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Box with Scenes from the Life of a Saint

1858, after original of 11th century
Plaster cast of original ivory carving
State: Reproduction

2 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in. (6.3 cm x 6.3 cm x 3.8 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 268.1867
Other Number(s): 1858.169 (Incorrect Accession No.)
Acquisition Date: 1908
Geography: Europe
Classification: Fine and Visual Arts; Sculptures; Fictile Ivories
Culture/Nationality: Carolingian
Collection: Fictile Ivories
Description: Cast of a box with scenes from the life of a saint, after the original in the Victoria and Albert Museum, No. 268-1867; formerly known as South Kensington Museum. Description: On one side a priest, with covered hands, bears a chalice, of the angular form, towards a draped altar, on which is a lighted taper, with curtains looped at the sides above. At one end, two figures, one in a cowl, embracing each other. On the other side a figure in a cowl lying flat in front of an altar, over which a lamp is suspended, various buildings in the background, a priest with open hand and head inclined towards the prostrate figure, standing on the right side, as if absolving him, with a chalice standing on a small arcade behind him. (Westwood p. 153-154)

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religion and mythology

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  • J. O. Westwood, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoods. London, England, 1876
    Page Number: 53-154, no. 338

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