The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice

Unknown

500–650 · Silver and gilded silver · Medieval Art

With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, a long-haired Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, and a saint holding a Gospel book Inscribed in Greek: Of Saint John of the village of Attarouthis 1986.3.8 Chalices were used for offering the Eucharistic wine to the entire congregation during the Divine Liturgy.

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–650

Medium

Silver and gilded silver

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