Polyptych with Scenes from Christ's Passion, ca. 1350, Made in Rhineland, France or Germany, French or German, Ivory, paint, and gilding with metal mounts, Overall (open): 9 7/16 x 12 11/16 x 3/8 in. (23.9 x 32.2 x 1 cm), Ivories, Some private devotional objects were intended to encourage meditation on the events of the Passion in great detail, cultivating a feeling of personal presence. Narrative carvings may have aided in such intense visualization
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Polyptych, Scenes, Christ, Passion, ca, 1350, Rhineland, France, Germany, French, German, Ivory, paint, gilding, metal mounts, Overall, open, 9 7/16 x 12 11/16 3/8, 23.9 32.2 1 cm, Ivories, private, devotional, objects, intended, encourage meditation, events, great detail, cultivating, feeling, personal presence, Narrative carvings, aided, intense visualization
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