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The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 300
With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, a long-haired Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, and a saint holding a Gospel book Chalices were used for offering the Eucharistic wine to the entire congregation during the Divine Liturgy.
Inscription: [in Greek:] Of [ the Church of ] Saint John of the village of Attarouthi
[ Elias Bustros, Beirut (by 1940)]; [ Sleiman Abou Taam, Beirut and Switzerland (1965–1986)]
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