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Source Description
This tile was one in a series with portraits of the twelve apostles and a Deesis (Christ flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist) in the middle. Images of the Baptist (48.2086.26), Paul (inv. 48.2086.20), Peter (48.2086.27), Andrew (48.2086.24), Bartholomew (48.2086.29), Matthew (48.2086.25), Luke (48.2086.21), and John the Evangelist (48.2086.28) also survive from it, as well as fragments of three further, unidentifiable busts (48.2086.8; 48.2086.22-23).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6327
label
Saint Thomas
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
6327
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Saint Thomas
description
This tile was one in a series with portraits of the twelve apostles and a Deesis (Christ flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist) in the middle. Images of the Baptist (48.2086.26), Paul (inv. 48.2086.20), Peter (48.2086.27), Andrew (48.2086.24), Bartholomew (48.2086.29), Matthew (48.2086.25), Luke (48.2086.21), and John the Evangelist (48.2086.28) also survive from it, as well as fragments of three further, unidentifiable busts (48.2086.8; 48.2086.22-23).
provenance
Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase; Robert E. Hecht, Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase.
date
10th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
ceramic tiles
icons
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.7
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
6 9/16 x 6 1/2 in. (16.7 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
dynasty
Macedonian Dynasty
med
ceramic with glaze
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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10d000b81db4783f
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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fa568b563f02ce20
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no
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no