Please be aware that this page contains media content embedded from Sketchfab. Viewing this media is subject to their terms and privacy statements. Please refer to their privacy statements for more information on how your data is used.

of third-party content services.

If you don’t want to load all embedded media, you can .

Public Domain (opens in new window)

Walrus Ivory Plaque

This is a walrus ivory plaque or carved panel of the crucifixion. The panel is oblong in shape with raised borders. The borders are pierced with eight holes, indicating that the panel was attached to a larger object. The panel shows the figure of Christ resting upon a suppedaneum (a rest for the feet on a cross) beneath the hand of God. The cross has raised borders with the symbols of the four Eva…

This item is provided and maintained by The Hunt Museum
View on the providing institution's website (opens in new window)

Creator

  • Hunt Museum, as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.

Subject

  • reading culture
  • monasteries
  • religious art
  • books
  • attributes of saints
  • ivory carving
  • Reading culture (medieval)
  • Reading culture (devotional)
  • Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
  • ivory (material)
  • devotional images (religious works)
  • devotional plaques
  • Reading culture
  • Ivory

Type of item

  • 3D

Discover related collections

William Marshall Craig Wellcome Collection

Discover related items

Lectern

The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.

The Hunt Museum

Maiolica Jar

The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.

The Hunt Museum

Franciscan Maiolica Pharmacy Jar

The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.

The Hunt Museum

Figure Sculpture (Sedes Sapentia)

Hunt Museum, as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.

The Hunt Museum

Log in to see other related items