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Source Description
This fragment belongs to a group of Spanish silks characterized by their design of aligned, slightly oval roundels that frame animals or birds. A single heraldic eagle fills the center of the roundel, and under his talons are Arabic inscriptions that read <em>Blessing</em>. The beaded border is animated with composite beasts and harpies. It was made during a period when the Islamic cities of Spain were the leading producers of luxury silks in Europe.
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Document identity
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129261
label
Fragment with eagles in roundels from the Reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral
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129261
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title
Fragment with eagles in roundels from the Reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral
description
This fragment belongs to a group of Spanish silks characterized by their design of aligned, slightly oval roundels that frame animals or birds. A single heraldic eagle fills the center of the roundel, and under his talons are Arabic inscriptions that read <em>Blessing</em>. The beaded border is animated with composite beasts and harpies. It was made during a period when the Islamic cities of Spain were the leading producers of luxury silks in Europe.
date
1100–50
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60749065
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 36.8 x 40.6 cm (14 1/2 x 16 in.); Mount: 47 x 50.8 cm (18 1/2 x 20 in.); Framed: 49.5 x 53.3 cm (19 1/2 x 21 in.)
cul
Spain, Almeria
accession
1952.15
Source extras
tec
Silk and gold thread: lampas weave
tombstone
Fragment with eagles in roundels from the Reliquary of Saint Librada in Siguenza Cathedral, 1100–50. Spain, Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas weave; overall: 36.8 x 40.6 cm (14 1/2 x 16 in.); mount: 47 x 50.8 cm (18 1/2 x 20 in.); framed: 49.5 x 53.3 cm (19 1/2 x 21 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.15
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
inscription beneath claws of the large heraldic eagle: "baraka" (Blessing); another inscription on the wings seems to be of pseudo-Gothic letters.
citations
citation
<em>Spanish Medieval Art. Loan Exhibition in Honor of Dr. Walter W.S. Cook</em>. New York: New York University. Institute of Fine Arts. Alumni Association.1954.
page_number
p. 22, no. 69
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Two Hispano-Islamic Silks in Diasper Weave." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 42, no. 1 (1955): 6-10.
page_number
pp. 6-10
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25142005.
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Dated Hispano-Islamic Silk." <em>Ars Orientalis</em> 2 (1957): 373-82.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 378, pl. 10, fig. 4
url
www.jstor.org/stable/4629043
citation
May, Florence Lewis. <em>Silk Textiles of Spain, Eighth to Fifteenth Century</em>. New York: Printed by order of the trustees, the Hispanic Society of America, 1957.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 39-40, fig. 25
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 120
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy. "Two Medieval Silks from Spain." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>45, no. 1 (January 1958): 3-7.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 4
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 218
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 218
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 275
citation
Bornstein, Christine Verzár, and Priscilla Parsons Soucek. <em>The Meeting of Two Worlds: The Crusades and the Mediterranean Context : [Exhibition], the University of Michigan Museum of Art, May 9-September 27, 1981</em>. Ann Arbor: The Museum, 1981.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 3, pp. 24-25
citation
Edwards, Holly. <em>Patterns and Precision, the Arts and Sciences of Islam</em>. [Washington, D.C.]: National Committee to Honor the Fourteenth Centennial of Islam, 1982.
page_number
p. 53, cat. no. 155
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. 180-181, fig. 5.10; Mentioned: P. 180
citation
Blessing, Patricia, Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, and Eiren L. Shea. <em>Medieval Textiles Across Eurasia, C. 300-1400.</em> Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 72; Mentioned: p. 73, fig. 63
citation
Hanson, Robin and Holly Witchey. "Dorothy Shepherd and the Cleveland Museum of Art's Ancient Near Eastern and Islamic Art Collection." <em>Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals</em> 20, n. 3 (September 2024): 461-473.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 467 (fig. 5)
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:40:13.166000
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129261
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk and gold thread: lampas weave
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