Elder of the Apocalypse, ca. 1100, Made in Conques, France, French, Copper: gilt; champlevé & cloisonné enamel: black, medium and lavender blue, turquoise, almond green, white and pinkish white, Overall: 3 1/16 x 1/8 in. (7.7 x 0.3 cm), Enamels-Champlevé & Cloisonné, This figure can be identified as one of twenty-four elders who surround God’s throne in the Apocalypse (Book of Revelation). The text specifies that they hold harps, but medieval images portray them with a variety of musical instruments, here a viol
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Elder, Apocalypse, ca, 1100, Conques, France, French, Copper, gilt, champlevé & cloisonné enamel, black, medium, lavender blue, turquoise, almond green, white, pinkish white, Overall, 3 1/16 x 1/8, 7.7 0.3 cm, Enamels-Champlevé Cloisonné, figure, identified, twenty-four elders, surround God, throne, Book, Revelation, text specifies, hold harps, medieval images, portray, variety, musical instruments, viol
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