Wall Bracket for a Lamp
Lamps provided light in churches, especially for the reading of the Gospels, sermons, and select texts and for the display of icons and relics.
Artwork Details
- Title: Wall Bracket for a Lamp
- Date: 11th century
- Culture: Byzantine
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 13/16 in. (41.3 x 7.8 x 2 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1979
- Object Number: 1979.349
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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