXcDQifQ)