Pyx
c. 1170–1180
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Pyx, c. 1170–1180. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, enamels: 12th century; wood core: 19th century. Gilded copper, champlevé and cloisonné enamel, wood core (modern); overall: 5.4 x 21.3 x 9.3 cm (2 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and the Fanny Tewksbury King Collection by exchange 1949.431
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Enamel
- Formatted Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé and cloisonné enamel, wood core (modern)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.4 x 21.3 x 9.3 cm (2 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: + H[A]EC DATA P[ER] IVSTV[M] […]AT IN CRVCE VICTIMA CHR[ISTV]M Translation: These offerings made by the just [signify?] Christ as the sacrificial victim on the cross. Remark: Right Inscription: + HOC ARIES P(RE)FERT Q[VO]D […] D[EV]S HOSTIA P[ER]FERT Translation: The ram prefigures what god … endures as a sacrificial victim. Remark: Left
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1949.431
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and the Fanny Tewksbury King Collection by exchange
- Exhibitions
- Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Dom-Museum Hildesheim, Germany; August 15-December 16, 2001. "Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim," exh. cat. no. 4.34, p. 181.<br>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"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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