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writing-tablet
Object Type
writing-tablet
Museum number
1888,1217.1
Description
Writing-tablet (?); leaf of; ivory; carved; depicts game of hot cockles; blindfolded knight kneels with head in woman's lap; another knight kneels; five knights stand behind, two kiss; above is triple arched canopy; hole in top left-hand corner; back: smooth.
Cultures/periods
Late Medieval
Production date
14thC
Production place
Made in:
France
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
France
Materials
ivory
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
84 millimetres
Weight:
20.40 grammes
Width:
51 millimetres
Depth:
4 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
(363)
Koechlin 1924 / Les Ivoires Gothiques Français
(1198)
Robinson 2008 / Masterpieces of Medieval Art
(p. 227)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2017 14 Feb - 30 Apr, Sarasota, Marble and John Ringling Museum of Art, A Sense of Beauty: Medieval Art and the Five Senses 2016-2017 15 Oct - 8 Jan, Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, A Sense of Beauty: Medieval Art and the Five Senses
Subjects
knight
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1888,1217.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 25 Feb 2008