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Comb
15th century, Walrus or Morse Ivory
H 12. cm, W 16.04 cm, French
HCM 150
The is a broad ‘H’ comb, double edged and cut with
one row of fine and a row of coarse teeth. It is finely carved
on a hatched background with foliage and flowers on the ends.
The legend on this comb are scenes from the life of King David
and Bathsheba
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Angel
with Trumpet
c1300, Glass, Bristol Cathedral
H 45 cm, W 28.4 cm
CG 42
In this medieval stained glass panel the Angel wears a long
white flowing robe and is blowing a trumpet. The blue background
shows the variations in depth of colour typical of early glass.
Thin strips of grooved lead hold the pieces of glass together.
This panel is thought to have come from the Gothic Bristol Cathedral
– a former Augustinian Abbey commenced in the early 13th
C.
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Isis suckling
Horus
Late 1st - Early 2nd century AD,
Bone , H 8.9 cm, W 3.2 cm, Egyptian, probably Alexandria
HCM 102/27
This bone relief carving representing the Egyptian Goddess Isis
suckling her son, the God Horus, was probably carved in Alexandria
in the late 1st, or early 2nd century AD. Both the Greeks and
Romans honoured Isis but they slowly adapted the image of the
popular goddess from the stiff Egyptian stance, to a Graeco-Roman
model. Her Greek clothes, elaborate hairstyle, relaxed graceful
posture, and delicate features, have been achieved here in bone,
a notoriously fragile material.
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Zwishengoldglas
Beakers
c1730, Glass, German
H 8 cm, W 6.4cm; DG 77, H 8 cm, W 7.5 cm;
DG 78
Two glass beakers from Bohemia made using the zwishengoldglas
technique. A gold sandwich glass or Zwishengoldglas vessel has
decorated gold foil sealed between two layers of glass, one
of which may be coloured or lacquered. It demanded great expertise
and the beakers and goblets created were beautiful and valuable
objects.
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The Beverley
Crozier
Late 11th century, Walrus Ivory,
Anglo-Norman
H 9.8 cm, W 6.4 cm (volute)
BM 02
This carving of a crosier head depicts St John Beverley (Bishop
of Hexham 686-705) performing a healing miracle. St John Beverley
was Archbishop of York from 705-717 and died in 721. He was
canonised in 1037. The Bishop of York commissioned a biography
of St John Beverley in the 1060’s and it is possible that
the crosier was commissioned at the same time.
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