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| Keywords: Carolingian - Book-Cover Plaque with the Crucifixion and Holy Women at the Tomb - Walters 71142.jpg In the upper scene the crucified Christ is flanked by the Virgin St John and the Roman soldiers Longinus and Stephaton A coiled serpent symbolizing conquered evil wraps its tongue around the base of the cross Below the Holy Women are greeted by an angel at the empty tomb of Christ carved to look like the Holy Sepulcher the site of Christ's burial in Jerusalem This Carolingian ivory with its animated figures and fluid drapery dates to the reign of Charles the Bald grandson of Charlemagne ca 870 880 Medieval ivory cm 16 5 8 7 0 7 accession number 71 142 23524 Said to be from the Abbey of Maroilles Picardy Augustin Lambert Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henri Daguerre Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Art of the Dark Ages Worcester Art Museum Worcester 1937 The Dark Ages Worcester Art Museum Worcester 1937 The Life of Christ Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford 1948 The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A D Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1957-1958 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin north France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Medieval book covers Ivory book covers Carolingian ivory 9th-century ivory Reliefs of the Crucifixion of Christ in the United States Reliefs of Saint Longinus in the United States Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
