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ID: 700008651 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008651 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
Plaque (plaque (flat object); unknown Byzantine; ca. 500/550; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; 1904,0702.1) | |
Note: Plaque; ivory; carved with the Adoration of the Magi: the Virgin is seated frontally holding the Christ child in her lap; behind her on the left is an angel carrying a cross-staff, while the three Magi dressed in trousers, chlamyses and Phrygian caps present their offerings with veiled hands; below this, the Nativity: the Virgin lies on a mattress at left; at the right is the child lying in a manger flanked by the ox and ass and with the star of Bethlehem above; in front of the manger Salome extends her withered hand to the child. On the back nine lines of a prayer in Greek. Found/Acquired: Thessaly, MLA register: "From a monastery in Thessaly, where it was framed as an ikon". (Europe,Greece,Thessaly) | |
Titles: |
Plaque (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,N) |
Ivory plaque with the Adoration of the Magi (C,U,DE,English,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
plaque (flat object) [300010262] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by form>) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: ca. 500/550 |
unknown Byzantine [preferred,VP] |
carver unknown Byzantine (Byzantine cultural designation) [500125223] |
Locations: |
Current: British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125180] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: 1904,0702.1 |
Address Note: On display: G41/dc13 |
Other: Discovery: ThessalĂa [7223901] KardhĂtsa regional division (regional division), Thessaly (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: carved elephant ivory |
ivory (material) [300011857] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <bone and bone components materials>, bone (material), <bone by form as material>, <tooth and tooth components as materials>, <tooth components as material>, dentin (material)) |
Elephantidae (family) [300250160] | |
.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Proboscidea (order)) |
carving (processes) [300053149] | |
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>) |
Dimensions: height: 217 millimetres; width: 123 millimetres; depth: 15 millimetres |
Byzantine (preferred) |
Early Byzantine [300106792] (preferred,period) | |
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Early Christian-Byzantine styles| cultures| periods>, Byzantine (culture and style)) |
religion and mythology (preferred) |
Adoration of the Magi [901000083] | |
.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Madonna and Child [901000052] | |
.....((Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Magi [901001061] | |
.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Legend of the Midwives [901001339] | |
.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Provenance: Acquisition date 1904 |
Inscriptions: On the reverse: [nine lines of a prayer in written in 12th-century Greek hand] |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Plaque | ........ [VP] |
........ British Museum [online] (1999-) | |
Ivory plaque with the Adoration of the Magi | ........ [VP] |
........ British Museum [online] (1999-) | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... British Museum [online] (1999-) | |
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