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Fragment of a writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (tablette à écrire; plaquette) (Back)
Fragment of a writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (tablette à écrire; plaquette) (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

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London, Museum of London

Inv. BC72[23]<1218> (unlocated)

Ivory

Height: 60mm
Width: 36mm (if were complete)

Crucifixion with the Virgin.

Egan 1998 and Museum's opinion 2010: French or English, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Reverse recessed for wax. Reverse divided into two compartments, the deeper being at the top. Both are crudly scratched with crosshatching.

Object Condition
Missing: right side of the panel (probably including saint John the Evangelist).

Provenance
Found during excavation on the site of Baynards Castle. Mislaid (before 1998).

Bibliography
G. Egan, The Medieval Household: Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 (London, 1998), pp. 272, 274, no. 912, fig. 211 (wrongly designated as BC72[23]<3>).


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