Relief carving of St. James
A figure of St James [Sant Iago] of Compostela in jet. This was a souvenir of a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James at Santiago de Compostela, Spain. St James stands barefooted, with a kneeling pilgrim or disciple to one side. The saint clasps a staff in his right hand, from which hangs a purse and rosary beads. The figure is wearing a characteristic wide-brimmed hat, ornamented with a scallop sh…
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Contributors
- Unknown
Creator
- Unknown
Subject
- Reading culture
- WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Medieval (European)
- St. James the Elder, Apostle
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture
Type of item
- IMAGE
- sculpture (visual works)
- sculpture (visual works)
Date
- c.1500
- 1500~
Medium
- HydrocarbonJet
- H 11 x W 6.5 x D 1.7
- jet (coal)
- Jet
Contributors
- Unknown
Creator
- Unknown
Subject
- Reading culture
- WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Medieval (European)
- St. James the Elder, Apostle
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture
Type of item
- IMAGE
- sculpture (visual works)
- sculpture (visual works)
Date
- c.1500
- 1500~
Medium
- HydrocarbonJet
- H 11 x W 6.5 x D 1.7
- jet (coal)
- Jet
Providing institution
Aggregator
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
- circa 1500
- 1500~
Temporal
- circa 1500
- 16th century
- 1500~
- 16th century
Places
- http://sws.geonames.org/2510769
Source
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/6829ab6d-aa70-3cbd-b558-3f8d694c3375/?s%3DMG+044&pos=8
Identifier
- #f188f996c
Format
- image
Is part of
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: previously digitised item
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-06-24T14:46:24.472Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-06-24T14:47:54.187Z