id:			145192
accession number:	1970.36
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.36
updated:		2023-12-07 16:04:54.342000

Fragment of a Processional Cross, c. 1050. Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 11th century. Silver gilt, niello; overall: 32.3 x 44.8 x 5.7 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1970.36

title:				Fragment of a Processional Cross
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creation date:			c. 1050
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1100
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 11th century
technique:	silver gilt, niello
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 32.3 x 44.8 x 5.7 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Glory of Byzantium
	opening date:   1997-03-03T00:00:00
	<i>The Glory of Byzantium</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3-July 6, 1997).

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. 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).

	title:		Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000–1400
	opening date:   2016-09-19T00:00:00
	<i>Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000–1400</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Washington D.C., Dumbarton Oaks: "Byzantine Figural Processional Crosses" September 23, 1994--January 29, 1995, exh. cat. no. 2. pp 68-75, fig. 26.

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CITATIONS

	Evans, Helen C., and William D. Wixom. <em>The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 60-61; Reproduced: p. 61
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 80-81, no. 22
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	Boehm, Barbara Drake and Melanie Hocomb, eds. <em>Jerusalem, 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven</em>. NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	89
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