Triptych, ca. 1250–75, Made in possibly Paris, France, North French, Ivory, paint, gilding with metal mounts, Overall (wings opened): 9 1/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (23 x 14 x 3 cm), Ivories, Portable ivory shrines may have facilitated the transmission of style and composition throughout medieval Europe. This miniature example echoes larger altarpieces or tabernacles, such as those from the abbey church of Saint-Denis outside Paris and the cathedral at Pisa
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Triptych, ca, 1250–75, Paris, France, North French, Ivory, paint, gilding, metal mounts, Overall, wings opened, 9 1/16 x 5 1/2 1 3/16, 23 14 3 cm, Ivories, Portable ivory, shrines, facilitated, transmission, style, composition, medieval Europe, miniature example, echoes, larger, altarpieces, tabernacles, abbey church, Saint-Denis outside, cathedral, Pisa
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