Belt buckle

Provenance	Montjuïc, Girona
Chronology	11th‑15th centuries
Material	Gilded bronze
Record	MHJ007
Section	Aljama

Belt buckle made of bronze with a decorative image of a fantastical animal that may represent the Leviathan, one of the central beings in the mythological and symbolic world of Judaism. This piece is a small treasure that evokes everyday life in medieval Jewish Girona.

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