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    "label": "Lampas with roundels of the image of Christ in benedictory pose",
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    "id": "95721",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Lampas with roundels of the image of Christ in benedictory pose",
    "description": "Ottoman manufacturers also wove luxury silks with Christian images for the largest markets outside of the reigning sultans, whose need for luxury fabrics was voracious, targeting the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the state of Muscovy (Moscow), which lacked silk industries. Worn as majestic church vestments, they were prized signifiers of the power and wealth of the Eastern Orthodox church. <br><br>Christian imagery is often displayed in small medallion patterns, as seen here, woven in the standard Ottoman lampas technique. In this highest grade lampas with extensive gilt-metal thread, small medallions enclose half-length images of Christ in a benedictory pose alternating with crosses. The abbreviated inscription in the roundel, IC XC, translates as \"Jesus Christ.\"",
    "date": "1550–1650",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1423",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 36.5 x 33.7 cm (14 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.); Mounted: 41.3 x 38.7 cm (16 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Turkey, Bursa, Ottoman period"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1423"
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    "tec": "Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas",
    "tombstone": "Lampas with roundels of the image of Christ in benedictory pose, 1550–1650. Turkey, Bursa, Ottoman period. Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas; overall: 36.5 x 33.7 cm (14 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.); mounted: 41.3 x 38.7 cm (16 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1423",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "Inscription around the crosses: \"IC\" (Iesus), \"XP\" (Christos), \"N K\" (Kyrios).",
            "sortorder": 1
        },
        {
            "inscription": "Greek inscription in lower corner in silver thread: \"OPOC CINA\" (Opus Sina).",
            "sortorder": 2
        },
        {
            "inscription": "Inscription in the roundel flanking Jesus's halo: \"IC XC\" (Jesus Christ).",
            "sortorder": 3
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Around the crosses in silver thread is the inscription, IC XC N K meaning \"Jesus Christ Victorious.\"",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 321, fig. 8.37; Mentioned: P. 322"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Phillips, Amanda. <em>Sea Change: Ottoman Textiles between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean</em>. 2021.",
            "page_number": "p. 110, fig. 3.10"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1423",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:32.416000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1423/1916.1423_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95721,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas",
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