Ivories from medieval Wales: contexts and afterlives
Few ivories can be "localized" or reveal histories of ownership. This article shows how archaeological discoveries can provide specific information on context, and describes as a case study a little known corpus of ivories from Wales, some previously unpublished, and their contexts. These...
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| Published in: | The sculpture journal 2014-01, Vol.23 (1), p.65-80 |
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | Few ivories can be "localized" or reveal histories of ownership. This article shows how archaeological discoveries can provide specific information on context, and describes as a case study a little known corpus of ivories from Wales, some previously unpublished, and their contexts. These include a "lost" diptych associated with Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire; a "Presentation at the Temple" plaque found at Dolforwyn Castle, Montgomeryshire; and a plaque discovered at Basingwerk Abbey, Flintshire. The afterlife of a recently married pair of diptych leaves in the collections of National Museums Liverpool and Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, and the application of laser scanning to replicate a panel, are described. [Publication abstract] |
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| ISSN: | 1366-2724 1366-2724 |