A BYZANTINE TINNED-COPPER PATEN
A BYZANTINE TINNED-COPPER PATEN

CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE TINNED-COPPER PATEN
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
With a central 'Greek' cross, the four arms and their interspaces with quatrefoils, the central intersection with the words FOC/?O?, 'life/light', the rim with an inscription, reading: ?????? F?G??? ?I(?)???? ?S??? TO SO?? ??? TO Y?EP YMON K?OMENON EIS AFESIN AMAPTION ?, 'Take, eat, this is my body given for you for the remission of sins'

11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) diam.
來源
with Artemis, Münzen und Antiquitäten GMBH, Munich, December 1998.

拍品專文

For similar, cf. P. Sevrugian, Liturgisches Gerät aus Byzanz, Berlin, 1992, p. 16, nos 8 and 9.
The central inscription is taken from John 8:12; that on the rim is from St. Matthew's description of the Last Supper, Matthew 26:26-28. This type of plate would have been used as part of the Offertory as the bread and wine were placed on the altar prior to distribution. For a discussion of tinned-copper see M. Mundell Mango, 'The Significance of Medieval Tinned Copper Objects', Thymiama, Athens, 1994, pp. 221-227.

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