The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer

Unknown

500–650 · Silver and gilded silver with copper liner · Medieval Art

With Saint John the Forerunner, a youthful saint, a deacon saint with a censer (probably Saint Stephen), a saint in orant pose, and crosses Inscribed in Greek: For the salvation of Kerykos, son of Michaelios, and Martyrios, genuine brothers These censers retain their original copper liners, which held hot coals and incense. Deacons swung the censers, releasing the perfume of the incense to honor the Gospel, the altar, and the objects used in the Eucharist.

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–650

Medium

Silver and gilded silver with copper liner

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry J. and Drue E. Heinz Foundation, Norbert Schimmel, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1986