Ms. IV 1277B
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two angels crowning the Virgin; two angels swinging censers and holding navettes, kneeling on the sides of the bench; bench decorated with animal heads.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Bands of quatrefoils.
Bousmanne 2002: France, c. 1375.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Reverse divided into 5 compartments, the central one being circular.
Comments
Three slots on the side edges to accommodate strips of parchment used to keep the tablets together.
Provenance
Collection of H. O. Goldschmidt, Eindhoven. Collection of H. Baer, London. Bought in 1997 from antiques dealer Jan Dirven in Antwerp by the Bibliothèque Royale.
Bibliography
B. Bousmanne, 'A propos d'un carnet à écrire en ivoire du 14e siècle conservé à la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique', in Als Ich can. Liber Amicorum in Memory of Prof. Dr. Maurits Smeyers (Paris-Leuven-Dudley, MA, 2002), pp. 165-202 [esp. pp. 191-193, ill. 15-16].
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