id: 112318
accession number: 1930.740
share license status: CC0
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updated: 2020-11-04 19:47:01.873000
The So-called Horn of Saint Blaise, 1100-1200. South Italy or Sicily, 12th century. Ivory; overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1930.740
title: The So-called Horn of Saint Blaise
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creation date: 1100-1200
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1200
current location: 106C Medieval Treasury
creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: South Italy or Sicily, 12th century
technique: ivory
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Romanesque
type: Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 12, 1936).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Treasury, Cathedral of St. Blaise, Brunswick; House of Brunswick-Lüneburg; (Goldschmidt Galleries, New York).
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This oliphant--a carved elephant tusk in the shape of a hunting horn--was likely carved in an Arab ivory workshop in South Italy or Sicily. It is masterfully shaped, with a series of six carved bands, the outer ring depicting scenes from a hunt. The earliest surviving inventory of the church of Saint Blaise from 1482-85 lists an oliphant decorated with silver rings and precious stones and known as the "Horn of Saint Blaise." By the 17th century, Saint Blaise was reputed to have used this very horn to summon the faithful to worship.
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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. 76
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n28
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 47
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n71
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 47
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n69
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 57
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n77
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