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Ivory relief of Apostle

A figure of a man, an apostle or saint, in walrus ivory. The figure is carved in relief. It is bearded and standing. He is wearing classical dress and holding a scroll in the right hand. This figure is pierced with two holes for attachment. It was attached to the same object as MG 028 A but was carved by a different hand. German, Cologne.

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Contributors

  • German

Creator

  • German

Subject

  • http://vocab.getty.edu/entity/300020756
  • Medieval (European)
  • Reading culture (courtly)
  • WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
  • Apostle
  • Middle Ages

Type of item

  • IMAGE
  • religious art
  • religious art

Date

  • 12th century
  • 12th century
  • 11XX
  • 12th century

Medium

  • Ivory
  • Walrus
  • Ivory
  • H 8.5 x W 2.7 x D 1.5
  • walrus ivory
  • Ivory

Contributors

  • German

Creator

  • German

Subject

  • http://vocab.getty.edu/entity/300020756
  • Medieval (European)
  • Reading culture (courtly)
  • WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
  • Apostle
  • Middle Ages

Type of item

  • IMAGE
  • religious art
  • religious art

Date

  • 12th century
  • 12th century
  • 11XX
  • 12th century

Medium

  • Ivory
  • Walrus
  • Ivory
  • H 8.5 x W 2.7 x D 1.5
  • walrus ivory
  • Ivory

Providing institution

  • The Hunt Museum

Aggregator

  • Digital Repository of Ireland

Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)

  • http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rights

  • Public Domain
  • https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Creation date

  • c.1100 - c.1199

Temporal

  • 12th century
  • 12th century
  • 11XX
  • 12th century

Places

  • http://sws.geonames.org/2921044/

Source

  • https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/1630960e-d945-3475-ba6e-bb3f69e8ca8b/?s%3DMG+028+B&pos=1

Identifier

  • #3x81md13k

Format

  • image

Is part of

  • Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: newly digitised item

Providing country

  • Ireland

Collection name

  • 785__Hunt_ARMA

First time published on Europeana

  • 2022-06-24T14:47:54.187Z

Last time updated from providing institution

  • 2022-06-24T14:47:54.187Z
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