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The Franks Casket
AN00469340_001_l. Franks Casket. Lidded rectangular box made of whale-bone, carved on the sides and top in relief with scenes from Roman, Jewish, Christian and Germanic tradition. The base is constructed from four sides slotted and pegged into corner…
Ivory Box
AN00740728_001_l. Tapering sub-rectangular walrus ivory box with sliding lid. It is highly polished and has high relief carving on the lid and four sides, with glass inlays in the eyes of all creatures. The base consists of two pieces connected in…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Ivory
Ivory Plaque
AN00739927_001_l. Plaque; ivory; mandorla-shaped; raised rim; carved with Christ in Majesty seated on rainbow, blessing and holding book; two pairs of attachment holes; plain reverse; chipped right-hand edge. All these images are © Trustees of the…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Ivory, Religion
Virgin and Child Ivory Panel
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1978.332. c.1000-1050. Walrus ivory. H. 8.3, W. 5.8. Originally rectangular panel, now damaged. The enthroned Virgin sits with the Christ-child on her lap, who is blessing with one hand and holding a book with the…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Ivory, Religion
Writing-tablet
AN00789233_001_l. Whale-bone rectangular panel from a writing-tablet recessed at the back and with two holes for thongs: one corner is broken away. On the front is a quadripartite knot design incised in low relief within a square frame and set with a…
Plaque
AN00013974_001_l. Walrus ivory sub-rectangular plaque, broken away along the right-hand edge. Eight attachment holes survive along the edges. The surface is highly polished, and carved in high relief with a crucifixion group. Christ in a loincloth…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Ivory, Religion