Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablets, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire); reused as a diptych (Front)

Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles including saint John the Evangelist holding a martyr's palm.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Pointed trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges.

Reverse
Traces of a raised border which has been filed down. The back was originally recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.
Labels with inscription: '94' and '95' on the back of each wing. Blue and white label with inscription: '730'.

Object Condition
Missing areas in the background of the Crucifixion panel.

Provenance
Probably from the collection of Baron von Hüpsch (b. 1730, d. 1805), Cologne; acquired in 1805 by the Museum.

Bibliography
T. Jülich, Die mittelalterlichen Elfenbeinarbeiten des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, Regensburg, 2007, no. 50.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 129.

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