Inv. 64658 (Morey A98)
Register 1: Resurrection; two angels kneeling on the tomb; three soldiers asleep; shields. Noli me tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); tree.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi; angel holding the star. Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon; hanging lamp.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels.
Westwood 1876: 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Morey 1936: Southern Germany, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of three missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered along the long sides.
Comments
The upper border is recessed.
Provenance
Acquired before 1759.
Bibliography
F. Gori, Thesaurus Veterum Diptychorum Consularium et Ecclesiasticorum, 3 vols, (Florence, 1759), III, p. 277, pl. XXXVI.
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), Appendix, no. 19, p. 348.
G. B. De Rossi, Catalogo del Museo Sacro Vaticano, dictated by G. B. De Rossi, written by Mons. C. Stornajolo [Rome, after 23 October 1878 - before 20 September 1894]; Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ms Arch. Bibl. 66a, f. 316r, no. 1105.
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), no. 76, pl. XX, 2.
R. Koechlin, 'Ivoires gothiques connus antérieurement au XIXe siècle', in Revue de l'art chrétien (1911), p. 390.
R. Koechlin, 'Quelques ivoires gothiques français connus antérieurement au XIXe siècle', in Revue de l'Art Chrétien 41 (1911), pp. 387-402, fig. 15.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 186-187, 189-190; II, no. 374, pl. LXXXIII.
C. R. Morey, Gli oggetti di avorio e di osso del Museo Vaticano (Vatican City, 1936), p. 82, no. A98, pl. XXV.
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