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Book Review
Inventing Late Antique Reliquaries: Reception, Material History, and Dynamics of Interaction (4th–6th centuries CE)
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1033-35
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Luxford, Julian (Luxford, Julian)
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Inventing Late Antique Reliquaries: Reception, Material History, and Dynamics of Interaction (4th–6th centuries CE) By Adrien Palladino. 312 pp. incl. 18 col. + 88 b. & w. ills. (Viella, Rome, and Masaryk University Press, Brno, 2022), €48. ISBN 978–88–331–3867–1. | :
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2. The lid of the S. Nazaro casket, showing the Christogram. Milan, before AD 386. Silver, 20.5 by 20.5 cm. (Museo del Duomo, Milan).
Exhibition Review
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 173-176
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Schwabauer, Adeline (Schwabauer, Adeline)
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Islam in Europe: 1000–1250 Dommuseum, Hildesheim 7th September 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
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5. The Silos Casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026 (AH 417). Enamel plates and fixtures, Silos, c.1150. Ivory, copper and enamel, 19 by 34 by 21 cm. (Museo de Burgos; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
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6. Senmurv aquamanile. Second third of the 12th century. Copper alloy, silver and niello, 19.6 by 16.5 cm. (Dommuseum, Hildesheim).
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7. Panel from the Ambon of Henry II, Aachen Cathedral. Before 1014. Rock crystal and chess pieces, Abbasid or Byzantine Empire, 9th or 10th century. Copper foil, quartz and agate. (Aachen Cathedral; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Book Review
Cofanetti in pastiglia del Rinascimento / Pastiglia boxes of the Renaissance. By Claudio Bertolotto
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1295-1296
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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Cofanetti in pastiglia del Rinascimento / Pastiglia boxes of the Renaissance By Claudio Bertolotto. 376 pp. incl. 851 col. + 6 b. & w. ills. (Allemandi, Turin, 2021), €160. ISBN 978–88–422–2529–4. | :
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3. Pastiglia casket. Northern Italy (Ferrara?), c.1520–40. Wood, gilding and pastiglia, 13.8 by 20.6 by 13.8 cm. (Private collection).
Article
Counter-Reformation ambers: Friedrich Schmidt’s workshop in Kretinga, Lithuania
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 839-853
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kulka, Rahul (kulka, Rahul)
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1. Altar, by Friedrich Schmidt. 1678. Amber, ivory, wood, glass, silver and parchment, 29 by 20.7 by 16.5 cm. (Altonaer Museum, Hamburg; © SHMH-Altonaer Museum, permanent loan from the Federal Republic of Germany).
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10. Detail of the altar in Fig.1, showing an ivory panel carved with a kneeling saint.
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11. Detail of the casket in Figs.13 and 14, showing an ivory panel carved with the Annunciation.
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12. Detail of the altar in Fig.1, showing an ivory panel carved with the Annunciation.
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13 and 14. Casket of St Casimir (Cassetta di San Casimiro), by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. 1678. Amber, ivory, glass, wood and silver, 35.5 by 58 by 20 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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15 and 16. Small altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. 1677–78. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 59 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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17 and 18. Large altar with Crucifixion group, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 136 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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19. Detail of the altar in Figs.17–18.
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2. The rear of the altar illustrated in Fig.1 .
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20. Candlestick, one of a small-sized pair, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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21. Candlestick, one of a medium-sized pair, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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22. Altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt, c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood, height 78 cm. (Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden; from A. Rohde: Bernstein: Ein deutscher Werkstoff, Berlin 1937, fig.214).
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23 and 24. Reliquary by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass, wood and silver, 32 by 49.5 by 24.2 cm. (Convento di Santa Chiara, Naples; photograph © Marco Pedicini, courtesy the Central Directorate for Religious Affairs and for the Administration of the Fondo Edifici di Culto of the Ministry of the Interior).
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25. Candlestick, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood, height 28 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte).
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26. Altar, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 31 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; photograph © 2022 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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27. Detail of the altar in Fig.28, showing a verre églomisé panel from the right side.
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28. St Casimir, by the Władysław Łazarski printing house. Early 20th-century reprint of an 18th-century woodblock print, 34 by 24 cm. (Częstochowa Museum; © Muzeum Częstochowskiego).
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29. Detail of the top of the altar in Fig.26.
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3. The interior of the altar illustrated in Fig.1.
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4. Detail of the altar illustrated in Fig.1, showing a verre églomisé panel.
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5. Detail of the altar illustrated in Fig.1, showing the inscription on the book.
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6 and 7. Details of an altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and silver, height 45 cm. (© Muzeum Bursztynu, Malbork; on permanent loan from Muzeum Okręgowe, Tarnów).
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8. Altar, attributed to the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. After 1678. Amber, ivory and wood, 53 by 36 by 23 cm. (Ostpreussisches Landesmuseum, Lüneburg; © Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum Lüneburg, Deutschbaltische Abteilung).
