Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork gabled triptych, 1 register (ajouré) (Front, open)

Wing, left
Saint Peter holding a key.
Centre panel
Crucifixion; Virgin and saint Mary Magdalene with ointment pot; saint John the Evangelist; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); sun and moon; rugged cross; titulus.
Wing, right
Saint Paul holding a sword.

Berliner 1926: France, mid 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: France, mid 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
The back of the wings is made of mother-of-pearl and the back of the centre panel is made of jasper.
Blue and white label with inscription: '624'.

Comments
This pendant may have been part of a rosary (see Berliner 1926)

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum before 1896.

Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1411.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 62.
J. Thinesse, Appendix zum Elfenbeinkatalog Rudolf Berliners, unpublished MA dissertation, Munich, 1977 (Typescript), p. 39.

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