This is a story about a mysterious artist, his glorious art, a failed royal marriage and virtual-reality goggles. And, oh yes, faith preserved 500 years in a wooden ball the size of a peach.
The stars of “Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures” (at the Cloisters until May 21) are 40 of those balls. Their putative function was as the final prayer beads in large rosaries; but in fact they were much more.
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