id:			112879
accession number:	1931.462.c
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.c
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:19.930000

Reliquary bag with lions, late 1100s-1300s. Spain, probably Almeria. Cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread; average: 8 x 36.9 cm (3 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.c

title:				Reliquary bag with lions
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creation date:			late 1100s-1300s
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Spain, probably Almeria
technique:	cloth d’areste, weft-faced lozenge twill variant: silk and gold thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Average: 8 x 36.9 cm (3 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
	opening date:   2010-10-17T00:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Treasury of Cathedral of St. Blasius, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany; (Goldschmidt Galleries, New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 95
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n31

	May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. <em>Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 19, p. 24
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	Bagnoli, Martina. <em>Treasures of heaven: saints, relics, and devotion in medieval Europe</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2010.
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	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 185, fig. 5.15; Mentioned: P. 184
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IMAGES

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