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| Keywords: Byzantine - Spoon - Walters 57651 - Top.jpg In the Christian East priests and lay people have always taken Communion with both bread and wine in the medieval West wine was reserved for the clergy The bread is soaked in the wine and presented to the worshipers with spoons like this one Its inscription For the prayer of Heliodorus shows that such gifts to a church were seen as permanent material prayers for one's salvation The church at Kaper Koraon a relatively small settlement in Byzantine Syria owned numerous silver vessels of which 56 survive A holy oil bottle and a chalice were also donated by the same Heliodorus ca 565 Late Antique silver traces of niello cm 2 5 18 h x l ; bow cm 3 7 w accession number 57 651 36298 Excavated in Syria 1908-1910 Tawfic Abucasem Hama and Port Said ca 1913 by purchase Joseph Brummer Paris ca 1928 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation + In fulfillment of a vow of HELIODOROS Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Byzantine silver in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Divine Liturgy spoons Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
