EditorialBook Cover, second quarter 14th century, French, Ivory, champlev? enamel, copper gilt on wood support, Overall: 10 x 7 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (25.4 x 18.7 x 3.4 cm), Ivories, Ivory devotional diptychs were sometimes adapted to other purposes. Here, the right...
EditorialDiptych with Scenes from Christ's Passion, ca. 1350, Made in France, French, Ivory with metal mounts, Overall (open): 7 1/2 x 8 9/16 x 1/2 in. (19.1 x 21.8 x 1.2 cm), Ivories, The booklike form of such narrative diptychs as this suggests that they are ...
EditorialReliquary Diptych, late 14th century, Made in Umbria or the Marches, Italy, Italian, Verre ?glomis?, painted and gilded wood, parchment, Overall (open): 6 13/16 x 8 3/4 x 1 13/16 in. (17.3 x 22.3 x 4.6 cm), Glass-Verre ?glomis?, While choir books were ...
EditorialDiptych with Scenes from Christ's Passion, ca. 1350?75, Made in Paris(?), France, French, Ivory with metal mounts, Overall (open): 8 x 7 15/16 x 7/16 in. (20.3 x 20.2 x 1.1 cm), Ivories, These Passion scenes closely correspond to both Parisian manuscri...
EditorialCentral Panel of a Triptych, ca. 1280?90, North French, Ivory and paint, Overall: 6 5/8 x 4 1/16 x 3/8 in. (16.8 x 10.3 x 1 cm), Ivories, Diptychs and triptychs were private devotional objects that served as less elaborate substitutes for ivory taberna...