id:			96243
accession number:	1916.1953
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1953
updated:		2023-08-23 18:11:16.845000

Pricked Spur, 1200s. Spain, 13th century. Steel; overall: 19 x 8.4 cm (7 1/2 x 3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1953

title:				Pricked Spur
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Spain, 13th century
technique:	steel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 19 x 8.4 cm (7 1/2 x 3 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

	title:		The Book of Kings:  Art, War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible
	opening date:   2002-10-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Book of Kings:  Art, War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible</i>. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 27-December 29, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thill; Vienna
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	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
Before they were made of metal, the earliest spurs were probably thorns that were attached to the back of the heel.

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wall description:
The spur was an essential part of the knight's equipment. Fastened to his heels by means of straps and buckles, it was used to prod a horse into action. This example represents the oldest type recorded, the "pricked" spur, so-called because its neck terminated in a spike. The pricked spur was replaced during the Middle Ages by the "rowel" spur, with a rotating spiked wheel.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. #527
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 233, J7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n329

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 74, p. 166.
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	Louis, William Noel, and Daniel H. Weiss. <em>The Book of Kings: Art, War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible</em>. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2002.
	page number: 	pp. 84, 188, fig. 1, cat. no. 30
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 79, p. 186
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