Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

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Ivory

Height: 98mm
Width: 52mm

Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide; saint Margaret emerging from the dragon unharmed.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels; incised trefoil in the gable.

Koechlin Number: 0529ter

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

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Provenance
Collection of Prof. Robert Forrer, Strasbourg, in 1924.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), pp. 198, 217; II, no. 528ter.

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