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Chalice Case
Not on view
The images on this wood chalice case reflect continuing connections between the Coptic Church and the Orthodox world. The Virgin Hodegetria (She Who Shows the Way), the archangel Michael, Saint Basil, and a depiction of the Last Supper appear on each of the four sides. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, saints across the eastern Mediterranean, including in Egypt, were increasingly depicted wearing garments evoking the Byzantine royal court, as can be seen on this chalice. Images like these circulated throughout Ethiopia, which remained under the umbrella of the Coptic Church until 1959.
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