A description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington museum (1872)
South Kensington Museum, Maskell, William, 1814?-1890 · London, Chapman & Hall · leaf 102
Preface. xc A remarkable specimen is in the Meyrick collection ; an illustration is given of one of the … kind of statuette can be traced to a much earlier time. An entry in an inventory of the church of Notre Dame at Paris in 1343 mentions one ; “ quaedam “ alia ymago eburnea valde antiqua scisa per medium et “ cum ymaginibus sculptis in appertura, que solebat poni “ super magnum altare.”®® It is…
South Kensington Museum · Ivories · Art objects
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