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{
    "localId": "14419",
    "label": "Cross with Saint Blaise",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2840"
}

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    "id": "14419",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2840",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cross with Saint Blaise",
    "description": "In addition to representations of the Crucifixion and the Virgin, Byzantine crosses also show images of saints with specific powers.  This bronze cross, which may have functioned as an altar or processional cross, depicts St. Blaise, a 4th-century physician and bishop of Sebaste (Armenia).  His representation on a cross attests to the healing powers associated with him and his image.",
    "provenance": "George Zacos, Istanbul and Geneva, by purchase; Constantin A. Marinescu (\"\"Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd.\"\"), New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by purchase.",
    "date": "10th-11th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2840",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "crosses (objects)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_54.2840_Back_DD_AT22_33125-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_54.2840_Back_DD_AT22_33125-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17.7,
            "height": 14.4,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "6 15/16 x 5 11/16 x 1/8 in. (17.7 x 14.4 x 0.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "dynasty": "Macedonian Dynasty",
    "med": "copper alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "c0fccd9e90fd9bf8"
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