The Ivory Workers of the Middle AgesCust, Anna Maria Elizabeth
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The Ivory Workers of the Middle Ages
Cust, Anna Maria Elizabeth
Ivories -- History; Ivories, Medieval
37. 541. BASILIUS. Constantinople.
_a._ Consul and Constantinople.
_Castello, Milan._
_b._ Victory.
_Uffizi, Florence._
ANONYMOUS CONSULAR DIPTYCHS
38. V. cent.
_a._ Consul and friends; above, imperial figures enthroned;
below, barbarians.
_b._ Repeated with variations.
_Cathedral Treasury, Halberstadt._
39. V.-VI. cent.
_a._ Consul and two attendants. Below, large scene,
leopard fight.
_b._ Consul and two attendants. Below, large scene,
lions (formerly in Cathedral Treasury).
_Bourges Museum._
40. V.-VI. cent. So-called Apotheosis of Romulus.
Consul borne to Heaven in chariot.
_British Museum._
41. VI. cent.
_b._ Bust in garland, four rosettes.
_Biblioteca Barbarini, Rome._
42. VI. cent. Two worn fragments of a diptych.
Cons. type. (Later carving on back.)
_Victoria and Albert Museum._
_British Museum._
43. VI. cent. Bust and scrolls.
Type of No. 12. Camel bone.
_Mayer Collection, Liverpool Museum._
44. VI. cent.
_a._ Cons. type, sitting.
_b._ Cons. type, standing.
Changed to St. Gregory and King David.
_Tesorio della Basilica, Monza._
45. VI. cent. Cons. type, changed to St. Peter.
_Library of the Metropolitan Chapter House, Prague._
46, 47, 48, 49. VI. cent. Five-piece diptych.
(46) Top. Flying figures.
(47) Bottom. Barbarians.
_Trivulzio Collection, Milan._
(48) Top. Flying figures.
_Basle Museum._
(49) Right side. Consul and Victory.
_Munich Library._
OFFICIAL DIPTYCHS
50. End of IV. or commencement of V. cent.
_Probianus._ Vice-prefect of Rome.
_a._ Sitting, delivering justice. Below, two litigants.
_b._ Sitting with scroll. Below, two litigants.
_Berlin Library._
51. V.-VI. cent.
Above, type of No. 33. Below, fight with elans.
_Mayer Collection, Liverpool Museum._
52. V.-VI. cent.
_a._ and _b._ Games in Circus (varied),
(formerly in Basilewsky Coll.).
_Hermitage, St. Petersburg._
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