id: 127719
accession number: 1950.381
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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
title: Paten (Dedicated to Saint Sergius) from the Beth Misona Treasure
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creation date: c. 500
creation date earliest: 500
creation date latest: 700
current location: 105 Byzantine
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: early Byzantium, Constantinople or Syria, Byzantine period, 6th-7th Century
technique: silver
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Metalwork
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CREATORS
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measurements: Diameter: 32.2 x 3.5 cm (12 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
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inscription: the Greek inscription surrounding the cross in the center translates as: + Having vowed, DOMNOS, son of ZACHEOS, has offered (this paten) to St. Sergois of the village of Beth Misona.
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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: 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery: "Silver from Early Byzantium" 1986, cat. no. 60, p. 230.', 'opening_date': '1986-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'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'}
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PROVENANCE
Jacques O. Matossian; (Paul Mallon, New York).
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RELATED WORKS
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relationship:
id: 127717
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William. "The Cleveland Byzantine Silver Treasure." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 38, no. 6 (June 1951): 142-145.
page number: Reproduced: p. 134; Mentioned: p. 143
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141721
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” July 9, 1951, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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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. 55
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. 39
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n59
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
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