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Box (boite) (Front, open)

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End, left

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Subject
Secular.

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Barcelona, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona

Inv. MADB 37.956

Bone;wood (core);metal (hinges)

Height: 60 mm
Width: 120 mm

Lid
Flowers; monsters (dragons); birds; animals.
Body, front
Lion; flower; winged monster (griffin?).
End, left
Unicorn; flower; stag; flower.
Rest not seen
Foliated borders; roped borders; crosshatched background.

Museum's opinion 2014: 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Engraved on all sides.

Provenance
Bequest of Martí Estany in 1936.

Bibliography
A. Galán y Galindo, 'Las arquetas de trovadores, canciones, música y amor. Desde Bagdad, a los trovadores medievales, pasando por Córdoba', in Arte, arqueología e historia, 18 (2011), pp. 29-30. Accessible online: http://www.artearqueohistoria.com/spip/IMG/article_PDF/article_a205.pdf [consulted 17/09/2014]

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