File:Clevelandart 1938.160.jpg
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Summary
Columbarium Tomb Plaque with the Monogram of Christ
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| Title |
Columbarium Tomb Plaque with the Monogram of Christ |
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| Description |
This thick clay plaque covered a burial niche that contained the remains of the deceased in a simple communal tomb complex called a columbarium. The chi-rho monogram of Christ identifies the deceased as a Christian. The monogram was seen as representing Christ’s victory over death, while the letters that flank it, alpha and omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, symbolize Christ as the beginning and end of all things. |
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| Date | 400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Terracotta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 32.4 x 20.8 cm (12 3/4 x 8 3/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Art |
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1938.16 |
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| Place of creation | Spain (Visigothic or Byzantine) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 18:58, 21 January 2019 | | 2,474 × 3,400 (6.5 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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