Medallion with the Bust of Christ ("The Cumberland Medallion"), from the Guelph Treasure

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medallion with the Bust of Christ ("The Cumberland Medallion"), from the Guelph Treasure

Date
late 700s
Medium
cloisonné enamel and gold on copper
Culture
Germany, Weserraum, Migration period, late 8th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This medallion may have originally served as a sacerdotal brooch and is the earliest object from the Guelph Treasure, the ecclesiastical treasure of Germany’s Braunschweig (Brunswick) Cathedral.

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