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Cross Fitting from a Door

10th century · Eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine)

Medieval · artifact

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Plate 1Cross Fitting from a Door, Eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine), 10th century, bronze, The Walters Art Museum, 54.2851.

Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 216, cat. 131 (supplied scan PDF p. 213)

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Cross Fitting from a Door, Eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine), 10th century, bronze, The Walters Art Museum, 54.2851.Plate 1 · Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon. · Printed p. 216, cat. 131 (supplied scan PDF p. 213)

What the record shows

Catalogue no. 131: Cross Fitting from a Door. 10th century; bronze; Eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine).

Date
10th century
Object type
Crosses & liturgical metalwork
Recorded place
Eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine)
Holding
The Walters Art Museum
Accession
54.2851
Source locator
Printed p. 216, cat. 131 (supplied scan PDF p. 213)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).