File:Clevelandart 1978.26.jpg
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[edit]Frame for a Portable Reliquary Icon
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Frame for a Portable Reliquary Icon |
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In the Middle Ages relics were thought to possess extraordinary power and were enshrined in lavish vessels called reliquaries. This complex frame once contained a painted image on each side, believed to be the Madonna and the Crucifixion, both long since lost. These images were surrounded by 17 carefully labeled relics, still visible. Intentionally portable, such votive objects could be easily carried from room to room or building to building as needed. A Latin inscription around the base reads: This work has been made under the year of the Lord CCCXLVII [1347] in the time of the Lord Mini/Cini. The inscription likely refers to Mino Cinughi, rector of the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, 1340-51. The Cinughi coat of arms as well as those of the hospital appear on the base. Another inscription, LUCAS ME FECIT (Luke made me), appears on both sides of the base. While this object probably resided on an altar in the hospital, the fact that it has two sides suggests it was carried aloft in processions. |
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| Date | 1347 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Gilded wood, modeled gesso, verre églomisé, glass cabochons, and relics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 66.7 x 51.3 x 25.3 cm (26 1/4 x 20 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Art |
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1978.26 |
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| Place of creation | Italy, Siena, 14th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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