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9 May 2011, During conservation treatment. Brass triptych with blue enamel; the Deesis: central panel: the nimbed half-length figure of Christ holding an inscribed gospel book in his right hand and raising his left in a gesture of benediction; left panel: the nimbed figure of the Virgin Mary holding an inscribed scroll; right panel: the nimbed, winged and bearded figure of John the Baptist holding an inscribed scroll and supporting a basin with the infant Christ; each figure identified by inscriptions; each panel decorated with runnning vines with flowers and berry bunches; on the outside of the left panel, the Instruments of the Passion.
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