Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled triptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (tabernacle) (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (tabernacle) (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (tabernacle) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ.

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Selles-sur-Cher, presbytery

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Ivory

Wing, left
Register 1: Virgin with hands raised.
Register 2: adoring Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi).
Centre panel
Register 1: Crucifixion; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; sun and moon.
Register 2: standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); standing angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Register 1: saint John the Evangelist holding a book.
Register 2: Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.

Koechlin Number: 0194

Koechlin 1924: France, end of the 1st half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges on either side.

Object Condition
Missing: pinnacles on either side of the centre panel; candles held by the angels.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 136, 137; II, no. 194; III, pl. XLVI.
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].

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