id: 151044
accession number: 1982.73
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Hanging with Christian Images, 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period. Plain weave (tabby) with inwoven tapestry weave; dyed wool, undyed linen; overall: 110.5 x 76.8 cm (43 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.); mounted: 120.9 x 87 x 3.9 cm (47 5/8 x 34 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1982.73
title: Hanging with Christian Images
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creation date: 500s
creation date earliest: 500
creation date latest: 599
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Egypt, Byzantine period
technique: plain weave (tabby) with inwoven tapestry weave; dyed wool, undyed linen
department: Textiles
collection: T - Coptic
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 110.5 x 76.8 cm (43 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.); Mounted: 120.9 x 87 x 3.9 cm (47 5/8 x 34 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
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inscription: inscribed below the ankh cross: IXOYC.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1982
opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
title: Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
opening date: 2002-10-16T04:00:00
Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008).
title: Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
opening date: 2012-05-23T04:00:00
Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 23, 2012-May 2, 2013).
title: Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
opening date: 2018-05-15T04:00:00
Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 15, 2018-May 13, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Jean-Loup Despras, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
date: -1982
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1982-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (1983)
page number: no. 75, p. 53, illus. p. 25
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799
Klein, Holger A. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 68-69, no. 17
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Williams, Elizabeth Dospěl. "Sacred Imagery." In Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt, 63-68. Washington: The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, 2019.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 65-66, fig. 13
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Sörries, Reiner. Der frühchristliche Kirchenraum: Ikonographie - Ausstattung - Liturgie. 2020.
page number: Mentioned: p. 128; reproduced: Tafel 54, Abb. 80b
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Sánchez Galera, José María, and Gregorio Luri Medrano. La edad de las nueces: los niños en el Imperio Romano. Madrid : Ediciones Encuentro S.A., 2021.
page number: Reproduced: p. 316, fig. 41
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Achi, Andrea Myers, et al. Africa and Byzantium. New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 200-201, fig. 75
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