id: 96243
accession number: 1916.1953
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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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series:
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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
copyright:
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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
Armor Court Reinstallation. 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
The Book of Kings: Art, War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. 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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footnotes:
citations:
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.
digital description:
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
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
page number: cat. #527
url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page number: Mentioned: p. 233, J7
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n329
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page number: cat. no. 74, p. 166.
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Louis, William Noel, and Daniel H. Weiss. The Book of Kings: Art, War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, 2002.
page number: pp. 84, 188, fig. 1, cat. no. 30
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: cat. no. 79, p. 186
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IMAGES
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print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1953/1916.1953_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1953/1916.1953_full.tif