Antonio Beltran Martinez's El Santo Caliz de la Catedral de Valencia, published under the auspices of the Catedral de Valencia in 1960, is an archaeological study dating the agate cup venerated as the Holy Chalice at Valencia Cathedral to the second or first century BC and to a workshop in the eastern Mediterranean. Its authority rests on Beltran's standing as a professional Spanish archaeologist and on the physical and stylistic analysis of the object itself. It establishes the cup's age and likely origin as an ancient vessel; it is not independent evidence connecting that ancient cup specifically to the historical Last Supper, a link the tradition asserts on other grounds.
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Antonio Beltran Martinez's El Santo Caliz de la Catedral de Valencia, published under the auspices of the Catedral de Valencia in 1960, the top tier reflecting an archaeological study by a professional Spanish archaeologist dating the agate cup venerated as the Holy Chalice to the second or first century BC and to an eastern Mediterranean workshop, resting on physical and stylistic analysis of the object itself. It establishes the cup's age and likely origin as an ancient vessel; it is not independent evidence connecting that cup specifically to the historical Last Supper, a link the tradition asserts on other grounds. NotesArchaeological study dating the agate cup to the 2nd-1st centuries BC and to an eastern Mediterranean workshop.
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AuthorAntonio Beltran Martinez
PublisherCatedral de Valencia
Publication Year1960
URLhttps://www.worldcat.org/search?q=El+Santo+Caliz+de+la+Catedral+de+Valencia+Beltran
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