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In addition to vessels, the glass kilns of Venice produced some devotional badges such as this one. These small objects may have been collected by pilgrims as mementos. This example probably recalls a journey to Santiago da Compostella in distant Spain, one of the greatest medieval pilgrimage destinations. Thought to imitate more valuable carved gems, these glass-plate medallions were made in large quantity by pressing a mold over opaque or transparent molten glass.
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152266
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Devotional Badge with Saint James Flanked by Two Kneeling Pilgrims
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152266
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object
title
Devotional Badge with Saint James Flanked by Two Kneeling Pilgrims
description
In addition to vessels, the glass kilns of Venice produced some devotional badges such as this one. These small objects may have been collected by pilgrims as mementos. This example probably recalls a journey to Santiago da Compostella in distant Spain, one of the greatest medieval pilgrimage destinations. Thought to imitate more valuable carved gems, these glass-plate medallions were made in large quantity by pressing a mold over opaque or transparent molten glass.
date
c. 1200–1250
rights
CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60751556
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Glass
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1
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Overall: 2.9 x 2.6 cm (1 1/8 x 1 in.)
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Italy, Venice
accession
1985.146
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molded green glass
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Devotional Badge with Saint James Flanked by Two Kneeling Pilgrims, c. 1200–1250. Italy, Venice. Molded green glass; overall: 2.9 x 2.6 cm (1 1/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Lawrence Hitchcock Fund, 1985.146
collection
MED - Gothic
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed: S Iacob.
citations
citation
Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74–138.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 79, fig. 13
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Lawrence Hitchcock Fund
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2026-05-29 07:52:09.703000
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152266
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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molded green glass
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