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{
    "localId": "96206",
    "label": "Gothic Bevor",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "96206",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Gothic Bevor",
    "description": "A bevor is a piece of plate armor that is intended to protect the chin and upper throat. It normally supplemented an open helmet like the sallet. Gothic plate armor achieves its beauty not by surface decoration by the simple elegance of its line, seemingly inspired by contemporary gothic architecture, from which it gets its name.",
    "date": "c. 1480",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1920",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60761576"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1920/1916.1920_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1920/1916.1920_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1920/1916.1920_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 27.4 x 16.3 cm (10 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Spain (Hispano-Flemish), 15th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.192"
}

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    "tec": "steel",
    "tombstone": "Gothic Bevor, c. 1480. Spain (Hispano-Flemish), 15th century. Steel; overall: 27.4 x 16.3 cm (10 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1920",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "A mark showing a square with a dot at the center is on the inside of this helmet; so far it is unidentified.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> Vol. 1, <em>14th &amp; 15th centuries. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. 24 [22]",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n169"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 67, C19",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n97"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. A<em>rms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 8, p. 182"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 36, p. 164"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1920",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:10:51.020000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1920/1916.1920_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 96206,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1920/1916.1920_web.jpg",
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