Chapter IV: Romanesque and Gothic Ivories 129

LIST OF DIPTYCHS 157
LIST OF PLACES WHERE IMPORTANT EXAMPLES
OF IVORIES CAN BE FOUND 165

INDEX 167

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG. PAGE
1. AN ANGEL. Leaf of a Diptych.
Fifth century. Byzantine
_British Museum, London_ _Frontispiece_

2. SECOND LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF PROBIANUS,
VICE-PREFECT OF ROME. End of fourth century
_Berlin Library_ 8

3. FIRST LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF PROBUS,
CONSUL AT ROME, 406 A.D.
_Duomo, Aosta_ 9

4. FIRST LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF ORESTES,
CONSUL AT ROME, 530 A.D.
_Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 14

5. LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF AMALASUNTHA(?)
Sixth Century. Italian
_Bargello, Florence_ 30

6. ADAM IN THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE, AND SCENES
FROM THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL.
Leaves of a Diptych. Fifth century. Italian
_Bargello, Florence_ 41

7 & 8. TWO PLAQUES, THE CRUCIFIXION
and CHRIST LEAVING THE PRÆTORIUM.
Fifth century. Italian
_British Museum_ 46, 47

9. PYX WITH THE SCENE OF CHRIST HEALING
THE PARALYTIC.
Sixth century. Italo-Byzantine
_Musée de Cluny, Paris_ 51

10. COVER OF A BOOK OF THE GOSPELS
(from S. Michele di Murano). Sixth century.
Italo-Byzantine
_Ravenna Museum_ 53

11. COVER OF A BOOK OF THE GOSPELS, with three
scenes from the Nativity (from Metz Cathedral).
Sixth century. Italo-Byzantine
_Bibliothèque nationale, Paris_ 57

12. FRONT OF THE IVORY THRONE OF ST. MAXIMIAN,
with St. John Baptist and the Four Evangelists.
Sixth century. Byzantine
_Duomo, Ravenna_ 59

13. A PANEL FROM THE SAME THRONE, BRINGING JOSEPH’S COAT
TO JACOB. Sixth century. Byzantine
_Duomo, Ravenna_ 63

14. OLIPHANT. Ninth to tenth century.
Oriental Byzantine
_Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 73

15. VEROLI CASKET. Byzantine
_Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 77

16. FRONT OF A CASKET, with scenes from the life
of David.
Ninth century. Byzantine
_Museo Kircheriano, Rome_ 81

17. HARBAVILLE TRIPTYCH. Tenth century.
Byzantine _Louvre, Paris_ 87

18. PLAQUE WITH THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST.
Eleventh century. Byzantine
_Bargello, Florence_ 89

19. CHRIST ENTHRONED.
Eleventh century. Byzantine
_Trivulzio Collection, Milan_ 91

20. CHRIST CROWNING THE EMPEROR ROMANUS AND THE
EMPRESS EUDOXIA.
Eleventh century. Byzantine.
_Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris_ 93

21. THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI.
Eleventh century. Anglo-Saxon
_Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 101

22. THE XXVIITH PSALM REPRESENTED IN SCENIC FORM.
Ninth century. Carlovingian
_Zürich Museum_ 109

23. COVER OF A BOOK OF THE GOSPELS.
Ninth century. Carlovingian
_Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland_ 113

24. THE CRUCIFIXION AND ALLEGORICAL FIGURES.
Ninth century. Carlovingian
_Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 115

25. PANEL OF THE CRUCIFIXION, from a book cover.
Tenth century. German
_John Rylands Library, Manchester_ 123

26. CEREMONIAL COMB. Eleventh century.
English _British Museum, London_ 127

27. A BISHOP’S CROZIER. Fourteenth century.
French _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 131

28. THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN.
Thirteenth century. French
_Louvre, Paris_ 137

29. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD.
Thirteenth century. French
_Bargello, Florence_ 139

30. THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS.
Thirteenth century. French
_Louvre, Paris_ 141

31. A POLYPTYCH, with the Virgin and Child
and various scenes from the Nativity.
Fourteenth century. French
_Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 143

32. FIRST LEAF OF A DIPTYCH.
Fourteenth century. French
_Mayer Coll., Liverpool Museum_ 145

33. PLAQUE FROM A CASKET REPRESENTING DANCERS.
Fourteenth century. French
_Bargello, Florence_ 147

34. A MIRROR CASE, with the Elopement of
Guinivere and Lancelot.
Fourteenth century. French
_Mayer Coll., Liverpool Museum_ 149

35. PANEL FROM A CASKET.
Fourteenth century. French
_Bargello, Florence_ 151

36. TRIPTYCH MADE FOR BISHOP GRANDISON OF EXETER.
1327-1369. English _British Museum, London_ 153

37. TRIPTYCH. Early fifteenth century. Italian
_Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 155

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