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ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC IVORIES 129
LIST OF DIPTYCHS 157 LIST OF PLACES WHERE IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF IVORIES CAN BE FOUND 165
INDEX 167
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG. PAGE 1. AN ANGEL. Leaf of a Diptych. Fifth century. Byzantine _British Museum, London_ _Frontispiece_
2. SECOND LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF PROBIANUS, VICE-PREFECT OF ROME. End of fourth century _Berlin Library_ 8
3. FIRST LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF PROBUS, CONSUL AT ROME, 406 A.D. _Duomo, Aosta_ 9
4. FIRST LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF ORESTES, CONSUL AT ROME, 530 A.D. _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 14
5. LEAF OF THE DIPTYCH OF AMALASUNTHA(?) Sixth Century. Italian _Bargello, Florence_ 30
6. ADAM IN THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE, AND SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL. Leaves of a Diptych. Fifth century. Italian _Bargello, Florence_ 41
7 & 8. TWO PLAQUES, THE CRUCIFIXION and CHRIST LEAVING THE PRÆTORIUM. Fifth century. Italian _British Museum_ 46, 47
9. PYX WITH THE SCENE OF CHRIST HEALING THE PARALYTIC. Sixth century. Italo-Byzantine _Musée de Cluny, Paris_ 51
10. COVER OF A BOOK OF THE GOSPELS (from S. Michele di Murano). Sixth century. Italo-Byzantine _Ravenna Museum_ 53
11. COVER OF A BOOK OF THE GOSPELS, with three scenes from the Nativity (from Metz Cathedral). Sixth century. Italo-Byzantine _Bibliothèque nationale, Paris_ 57
12. FRONT OF THE IVORY THRONE OF ST. MAXIMIAN, with St. John Baptist and the Four Evangelists. Sixth century. Byzantine _Duomo, Ravenna_ 59
13. A PANEL FROM THE SAME THRONE, BRINGING JOSEPH’S COAT TO JACOB. Sixth century. Byzantine _Duomo, Ravenna_ 63
14. OLIPHANT. Ninth to tenth century. Oriental Byzantine _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 73
15. VEROLI CASKET. Byzantine _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 77
16. FRONT OF A CASKET, with scenes from the life of David. Ninth century. Byzantine _Museo Kircheriano, Rome_ 81
17. HARBAVILLE TRIPTYCH. Tenth century. Byzantine _Louvre, Paris_ 87
18. PLAQUE WITH THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST. Eleventh century. Byzantine _Bargello, Florence_ 89
19. CHRIST ENTHRONED. Eleventh century. Byzantine _Trivulzio Collection, Milan_ 91
20. CHRIST CROWNING THE EMPEROR ROMANUS AND THE EMPRESS EUDOXIA. Eleventh century. Byzantine. _Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris_ 93
21. THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI. Eleventh century. Anglo-Saxon _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 101
22. THE XXVIITH PSALM REPRESENTED IN SCENIC FORM. Ninth century. Carlovingian _Zürich Museum_ 109
23. COVER OF A BOOK OF THE GOSPELS. Ninth century. Carlovingian _Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland_ 113
24. THE CRUCIFIXION AND ALLEGORICAL FIGURES. Ninth century. Carlovingian _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 115
25. PANEL OF THE CRUCIFIXION, from a book cover. Tenth century. German _John Rylands Library, Manchester_ 123
26. CEREMONIAL COMB. Eleventh century. English _British Museum, London_ 127
27. A BISHOP’S CROZIER. Fourteenth century. French _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 131
28. THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN. Thirteenth century. French _Louvre, Paris_ 137
29. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD. Thirteenth century. French _Bargello, Florence_ 139
30. THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS. Thirteenth century. French _Louvre, Paris_ 141
31. A POLYPTYCH, with the Virgin and Child and various scenes from the Nativity. Fourteenth century. French _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 143
32. FIRST LEAF OF A DIPTYCH. Fourteenth century. French _Mayer Coll., Liverpool Museum_ 145
33. PLAQUE FROM A CASKET REPRESENTING DANCERS. Fourteenth century. French _Bargello, Florence_ 147
34. A MIRROR CASE, with the Elopement of Guinivere and Lancelot. Fourteenth century. French _Mayer Coll., Liverpool Museum_ 149
35. PANEL FROM A CASKET. Fourteenth century. French _Bargello, Florence_ 151
36. TRIPTYCH MADE FOR BISHOP GRANDISON OF EXETER. 1327-1369. English _British Museum, London_ 153
37. TRIPTYCH. Early fifteenth century. Italian _Victoria and Albert Museum, London_ 155
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