chalice
- Museum number
- 1911,0621.6
- Description
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Chalice; silver-gilt, enamel. The bowl rising from a calyx of stylized leaves; a hexagonal stem with pierced lancets above and below the knop revealing the blue and green enamel on the inner core; the hexagonal knop with rectangular panels of pierced tracery with engraved foliage above and below; a hexagonal stepped foot with beading; three lobes embossed respectively with the sacred monogram 'ihs', a Latin cross on stepped pedestal, the monogram 'rps'; three lobes with foliage containing an inset enamelled shield with the arms of Velasco, a scene of the crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, the standing St Andrew pointing to the saltire cross.
- Production date
- 1450-1550 (with some later additions)
- Dimensions
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Height: 240 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See van Bellegem, Roehrs, McLeod 2008 for a full discussion of the Vera Cruz set.
- Bibliographic references
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Santa Clara 2004 / El Monasterio de Santa Clara de Medina de Pomar Fundación y Patronazgo de la Casa de Velasco (Chapter XI, pp. 331-360)
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Barrón García 1998 / La Época Dorada de la Platería Burgalesa 1400-1600 (Vol. I, p. 85)
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Cherry 1992 / Medieval Craftsmen: Goldsmiths (fig. 51)
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Porres Fernandez 1989 / El Hospital de la Vera Cruz de Medina de Pomar (a. 1438) Fundación, Dotación, Ordenanzas
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van Bellegem et al 2008 / A Spanish Medieval altar 'set': new investigation and assessment of its date and manufacture (p.67-76, p.68, fig.1, p.71, fig.5-6, p.72, fig.8, p.73, table.1)
- 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.
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Acquisition notes
- Said to have been given by Don Pedro Fernandez de Velasco to the Hospital de la Vera Cruz at Medina de Pomar near Burgos.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1911,0621.6
