IDENTIFIERS
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id:	13900
accession number:	M.24-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Plaque in morse or walrus ivory. The arms of the cross extend to the edge of the rectangular plaque and are of equal width. The figure of Christ has a halo and long hair. His feet rest on a suppedaneum, and the hand of God with first two fingers extended appears in relief above the head of Christ, whilst the half-length figures of the Virgin and St John are expressive of grief. The half-length angels, without wings, fly horizontally above the arms of the cross, expressing tender concern. There are small circular holes in the two top corners and at top centre, and in the viewer's right corner. The one at top left may have been been made after the corner was damaged
title:	plaque

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Ransom Collection


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13900

PEOPLE
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Christ
Virgin Mary
St John
angels
God




TECHNIQUES
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morse or walrus ivory
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	970 - 1030
creation date earliest:	970
creation date latest:	1030
culture:	10th Century-11th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 1.1

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 6.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.5



CITATIONS
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Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Twenty-second Annual Report, 1930
Burlington Magazine, Vol. XLVI
Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Architecture and Sculpture, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Part I, Up to the Thirteenth Century
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