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Source Description
A pyx is a container designed to hold the consecrated Eucharist wafers between masses. It was probably used by the clergy to administer communion to the sick and dying; its small size made it easily portable. The decoration relates to similar liturgical objects made in the ecclesiastical and artistic center of Salzburg for the cathedral treasury of that city.
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Document identity
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144913
label
Pyx
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object
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Source metadata
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144913
contentType
object
title
Pyx
description
A pyx is a container designed to hold the consecrated Eucharist wafers between masses. It was probably used by the clergy to administer communion to the sick and dying; its small size made it easily portable. The decoration relates to similar liturgical objects made in the ecclesiastical and artistic center of Salzburg for the cathedral treasury of that city.
date
c.1300
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778809
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
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Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century
accession
1970.125
Source extras
tec
silver and gilt silver
tombstone
Pyx , c.1300. Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century. Silver and gilt silver; diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation, 1970.125
collection
MED - Gothic
citations
citation
“Twelve Additions to the Medieval Treasury.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 59, no. 4 (April 1972): 87–111.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 94-95, figs. 21-22
creditline
Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:26:49.735000
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144913
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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silver and gilt silver
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1
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0
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photo
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