id: 127716 accession number: 1950.378 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.378 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:15.945000 Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure, c. 500–700. Early Byzantium, Constantinople or Syria, Byzantine period, 6th-7th Century. Silver; overall: 17 x 14.2 cm (6 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.378 title: Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 500–700 creation date earliest: 500 creation date latest: 700 current location: 105 Byzantine creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: early Byzantium, Constantinople or Syria, Byzantine period, 6th-7th Century technique: silver department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Byzantine type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17 x 14.2 cm (6 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: the Greek inscription at the top, under an engraved line translates as: + The priest, KYRIAKOS, son of DOMNOS, (gave this chalice) to St. Sergios, in the time of Zeno the priest. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00 35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951). title: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection opening date: 1994-11-23T05:00:00 All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995). title: Antioch: The Lost Ancient City opening date: 2000-10-07T00:00:00 Antioch: The Lost Ancient City. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (organizer) (October 7, 2000-February 4, 2001); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 25-June 3, 2001); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (August 30-December 30, 2001). title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery: "Silver from Early Byzantium" 1986, cat. no. 57, p. 228', 'opening_date': '1986-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 5, 1977-March, 1, 1978.', 'opening_date': '1977-10-05T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Worcester Art Museum (10/7/00-2/4/01); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/18/01-6/3/01);', 'opening_date': '2000-10-07T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'The Baltimore Museum of Art (9/16/01-12/30/01); "Antioch: The Lost Ancient City", exh. cat. no. 98, p. 211; color repr. p. 211.', 'opening_date': '2001-09-16T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Jacques O. Matossian; Paul Mallon, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS id: 127718 Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure, c. 500-700. Early Byzantium, Constantinople or Syria, Byzantine period, 6th-7th Century. Silver; overall: 17 x 14.7 cm (6 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.380 relationship: id: 127717 Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure, c. 500-700. Early Byzantium, Constantinople or Syria, Byzantine period, 6th-7th Century. Silver; overall: 17.1 x 14.9 cm (6 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.379 relationship: id: 127719 Paten (Dedicated to Saint Sergius) from the Beth Misona Treasure, c. 500. Early Byzantium, Constantinople or Syria, Byzantine period, 6th-7th Century. Silver; diameter: 32.2 x 3.5 cm (12 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.381 relationship: --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” July 9, 1951, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0024 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. 51 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n24 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. 38 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n62 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. 38 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n60 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. 38 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n58 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 52-53, no. 9 url: Leader-Newby, Ruth. "Early Christian Silver: Sacred and Domestic." In The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art. Robin Margaret Jensen and Mark D. Ellison, editors. Abingdon Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. page number: Reproduced: p. 244, fig. 15.2 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.378/1950.378_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.378/1950.378_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.378/1950.378_full.tif