diptych; religious/ritual equipment

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Object Type: diptych; religious/ritual equipment
Museum number: 1856,0623.63
Description: Diptych; ivory; carved; leaf of; depicts St Anthony, holding bell and staff, wearing mantle decorated with gold "T" and imitation Arabic letters and with pig at feet, and St Francis, holding book and cross and wearing monastic robes; names inscribed in gold on background; some other gilding; at top is arched canopy; two holes pierced in top; hinge indents on right edge.
Production date: 14thC(late)
Production place: Made in: Italy
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Italy
Materials: ivory; gold
Technique: carved; pierced; gilded
Dimensions: Height: 110 millimetres; Weight: 66.40 grammes; Width: 64 millimetres; Depth: 7 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bell; architecture; book/newspaper; cross
Associated names: Representation of: St Francis of Assisi; Representation of: St Antony of Egypt
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1856,0623.63

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