Crozier Head, ca. 1350–75, Made in possibly Lombardy, Italy, Italian, Ivory, gilding, Overall: 7 5/16 x 4 1/16 x 1 1/4 in. (18.6 x 10.3 x 3.1 cm), Ivories, A crozier, the principal emblem of a bishop's pastoral role, was often decorated with rich subjects appropriate to his authority. The double depiction of Christ may be a visual reference to John 15:1, 'I am the true vine: and my Father is the Husbandman
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Crozier Head, ca, 1350–75, Lombardy, Italy, Italian, Ivory, gilding, Overall, 7 5/16 x 4 1/16 1 1/4, 18.6 10.3 3.1 cm, Ivories, crozier, principal emblem, bishop, pastoral role, decorated, rich subjects, appropriate, authority, double depiction, Christ, visual reference, John 15, 1, I am, true vine, my Father, Husbandman
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