Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire); possibly reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire); possibly reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire); possibly reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

Inv. MA 2018 (unlocated)

Ivory

Height: 85 mm
Width: 55 mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.

Graf 1896: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Two holes in the centre of the panel at the top and bottom: this may indicate that a handle was attached to the back of the piece.

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum before 1896; possibly sold before 1926 or lost during WWII.

Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1385, pl. XXVIII.

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