491396 Mold for a Eulogia (Blessing) Bread, 600s-900s (wood) by Byzantine School; h:8.80 d:1.90 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: It was a common early Christian practice to stamp images and inscriptions into loaves of bread using special molds. Representing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Mount Golgotha--the hill outside Jerusalem on which Christ was crucified and entombed--this wooden mold was probably used to stamp loaves of bread distributed to pilgrims visiting Jerusalem, in commemoration of their journey. ); Thirty-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon; out of copyright.