Plaque with the Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger, 15th century, Made in Probably Nottingham, England, British, Alabaster with paint and gilding, Overall: 8 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 1 1/8 in. (21 x 16 x 2.9 cm), Sculpture-Stone, School of Nottingham, John the Baptist, who recognized Christ as the 'the Lamb of God,… who taketh away the sin of the world,'(John 1:23) was beheaded on Herod's orders. This relief depicts the relic of John's head, which was kept in Amiens Cathedral
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Plaque, Head, Saint John, Baptist, Charger, 15th century, Nottingham, England, British, Alabaster, paint, gilding, Overall, 8 1/4 x 6 5/16 1 1/8, 21 16 2.9 cm, Sculpture-Stone, School of Nottingham, John, recognized Christ, Lamb, God, …, taketh away, sin, world, John 1, 23, beheaded, Herod, orders, relief depicts, relic, head, kept, Amiens Cathedral
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