id:			99442
accession number:	1919.1015
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.1015
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:28.579000

Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax), 600s. Frankish, Burgundy (?), Migration period, 7th century. Iron, copper, and gold foil; overall: 36.9 x 4.1 cm (14 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1919.1015

title:				Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax)
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creation date:			600s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		699
current location:		106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Frankish, Burgundy (?), Migration period, 7th century
technique:	iron, copper, and gold foil
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Migration Period
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 36.9 x 4.1 cm (14 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Paul Mallon, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
	date: ?-1919
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1919-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 37
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	Effros, Bonnie, "Art of the 'Dark Ages:' Showing Merovingian artifacts in North American public and private collections." <em>Journal of the History of Collections</em> vol. 17 no. I (2005).
	page number: 	85-113, fig. 17
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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: 	p. 47
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