Gothic Ivories Project | Dagger handle and dagger sheath, with arches and bands of rosettes (manche et fourreau de poignard; décor de roses) (Front)

Dagger handle and dagger sheath, with arches and bands of rosettes (manche et fourreau de poignard; décor de roses) (Front)

Dagger handle and dagger sheath, with arches and bands of rosettes (manche et fourreau de poignard; décor de roses) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly Love.

Aachen, Cathedral Treasury

S/n

Metal (blade);ivory;silver

Plain handle.
Sheath front:
Three pairs of courting couples (meeting of lovers).
Sheath reverse:
Hybrid beasts.
Central bands with roses; unidentified coats of arms.

Williamson and Davies 2014: Germany (?), 1st half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Bibliography
T. Müller, 'Ein früher gotischer Prunkdolch', in Pantheon 33 (1975), pp. 203-207, fig. 7.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 224.

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