id: 108744
accession number: 1926.429
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.429
updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:07.147000
Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax), c. 500–700. Merovingian, Migration period, 6th-7th Century. Iron, brass, gold foil, gold wire, gemstones; overall: 54.3 x 6.4 cm (21 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.429
title: Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax)
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creation date: c. 500–700
creation date earliest: 500
creation date latest: 700
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Merovingian, Migration period, 6th-7th Century
technique: iron, brass, gold foil, gold wire, gemstones
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Migration Period
type: Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 54.3 x 6.4 cm (21 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Baltimore, Balitimore Museum of Art: "Early CHristian and Byzantine Art" April 24--June 24, 1947.', 'opening_date': '1947-06-24T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 88
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n30
Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 164-167; Reproduced: p. 165
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