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Source Description
It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.
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Document identity
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130047
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Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew
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object
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Source metadata
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130047
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object
title
Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew
description
It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.
date
c. 1160
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60763082
genreSpecific
Enamel
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
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Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century
accession
1952.462
Source extras
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gilded copper, champlevé enamel
tombstone
Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew, c. 1160. Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.462
collection
MED - Romanesque
citations
citation
George, Philippe. <em>L'Oeuvre de la Meuse: Orfèvrerie mosane XIIe et XIIIe siècle.</em> [Namur]: Institut du Patrimoine Wallonie: Trésor de Liège : Archéoforum, 2014.
page_number
Reproduced & mentioned: pp. 90-93, pl. 11
citation
George, Philippe. <em>Art et Patrimoine en Wallonie des Origines à 1789: Essai de Synthèse à la Lumière des Collections Américaines et Européennes. </em>Namur: Institut du Patrimoine Wallon, 2017.
page_number
Reproduce: p. 148, figs. 204 & 205
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:42:42.088000
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130047
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Medieval Art
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MED - Romanesque
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gilded copper, champlevé enamel
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photo
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