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Source Description
This rare and beautiful crozier represents the only known example made entirely of rock crystal, a hard stone that is very difficult to work. The skill of the carver can be seen in the smoothly arching leaves and the series of small hooks, called crockets, lining the outer edge. An abbess may have used a crystal crozier as a sign of her purity, a symbolic interpretation that dates back to the 9th century.
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Document identity
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16988
label
Head of a Crozier
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object
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Source metadata
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16988
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object
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normalized
title
Head of a Crozier
description
This rare and beautiful crozier represents the only known example made entirely of rock crystal, a hard stone that is very difficult to work. The skill of the carver can be seen in the smoothly arching leaves and the series of small hooks, called crockets, lining the outer edge. An abbess may have used a crystal crozier as a sign of her purity, a symbolic interpretation that dates back to the 9th century.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 (?) or 1923 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
13th century (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Stone
crosiers (episcopal)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12
height
13.8
depth
3.6
dimensionsRaw
4 11/16 x 5 7/16 x 1 7/16 in. (12 x 13.8 x 3.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
med
rock crystal
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6229
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MED
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353
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photo
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