id: 129264
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
* {'description': 'Spanish Medieval Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, New York, NY (December 15, 1954-January 30, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1954-12-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Gallery 216. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July, 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-07-01T00:00:00'}
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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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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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