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Byzantine Bronze Bread Stamp - FZ.210
Origin: Bethlehem, Israel
Circa: 500
AD
to 900
AD
Dimensions:
1.375" (3.5cm) high
x 2.25" (5.7cm) wide
Catalogue: V11
Collection: Byzantine
Medium: Bronze
Location: United States
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| Description |
During the early flowering of the Christian era,
this bronze stamp was used to mark the
communion Eucharist. The message it bears,
Charita, is one of cheerful greeting, the
equivalent of "Hello." This stamp was almost
certainly the property of one of the numerous
churches that early Christianity built in the town
of Jesus' birth. A simple object of daily ritual, it
evokes an age of heartfelt faith, a spirit that has
endured across the centuries.
- (FZ.210)
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