id:			147023
accession number:	1972.52
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.52
updated:		2020-11-04 21:14:14.778000

Pilgrim's Medallion with Saint Symeon the Younger, c. 1100. Byzantium, Syria, Byzantine period, early 12th Century. Lead; diameter: 5.7 x 0.4 cm (2 1/4 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1972.52

title:				Pilgrim's Medallion with Saint Symeon the Younger
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creation date:			c. 1100
creation date earliest:		1095
creation date latest:		1105
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Syria, Byzantine period, early 12th Century
technique:	lead
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 5.7 x 0.4 cm (2 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1991-04-02T04:00:00
	<i>Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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Saint Symeon the Younger was a stylite saint, an early Christian ascetic who fled the world for the desert and, perched on a column, spent his days fasting and praying. The site of Symeon’s column attracted many pilgrims during and after his lifetime. Medallions like this one, showing Symeon atop his column, were taken home by pilgrims in commemoration of their visit and were believed to serve their owners as protective talismans.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Verdier, Philippe. "A Medallion of Saint Symeon the Younger." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 1 (1980): 17-26.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 17; Mentioned: p. 17-26
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159656

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IMAGES

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