Mold for a Eulogia (Blessing) Bread
600s-900s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Mold for a Eulogia (Blessing) Bread, 600s-900s. Byzantium, Palestine, Byzantine period, 7th-10th century. Wood; diameter: 8.8 x 1.9 cm (3 7/16 x 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Thirty-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon 1951.152 Medieval Christian pilgrims often traveled months or years to religious sites in the Holy Land and returned home with blessed mementos of their journey, such as vials of holy water, relics from saints, and even special loaves of bread. This mold was used to mark bread with an image of the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem; the bread was then distributed to pilgrims.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- wood
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 8.8 x 1.9 cm (3 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1951.152
- Credit Line
- Thirty-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon
- Exhibitions
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>The Arts of Christian Antiquity</em>, University Art Gallery Notre Dame, Indiana (October 1-31, 1957)., <em>Architectural Style in Miniature</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 1-November 30, 1959)., <em>Exhibition of Orthodox Religious Art</em>, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI (April-May, 1960)., <em>Late Antique and Early Christian Art</em>, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (1977-1978).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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