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“A Museum is a dangerous place”: The Fragment of Mummy Shroud in the Hagen History Center
By Sarah Bahm ’24, Art History Major Over the summer of 2023, I worked as a Collections Intern at the Hagen History Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. As both an art history major and a native Erieite, this internship was an incredible opportunity. Throughout my time at the Hagen History Center, I worked on many projects,…
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Exploring Virtual Reality
Students, faculty and staff work together to bring art history to life with new classroom technology that they hope to expand in the coming months. This article was first published on kenyon.edu News. By Caleb Newman ’24 Students in ARHS 232: “Early Medieval Art” are now able to “visit” medieval churches without leaving Gambier, as…
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Miliaresion of Basil II and Constantine VIII (977–989)
This miliaresion of Basil II and Constantine VIII is ornate in imagery and meaning. The obverse shows two busts separated by a cross with crossed ends, a globus (a sphere representing the world), and a stepped base (Dumbarton Oaks, n.d.). Basil II, on the left, wears the loros, an imperial golden scarf, and is bearded…
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Follis of Leo VI (886–912)
This follis of Leo VI depicts the Byzantine emperor on the obverse sitting on a lyre-backed throne wearing a crown and a ceremonial garment. One hand is raised holding a scepter, the other resting in his lap. This small copper follis was worth 288ths of a gold coin in the ninth-century which could have bought…
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Follis of Constantine VII and Zoë (914–919)
On the obverse of this Byzantine coin, the upper-bodies of Emperor Constantine VII and his mother Zoë are depicted side-by-side. Constantine VII is on the viewer’s left, wearing the emperor’s traditional garment, a loros, and a crown with a cross. Zoë is on the right, wearing another traditional imperial garment, a chlamys, and a crown…
