Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette, frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Back)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette, frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Back)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette, frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

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Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Inv. MNAA 814 Esc

Ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 55mm

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

Museum's opinion 2013: French, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Reverse divided into 7 compartments, one being circular. This indicates that this panel originally was part of a set of writing tablets. Some of the partitions seem to have been levelled intentionally.

Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part of the panel.
Missing: upper right corner.
Borders chipped.
Some partitions at the back seem to have been levelled intentionally.

Provenance
Donated by Senhora Dona Arnilda de la Cruz Roque Penim Kamenesky in 1957.

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