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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Pyx

Pyx

c.1300
silver and gilt silver
Diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation 1970.125
Location: 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture

Description

A pyx is a container designed to hold the consecrated Eucharist wafers between masses. It was probably used by the clergy to administer communion to the sick and dying; its small size made it easily portable. The decoration relates to similar liturgical objects made in the ecclesiastical and artistic center of Salzburg for the cathedral treasury of that city.
  • Franz Trau, Vienna; (Blumka Gallery, Inc.).
  • Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (February 2-27, 1977).
    Eucharistic Vessels. Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (March 14-April 26, 1975).
    Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
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