Tabernacle Door
1520-1525 (made)
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Wrought iron tabernacle door
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wrought iron |
| Brief description | Ironwork tabernacle door, wrought iron, Aachen, 1500-1525. |
| Physical description | Wrought iron tabernacle door |
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| Gallery label | TABERNACLE DOOR
Wrought iron
Germany (Aachen); around 1500-1525
A tabernacle is a secure cupbaord to store the church vessel known as a pyx, which holds the consecrated Host, the wafer used in the Communion service. The design of threaded bars, although apparently simple, is an impressive demonstration of the blacksmith's skill. The door came from the Jacobskirche, Aachen
Museum No. 1000-1893(07/1994) |
| Bibliographic reference | Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157
pl. 67, p. 79 |
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| Accession number | 1000-1893 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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