Book Cover with Christ in a Mandorla

9th-10th century? (Medieval)

9.6 cm 17 cm

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This ivory is closely related to Early Christian works such as the Saint Lupicin gospel covers in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris) and the Saint Paul ivory from the Musee de Cluny (Paris) both dated to the the 6th/7th century. Some inconsinstencies such as the rendering of...

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J. Campe Collection, Hamburg [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Alphonse Kann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Alphonse Kann Sale, New York, January 6-8, 1927, lot 447; Henry Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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