Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland

Inv. A.1905.921

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Width: 77mm
Depth: 6mm

Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Beaded border.

Museum's opinion 2015: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Five triangular incisions (two on one side and one on each of the other sides).

Object Condition
Broken in two pieces which have been glued back together; holes on either side of the break where brackets once were.

Provenance
Noël Paton collection; acquired by the museum in 1905.

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