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Source Description
Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Obadiah, Elisha, and Hosea. Fine gold dots punctuate dark blue backgrounds. Typical of Hildesheim enamels, this detailing creates the illusion that the prophets sit against star-studded twilight skies.
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Document identity
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127944
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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine
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127944
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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine
description
Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Obadiah, Elisha, and Hosea. Fine gold dots punctuate dark blue backgrounds. Typical of Hildesheim enamels, this detailing creates the illusion that the prophets sit against star-studded twilight skies.
date
c. 1170–80
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60760515
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Enamel
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Average: 9 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
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Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century
accession
1950.574
Source extras
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gilded copper, champlevé enamel
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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine, c. 1170–80. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; average: 9 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.574
collection
MED - Romanesque
citations
citation
Milliken, William M. “Four Champlevé Enamel Plaques.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 38, no. 4 (April 1951): 72–74.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 70; Mentioned: p. 72-74
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 106
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 49
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 49
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Verdier, Philippe. “The Cleveland Portable Altar from Hildesheim.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 339–342.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 341-342, fig. 3
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 54
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 138-139, no. 46
citation
Kemper, Dorothee, and Clemens M. M. Bayer. Die Hildesheimer Emailarbeiten des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts: mit einer kommentierten Edition der Inschriften von Clemens M.M. Bayer. Hildesheim : Bernward Medien, 2020, 250-256
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Mentioned and reproduced; pp. 250-256, Abb. 127-130
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
galleryDonorText
The Jochum-Moll Foundation Gallery
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2026-05-29 06:36:17.867000
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127944
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Medieval Art
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MED - Romanesque
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gilded copper, champlevé enamel
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