material

Silver

A precious metal used in Byzantine liturgical and devotional metalwork in BIU014, including patens, chalices, censers, and processional crosses.

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Materials Laboratory profile

Silver + gilded silver

Enamel + metalwork · 4 registered sources

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Source-scope / reconstruction noteSilver is a material category, not a workshop/provenance signal. Gilding, alloy composition, and manufacture remain object-specific.

Raw material / support2 records

Silvermaterial · source-backed Precious Metalmaterial · source-backed

Surviving object evidence4 records

Processional Cross (Met 1993.163)object · verified-object Paten (Met 1987.442.1)object · verified-object Censer with Six Holy Figures (Met 1985.123)object · verified-object Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)object · verified-object

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Surviving objects

1 explicit edge

Roundel of Saint Panteleimon (Met 51.198)via Precious Metal · ← can-use-material · qualified-source-backed

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Places + sacred space

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Attarouthi, Syriavia Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1) · made-in · source-backed Church of Saint Stephen at Attarouthivia Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1) · offered-to · source-backed

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paten
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Censer with Six Holy Figures
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
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Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)Silver ←uses-material— Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-801.Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)Silver —evidence-for→ Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-835.Censer with Six Holy Figures (Met 1985.123)Silver ←uses-material— Censer with Six Holy Figures (Met 1985.123) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-790.Censer with Six Holy Figures (Met 1985.123)Silver —evidence-for→ Censer with Six Holy Figures (Met 1985.123) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-834.

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Silveruses-materialAttarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)depictsChrist
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Silveruses-materialAttarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)depictsVirgin Mary
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Silveruses-materialAttarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)depictsJohn the Forerunner
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