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diptych
;
religious/ritual equipment
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
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(395)
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
Donated by:
Rev William Maskell
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1856,0623.63