id:			147078
accession number:	1972.94
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Enkolpion with the Crucifixion (front) and Saints Theodore and George (back), 1080–1120. Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period. Silver gilt and cloisoné enamel; overall: 5.1 x 4.1 cm (2 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.94

title:				Enkolpion with the Crucifixion (front) and Saints Theodore and George (back)
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creation date:			1080–1120
creation date earliest:		1080
creation date latest:		1120
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period
technique:	silver gilt and cloisoné enamel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 5.1 x 4.1 cm (2 x 1 5/8 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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	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

	Safani Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (1973).
	page number: 	p.108, cat. no. 83, repr. p. 68
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 43
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n63

	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: 	cat. no. 111, p. 164
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	Pitarakis, Brigitte. <em>A silver enkolpion from Palaiologan Constantinople in context</em>. Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 2010.
	page number: 	p. 294, fig 2a-b
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