Amuletic Armband with Holy Rider, Saints, and Magical Symbols
Originally made up of six inscribed medallions, this armband demonstrates the intermixing of Christian, Jewish, and pagan imagery on an object of magical, medicinal purpose. Judging by the inscriptions, most armbands (made in Byzantine Syria and Egypt) were used to treat abdom...
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30538
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object
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normalized
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Sale, Frank Sternberg, Zurich, November 20, 1990; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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7
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