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accession number: 1951.92
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Samite fragments with double-headed eagles, from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo, 1200–1243. Probably Byzantium. Samite: silk; overall: 118 x 165 cm (46 7/16 x 64 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.92
title: Samite fragments with double-headed eagles, from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo
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creation date: 1200–1243
creation date earliest: 1200
creation date latest: 1243
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: probably Byzantium
technique: samite: silk
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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measurements: Overall: 118 x 165 cm (46 7/16 x 64 15/16 in.)
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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: East-West in Art
opening date: 1966-06-22T04:00:00
East-West in Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN.
title: Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
opening date: 1991-11-26T05:00:00
Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Spanish Medieval Art. The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (December 15, 1954-January 30, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1954-12-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'East-West in Art, Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 22-October 15, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-06-22T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
originally from tomb of St. Bernard Calvo, Bishop of Vich, 1233-1243. (Paul O. Berliz, New York).
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "The Third Silk from the Tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 1 (1952): 13-14.
page number: p. 13-14
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141758.
New York University. Spanish Medieval Art. Loan Exhibition in Honor of Dr. Walter W.S. Cook. 1954.
page number: p. 21, no. 66
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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. 118
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n35
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. 218
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n242
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. 218
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n242
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. 275
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n295
Ettinghausen, Richard, Oleg Grabar, and Sheila Blair. The art and architecture of Islam, 650-1250. 1987.
page number: p. 162, fig. 141
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 177, fig. 5.8; Mentioned: P. 177, 180
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