Fragment with eagles in roundels from the Reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral
1100–50
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment with eagles in roundels from the Reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral, 1100–50. Spain, Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas weave; overall: 36.8 x 40.6 cm (14 1/2 x 16 in.); mount: 47 x 50.8 cm (18 1/2 x 20 in.); framed: 49.5 x 53.3 cm (19 1/2 x 21 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.15
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and gold thread: lampas weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.8 x 40.6 cm (14 1/2 x 16 in.); Mount: 47 x 50.8 cm (18 1/2 x 20 in.); Framed: 49.5 x 53.3 cm (19 1/2 x 21 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscription beneath claws of the large heraldic eagle: "baraka" (Blessing); another inscription on the wings seems to be of pseudo-Gothic letters.
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1952.15
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation), <em>Spanish Medieval Art</em>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, New York, NY (December 15, 1954-January 30, 1955)., <em>The Meeting of Two Worlds: The Crusades and the Mediterranean Context</em>. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (May 9-September 27, 1981)., <em>The Heritage of Islam</em>. Houston, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C. (March 10, 1982-September 5, 1983)., <em>Gallery 216</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July, 1991).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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