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Pax, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Back)

Pax, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
www.auxerre.com

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Auxerre, Treasury of Saint-Etienne cathedral

Inv. 69

Paper (?);embroidery (?);ivory

Height: 92mm
Width: 64mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross; sun and moon.
Crosshatched background; Flamboyant tracery

Koechlin Number: 0895

Koechlin 1924: French, end of the 15th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 1992 (unpublished): 2nd half of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved. Back with embroidered border (?).

Object Condition
Worn. Thwo holes in the upper part of the panel and three holes in the lower border.

Provenance
In the Treasury of the Cathedral by 1892.

Bibliography
M. Bonneau, M. Monceaux, M. F. Molard, Inventaire du trésor de la cathédrale d'Auxerre (Auxerre, 1892), no. 69.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 333; II, no. 895.

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