Side 1: Coronation of the Virgin; standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit or orb in his left hand.
Side 2: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Sun and Moon.
Kneeling angel supporting the volute.
Foliated decoration: vine leaves.
Koechlin 1924: France, end of the 1st third of 14th century.
Metz 1995: 14th century.
Palissy (2012): 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in round.
Object Condition
This crozier is made of two pieces of ivory joining above the angel's head.
Bibliography
Abbé Barrault, A. Martin, 'Le Bâton pastoral. Etude archéologique', in Mélanges d'Archéologie (Paris, 1856), IV, figs 138 and 139 (accessible online: http://purl.pt/6447/4/ba-502-a_PDF/ba-502-a_PDF_01-B-R0150/ba-502-a_0000_capa1-capa4_t01-B-R0150.pdf; accessed July 2012).
J. von Hefner-Alteneck, Trachten (Frankfurt, 1881), II, pp. 33-34, no. 141.
Congrès archéologique de France, 83e session tenue à Metz, Strasbourg et Colmar en 1920 (Paris, 1922), p. 44 (A. Boinet).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 271, 273, 275; II, no. 762; III, pl. CXXVI.
Le Chemin des reliques tbc, exhibition catalogue, Metz, Musees de la Cour d'or, 2000, pp. 58-59, no. 30.
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2012].
Danielle Gaborit-Chopin, 'Documents et œuvres d'art: remarques sur quelques ivoires gothiques français', Cahiers Archeologiques, vol. 55, 2014, p. 125, pl. 10-12, 14.
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