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diptych
;
religious/ritual equipment
Object Type
diptych
religious/ritual equipment
Museum number
1885,0805.1
Description
Diptych; leaf; ivory; four subjects in two compartments; each with canopy of six arches, divided by columns; Resurrection and Maries at tomb; below: St Martin dividing his cloak; St James the Great and St James the Lesser; ink writing on label on reverse.
Production date
1326-1375
Production place
Made in:
France
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Mansfield
, hog trough
(near)
Materials
ivory
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
170 millimetres
Weight:
259.90 grammes
Width:
110 millimetres
Depth:
10 millimetres
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
(285)
Koechlin 1924 / Les Ivoires Gothiques Français
(379)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Cavities for hinges on left side; hole pierced through top. Lower right staff broken.
Subjects
saint/martyr
resurrection
three maries at the tomb
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Holy Women at the Sepulchre
Representation of:
St Martin of Tours
Representation of:
St James the Greater
Representation of:
St James the Less
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Samuel Willson
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Major Rohde Hawkins
Acquisition date
1885
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1885,0805.1