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Clavendier (Belt Hook)

Clavendier (Belt Hook)

c. 1400

Description

This object allowed a purse (carried by both sexes) or keys to be suspended from the belt. It bears the enameled coat of arms of the family of Zuylen (van) d’Anholt.
  • Wixom, William D. “Eleven Additions to the Medieval Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 3 (Mar/April 1979): 87–151. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 127-128, fig. 80 www.jstor.org
  • CMA Bulletin 1979 (March, April, 1979), p.127-128
    CMA Bulletin 1978 (January, 1978), p.38
    Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
    CMA 1977:"Year in Review 1977"
  • {{cite web|title=Clavendier (Belt Hook)|url=false|author=|year=c. 1400|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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