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Source Description
This roundel called and orbiculum would have decorated a tunic. A flowering tree divides the roundel in four segments. In the lower tier two birds of prey face each other while at the top two naked figures (possibly putti) sit holding the tree tendrils with their right hand.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26754
label
Orbiculum
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
26754
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Orbiculum
description
This roundel called and orbiculum would have decorated a tunic. A flowering tree divides the roundel in four segments. In the lower tier two birds of prey face each other while at the top two naked figures (possibly putti) sit holding the tree tendrils with their right hand.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century (Early Byzantine)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
segmentums
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.7
height
12
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 4 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (10.7 x 12 cm),
Source extras
cul
Coptic
med
Wool and linenWarp: 1 ply undyed wool spun leftweft: 1 ply undyed wool spun leftweft: 1 ply undyed linen spun leftweft: 1 ply blue wool soun leftTechnique: Tapestry
creator_ids
6640
6833
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a0ef8053d7b865ab