Fragment of a Processional Cross
c. 1050
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Fragment of a Processional Cross, c. 1050. Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 11th century. Silver gilt, niello; overall: 32.3 x 44.8 x 5.7 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1970.36 Byzantine processions were a feast for the senses. Imagine the scent of sweet and spicy incense wafting through the air, mingling with the sound of sacred chants as priests carry this cross in a procession during the service.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- silver gilt, niello
- Dimensions
- Overall: 32.3 x 44.8 x 5.7 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1970.36
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Glory of Byzantium, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000–1400, Washington D.C., Dumbarton Oaks: "Byzantine Figural Processional Crosses" September 23, 1994--January 29, 1995, exh. cat. no. 2. pp 68-75, fig. 26.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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