Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles et Antiques

Inv. 55.304

Ivory;metal (later hinges;clasp)

Height: 73mm
Width: 112mm (open)

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Border of dentils.

Museum's opinion 2011: French (?), c. 1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two broken hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Possibly from the Abbey of Sainte Geneviève: 'un petit diptyque catholique en ivoire' is mentioned in a deposit list drawn in 1797.

Bibliography
Inventaire des Monuments du Moyen Age, de la Renaissance et des Temps Modernes, Departement des Médailles et Antiques, written by M. de la Tour in 1893 (unpublished), no. 304.

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