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

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

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

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Front

Wing, right

Links

Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
www.alnwickcastle.com

Alnwick Castle, Collection of the Duke of Northumberland

S/n

Ivory;metal (later hinges and decoration on the back)

Height: 146mm
Width: 89mm (each)

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Rounded trefoils in the spandrels.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges (17th century).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered outer edges.Ornate metal hinges in the shape of leaves. Metal medallion placed in the centre at the back of the Crucifixion panel, featuring the head of Minerva in profile (17th century, contemporary with the replacement hinges).

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