Doorway
1907 (cast)
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| Place of origin |
Doorway, plaster cast, 1907, original Byzantine
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plaster cast |
| Brief description | Doorway, plaster cast, 1907, original Byzantine |
| Physical description | Taken from departmental record: 'Lintel of a doorway, carved in the centre with a medallion, enclosing a cross pattée; on either side are long bands and leaves, symmetrically arranged.' |
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| Object history | The paper mould from which this cast was made was presented to the museum by Gertrude Bell in 1907, as part of a group of three paper moulds of architectural details from Asia Minor. Taken from departmental record: 'The original, of stone, forms part of a doorway of a monastery attached to a chapel at Waouleh, near the hills, known as Kara Wagh, near Konia.' |
| Summary | Doorway, plaster cast, 1907, original Byzantine |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | REPRO.1907-59 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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