Medallion with the Bust of Christ ("The Cumberland Medallion"), from the Guelph Treasure
775–799
- Medium
- cloisonné enamel and gold on copper
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 5.1 x 0.2 cm (2 x 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- Enamels
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
About
This medallion may have originally served as a sacerdotal brooch and is the earliest object from the Guelph Treasure, the ecclesiastical treasure of Germany’s Braunschweig (Brunswick) Cathedral.