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accession number: 1952.152
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Lampas with griffins in roundels, from the Reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral, 1100-50. Spain, Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas and plain-weave variant; overall: 52.7 x 63.5 cm (20 3/4 x 25 in.); mounted: 61 x 71.1 cm (24 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.152
title: Lampas with griffins in roundels, from the Reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral
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creation date: 1100-50
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1150
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Spain, Almeria
technique: Silk and gold thread: lampas and plain-weave variant
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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measurements: Overall: 52.7 x 63.5 cm (20 3/4 x 25 in.); Mounted: 61 x 71.1 cm (24 x 28 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Art: The International Language
opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
title: Islamic art rotation
opening date: 2013-12-16T05:00:00
Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).
title: Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2019-10-29T04:00:00
Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2019-October 25, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Spanish Medieval Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, New York, NY (December 15, 1954-January 30, 1955).
* Gallery 216. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July, 1991).
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PROVENANCE
the silk fragment was found c. 1948 in the Cathedral of Siguenza, Spain, in the reliquary of Saint Librada (1st c.) , whose relics were restored to the Cathedral in the 12th century; it is said to have been brought there from Almeria in 1147 by Alphonse VII
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(Paul O. Berliz, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1952
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1952-
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Mirrored griffins with gold heads dominate these roundels, as they turn their heads unnaturally to stare at each other across their wing tips. The pairs of dragons in the framing border, however, have lost their artistic impact since the green silk thread has disintegrated into brown specks.
Luxury silks woven in Islamic Spain were worn by Christian kings throughout Europe. Their patterns also influenced designs in Jewish synagogues and were the standard aesthetic of the elaborately decorated walls in the Muslim Alhambra palace in Granada. This silk is from the reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral, northeast of Madrid.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
New York University. Spanish Medieval Art. Loan Exhibition in Honor of Dr. Walter W.S. Cook. 1954.
page number: p. 22, no. 70
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Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Two Hispano-Islamic Silks in Diasper Weave." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 42, no. 1 (1955): 6-10.
page number: p. 6-10
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25142005.
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Dated Hispano-Islamic Silk." Ars Orientalis 2 (1957): 373-82.
page number: pl. 10, fig. B
url: www.jstor.org/stable/4629043.
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. 121
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n35
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. 178-179, fig. 5.9; Mentioned: P. 180, 215
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Orlando, Anna, and Guido Rossi. Il re denaro: le monete raccontano Genova fra arte, lusso e parsimonia. Genova : Sagep editori, 2021.
page number: Mentioned: P. 250-251; Reproduced: P. 251, fig. 4
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