polycandelon
- Museum number
- 1868,0120.1
- Description
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Polycandelon; brass; a circular, openwork disc, the design consisting of sixteen bars radiating from the centre to as many circles; between the bars are an equal number of crosses, resting on and supporting rounded arches; the whole is suspended by four chains uniting in a hook at the top.
- Production date
- 5thC-7thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 460 millimetres
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Height: 500 millimetres (with chain extended)
- Curator's comments
- See D.M. Bailey, Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum Vol IV (London, 1996), no. Q3936MLA, p. 108, pls. 148-49.
Compare with 1848,0601.2
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2018 - 2019 8 Jun - 20 Jan, Ottawa, Canadian Museum of History, Medieval Europe
2017 11 Jul – 22 Oct, Spain, CaixaForum Zaragoza, Medieval Europe.
2017 9 Mar – 18 Jun, Spain, CaixaForum Barcelona, Medieval Europe,
2016 - 2017 19 Oct – 5 Feb, Spain, CaixaForum Madrid, Medieval Europe,
2015 - 2016 11 Dec- 10 Apr, Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Medieval Europe, power and legacy.
1989 23 Jun-31 Aug, Durham Cathedral, Anglo Saxon Connections
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1868,0120.1
