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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Esaias (Isaiah)
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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Esaias (Isaiah)

c. 1170–80 · gilded copper, champlevé enamel

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Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Obadiah, Elisha, and Hosea. Fine gold dots punctuate dark blue backgrounds. Typical of Hildesheim enamels, this detailing creates the illusion that the prophets sit against star-studded twilight skies.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePlaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Esaias (Isaiah), c. 1170–80. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 9 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.574.a
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