id: 151367 accession number: 1983.208 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.208 updated: 2020-11-04 21:23:44.784000 Double-Arm Reliquary Cross, c. 1100-1200. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Gothic period, 12th century. Gold; overall: 10.5 x 5.3 x 1.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in.); former: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.208 title: Double-Arm Reliquary Cross title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1100-1200 creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1200 current location: 106C Medieval Treasury creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Gothic period, 12th century technique: gold department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Gothic type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10.5 x 5.3 x 1.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in.); Former: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: inscribed on center front: ECE: LIGNUM: VIVI: CRUCIS: FICE; at base: SUDARIUM DEI; at each end of main arm: ARUNDO DEI SPONGIA DEI. (Behold the Glorius Wood of the Living Cross: Sudarium of the Lord: Staff of the Lord: Sponge of the Lord). translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1983 opening date: 1984-02-22T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984). title: Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe opening date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00 Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011); The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 23-October 9, 2011). title: Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000–1400 opening date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00 Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000–1400. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe," cat. no. 47.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (9/19/2016 – 1/8/2017): "Every People Under Heaven: Jerusalem, 1000–1400" cat. no. 25c, p. 58. --- PROVENANCE Jacob Hirsch, Lucerne; Thomas J. Flannery, Chicago; (Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1983, lot 12). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This elegant double-arm cross once contained fragments of four of the most important relics of Christ’s Passion, namely a portion of the True Cross, a piece of Christ’s sudarium (sweat cloth), and fragments of the reed staff and sponge used by Christ’s tormentors to mock him and give him vinegar for his thirst during the Crucifixion. The identity of these relics and their placement in the cross are indicated by open cavities on the reliquary’s front and accompanying Latin inscriptions on its back. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Boehm, Barbara Drake and Melanie Holcomb. , et al. Jerusalem, 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven. NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. page number: 57-62 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.208/1983.208_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.208/1983.208_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.208/1983.208_full.tif