New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art makes an ideal location for “Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven” – an exhibition about coexistence and how important a metropolis can be (until 8 January).

The show is a rare gathering of art from the three Abrahamic faiths. Of these, Islamic art has been getting most of the attention lately, just as Christian art slides into irrelevance. Judaic art has never really been visible outside the less-visited corners of museum basements. The Met has tried to give equal prominence to all, as well as pulling out plenty of surprises. These include a fifteenth-century northern Italian Torah, accompanied by the same figures that might appear in a Christian book of hours, probably by the same artists. It is a veritable Merrie Olde Italie with codpieces and jousting knights.