Diptych with Scenes of the Life of Christ and the Virgin, Saint Michael, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, and the Trinity, ca. 1350, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Elephant ivory, Overall (open): 10 x 8 5/16 x 3/8 in. (25.5 x 21.1 x 0.9 cm), Ivories, The densely packed scenes on this large diptych depict an unusually rich array of New Testament events, apocryphal legends, and the lives of the saints. The sequence of events shown on the left panel beginning with the lower left row is: the Annunciation, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Resurrection, Descent into Hell, and Coronation of the Virgin
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Diptych, Scenes, Life, Christ, Virgin, Saint Michael, John, Baptist, Thomas Becket, Trinity, ca, 1350, Cologne, Germany, German, Elephant ivory, Overall, open, 10 x 8 5/16 3/8, 25.5 21.1 0.9 cm, Ivories, densely, packed, scenes, large diptych, depict, unusually rich, array, New Testament, events, apocryphal legends, lives, saints, sequence, events shown, left panel, lower left, row, Annunciation, Nativity, Adoration, Magi, Presentation, Temple, Resurrection, Descent, Hell, Coronation
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