Archangel Michael

Sculpture

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Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

Catalogue Image: 2015-00-00
Catalogue Image

2015-00-00

Name/Title

Archangel Michael

Entry/Object ID

80BYZ0835

Description

Half of an ivory diptych ( 4.16 cm x .9 cm x 14.3 cm) depicting the archangel Michael standing at the top of a flight stairs holding an orb in his right hand and staff with his left. On either side, Corinthian columns support a decorated archway within which is a wreath encircling a cross on an globe. Above the arch and decorated with swags, rosettes, and scrolls, is a framed inscription declaring (in Greek) 'Receive this man although you know (his) sin.'

Type of Sculpture

Relief

Artwork Details

Medium

Resin

Context

Dated to the early Byzantine period (AD 525-555), the diptych was crafted in Constantinople (Byzantium)

Made/Created

Date made

330 CE - 1453 CE

Time Period

Byzantine

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Byzantine

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

+ ΔΕΧΟΥ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΘѠΝ ΤΗΝ ΑΙΤΙΑΝ

Language

Greek

Translation

Receive this man, although you know [his] sin I pray you, Lord, ...

Material/Technique

Inscribed

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

39.5 cm

Width

13.3 cm

Depth

1.5 cm

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Rice, David Talbot. Byzantine Art (revised). Baltimore. Penguin, 1968. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Hutter, Irmgard. Early Christian and Byzantine Art. New York. Universe Books, 1971. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Malraux, A. Byzantium: From the Death of Thoedosius to the Rise of Islam. London. Thames & Hudson, 1966. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

British Museum. Guide to Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities. London. Trustees for the British Museum, 1921. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Lowrie, Walter. Art in the Early Church. New York. Harper Torchbook, 1965. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Beckwith, J. Art of Constantinople. New York. Phaidon, 1961. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_OA-9999