Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 90 mm
Width: 44 mm
Depth: 5 mm (max)

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); angel crowning the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.

Object Condition
Worn.
Later holes along the left and right edges. Left edge worn.

Provenance
Giuseppe Solmi, book dealer, Ozzano Emilia, in May 2014.

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