Book-Cover Plaque with Christ in Majesty, ca. 1210–20, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: engraved, chased, scraped, stippled, and gilt; champlevé enamel: dark and light blue, turquoise, green, yellow, red, and white, Overall (with wooden support): 10 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 13/16 in. (27 x 16.9 x 2 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, The importance of scripture in Christianity is such that the book becomes an attribute of God himself. Here Christ is poised majestically in the heavens, surrounded by winged symbols of the authors of the four gospels, two of whom clutch books
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Book-Cover Plaque, Christ, Majesty, ca, 1210–20, Limoges, France, French, Copper, engraved, chased, scraped, stippled, gilt, champlevé enamel, dark, light blue, turquoise, green, yellow, red, white, Overall, wooden support, 10 5/8 x 6 13/16, 27 16.9 2 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, importance, scripture, Christianity, book becomes, attribute, God, poised majestically, heavens, surrounded, winged symbols, authors, four gospels, two, whom clutch, books
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