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| Keywords: Langobardic - Ciborium Fragment - Walters 27564.jpg This fragment along with Walters 27 563 was part of a ciborium a free-standing stone canopy supported by columns and covering the altar or baptismal font of a church It shows two birds eating a cluster of grapes on a vine This motif is found frequently in Langobardic stonework in northern Italy Relatively late in date such architectural elements were carved after the Langobards had settled permanently in Italy century 8 9 early Medieval limestone cm 47 26 5 9 accession number 27 564 8633 Christine Alexander Mrs Breckenridge Long Rome and Laurel Maryland date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of Mrs Breckenridge Long 1959 place of origin north Aquileia Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Lombard art from Italy Lombard reliefs from Italy Lombard art in the United States 8th-century reliefs Art from Aquileia | ||||
