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Walrus Ivory Plaque

This is a walrus ivory plaque or carved panel of the crucifixion. The panel is oblong in shape with raised borders. The borders are pierced with eight holes, indicating that the panel was attached to a larger object. The panel shows the figure of Christ resting upon a suppedaneum (a rest for the feet on a cross) beneath the hand of God. The cross has raised borders with the symbols of the four Eva…

Προβολή στον ιστότοπο του φορέα προέλευσης (ανοίγει σε νέο παράθυρο)

Δημιουργός

  • Hunt Museum, as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.

Θέμα

  • reading culture
  • monasteries
  • religious art
  • books
  • attributes of saints
  • ivory carving
  • Reading culture (medieval)
  • Reading culture (devotional)
  • Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
  • ivory (material)
  • devotional images (religious works)
  • devotional plaques
  • Reading culture
  • Ελεφαντόδοντο

Τύπος τεκμήριο

  • 3D