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| Keywords: Byzantine - Pilgrim Stamp of Saint Isidore - Walters 54230 - Three Quarter.jpg St Isidore was martyred on the Greek island of Chios in AD 251 The well into which his body was thrown later became a healing shrine represented at the right The ship to the left refers to Isidore's role as patron saint of sailors as well as to the ships that carried pilgrims to his island shrine This stamp used to produce pilgrim tokens has a backward inscription that becomes legible when imprinted in clay century 6 Late Antique bronze cm 5 9 6 3 8 accession number 54 230 22682 Dikran Kelekian Constantinople and Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Translation inscribed in reverse + Saint Isidore / Jesus Christ / Receive a blessing Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Sacred Souvenirs Byzantine Pilgrimage Art Dumbarton Oaks Washington 1982 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 place of origin Chios Greece Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Pilgrim stamp seals and clay tokens Archaeological seals device Stamp seals of archaeology Ships on seals | ||||
