Monstrance with the "Paten of Saint Bernward"
c. 1180–1190
Saint Oswald Reliquary Workshop
Saint Oswald Reliquary Workshop (German)
Medieval Art
Monstrance with the "Paten of Saint Bernward", c. 1180–1190. Saint Oswald Reliquary Workshop (German). Silver, gilded silver, niello, rock crystal; overall: 34.5 x 15.9 x 14 cm (13 9/16 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); part 1: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); part 2: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund with additional gift from Mrs. R. Henry Norweb 1930.505
- Maker/Artist
- Saint Oswald Reliquary Workshop
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- silver, gilded silver, niello, rock crystal
- Dimensions
- Overall: 34.5 x 15.9 x 14 cm (13 9/16 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Part 1: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Part 2: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: located in monstrance: two slivers of the True Cross surrounded by parchment with the inscription: DE SIGILLO DOMINI. Paten inscribed: +EST.CORPVS.IN.SE.PANIS.QVI.FRANGITVR.IN.ME:VIVET.IN ETERNVM. QVI.BENE.SVMIT.EVM. (outer rim); +HVC.SPECTATE. VIRI.SIC.VOS MORIENDO.REDEMI.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1930.505
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund with additional gift from Mrs. R. Henry Norweb
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Die Zeit der Staufer: Geschichte, Kunst, Kultur (The Staufer Period: History, Art, Culture), Bernward von Hildesheim und das Zeitalter der Ottonen, All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, Stuttgart, Würtemburgisches Landesmuseum, Zeit der Staufer I; March-August 1977, no. 577., Hildesheim, Germany, Diözesanmuseum Hildesheim: Bernward von Hildesheim und das Zeitaltar der Ottonen, August 15-November 28, 1993, no. IX-28, p. 630-32, color repr. p. 631., Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art", CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe" cat no. 44
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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