Casket
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- Date:
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- Materials and Techniques:
Wood covered with painted ivory plaques; gilt copper mounts
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Medieval and Renaissance, room 10, case 16
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This casket of wood, which was originally used as a relic container, is covered with illuminated shields of arms much defaced; the arms include those of France, Clermont-Nesle, Châtillon-sur-Marne, Flanders, Brabant, Visconti, Bourbon, Burgundy and Courcy; on the lid are figures enthroned under Gothic canopies, of the Virgin and Child and Pope Felix; the band of foliate scrolls round the base of the lid and the scattered designs, though apparently based on earlier work, are probably contemporary; some of the gilded copper mounts are modern.
Physical description
Casket of wood covered with illuminated shields of arms much defaced; the arms include those of France, Clermont-Nesle, Châtillon-sur-Marne, Flanders, Brabant, Visconti, Bourbon, Burgundy and Courcy; on the lid are figures enthroned under Gothic canopies, of the Virgin and Child and Pope Felix; the band of foliate scrolls round the base of the lid and the scattered designs, though apparently based on earlier work, are probably contemporary; some of the gilded copper mounts are modern.
Place of Origin
Sicily, Italy (made)
Date
ca. 1150 (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Wood covered with painted ivory plaques; gilt copper mounts
Dimensions
Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 36.8 cm, Depth: 20.2 cm, Weight: 2 kg
Descriptive line
Wood covered with painted ivory plaques, with gilt copper mounts, Siculo-Arabic, 12th-13th century, with French paintings of the second half of the 14th century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1870, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. p. 31.
Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929. Part I. p. 57.
Cf. Galán y Galindo, Angel. La arqueta de Don Martín, "el Humano" en la Real Academia de la Historia. Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia. 2004. Tomo 201, Cuaderno 3. pp. 471-497.
Exhibition History
Exhibition of Ecclesiastical and religious Heraldry (Leamington Art Gallery and Museum 01/06/1962-31/12/2005)
Production Note
Siculo-Arabic with French paintings of the second half of the 14th century.
Materials
Wood; Ivory; Gilt copper
Subjects depicted
Mary (Virgin Mary); Jesus Christ
Categories
Christianity
Collection code
SCP