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9. Detail of the left side of the casket in Figs.13 and 14.
Article
Medieval and Renaissance enamels and other works of art in the Wyvern Collection
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 374-379
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Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud (Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud; Angerhausen, Hiltrud Westermann-)
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4. Badge of St Margaret. Probably eastern France, second half of the fifteenth century. Alloy of gold and copper, 5.9 by 4 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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6. Horn, by Léonard Limosin. Limoges, 1538. Enamel painted on copper with silver fittings, mounted on a cow’s horn, length 30.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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7. Head of the Virgin. Northern Spain, c.1270–1300. Wood, paint, gilding and gesso, height 59 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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8. Head of the mourning Virgin. France (Paris or Normandy), c.1530–40. Clear glass painted with stipple shading, leaded in a later setting, 13.5 by 11.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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1. Phylactery. Mosan, c.1160–70. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, vernis brun, rock crystal and gems on a wooden core, 22.5 by 22 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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2. Chrismatory. Anglo-Saxon, c.800, and Carolingian, late 9th century. Repoussé copper-alloy sheets with gilding and silver on an oak core, height 15.6 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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3. Plaque. England, c.1180–1200. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, height 5.7 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
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5. Travelling chalice. Lower Rhine (probably Cologne), c.1240–50. Silver, parcel-gilt, with filigree, pearls and semi-precious stones, height 8.2 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Book Review
Obras emblemáticas del taller de orfebrería medieval de Silos: ‘el Maestro de las Aves’ y su círculo. By Lourdes de Sanjosé Llongueras
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 697-698
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Kennedy, Kirstin (Kennedy, Kirstin)
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2. Plaque from the panel associated with the tomb of St Dominic of Silos, Spain. 1150– 60. Copper, gilded and enamelled. (Museo de Burgos).
Article
The use of medals and plaquettes in decorative objects: a set of Renaissance casket panels at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
11/2017 | 1376 | 159
Pages: 880-885
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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5. Unknown young man, by Giambattista Cambi, known as Bombarda (d. 1582?) (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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6. Laura Gonzaga Tivulzio. Lombardy, circle of Leone Leoni. c. 1550 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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9. Nessus and Deianeira, by Moderno. c.1500-05 (Private collection).
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1-4. Set of four plaques from a casket, with medallic portraits of women and men. 1. Laura Gonzaga Trivulzio. II. Asdrubale Bambasi. III. An unknown young man. IV. Faustina of Rome. North Italian, c. 1550-1580 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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7. Faustina of Rome. Lombardy, c.1550-60 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
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8. Allegory of Love. Padua or Venice, late fifteenth century (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).
Short Notice
A Painted Box and Romance Illustration in the Early Thirteenth Century
01/1992 | 1066 | 134
Pages: 20-24
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Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
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30. Casket, Probably Southern French, Early Thirteenth Century. Hinged Side, Showing French Forces Defeating the Saracens outside the City of Orange and Guillaume d'Orange in Prison. Painted Wood, 24 by 44 by 17.5 cm. (Private Collection).
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31. Lid of a Wooden Box Covered with Painted Parchment, Showing Knightly Scenes, Possibly Relating to Tristan. Southern French, Late Twelfth Century, 24 by 51 cm. (Cathedral, Vannes).
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32. Front Side of the Casket Shown in Fig.30 with Soldiers under Arcades and Count Bertrand Killing the Saracen Prince Arragon in Single Combat.
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33. Decorative Panels on the Left Side and Lid of the Casket Shown in Fig.30.
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34. Decorative Panel on the Right Side of the Casket Shown in Fig.30 with Tents of the French Forces at the Siege of Orange.
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35. Guillaume d'Orange Defeating the Giant Ysoré. Wall Painting, Thirteenth Century. (Pernes Castle, Vaucluse).
Article
The Ivories in the Gambier-Parry Collection
03/1967 | 768 | 109
Pages: 139-144
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Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
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39. Six seated Apostles. German, late eleventh century, now mounted as a Casket (front view). Walrus ivory, 12.7 by 22.9 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
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40. The Redeemer enthroned with the Symbols of the Evangelists (centre). The Carinal Virtues (sides.) German, late eleventh century, now mounted as a Casket (top view). Walrus ivory, 12.7 by 22.9 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
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41. Deesis Group with Christ enthroned, and Madonna with Angels. Central panel of a Triptych, here attributed to the Atelier of the Diptych of Soissons. French, late thirteenth century. Ivory, 16.6 by 12.8 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
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42. Madonna with Angels and Crucifixion. Diptych. French, Mid-Fourteenth Century. Ivory, 18.2 by 22.3 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
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43. Scenes from the Life of Christ. Diptych. French, Third Quarter of the Fourteenth Century. Ivory, 19.7 by 21.2 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
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44. Madonna, Scenes from the Life of the Virgin. Triptych. French, Fourteenth Century. Ivory, 20.3 by 13.1 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
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