Portable altar
Artist: Medieval
Location: British Museum
Date: 1125 - 1150
Materials: whalebone
Dimensions: 23 x 9 x 14 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,500 (Total: £15,000)
Vendor: M H Drey
Review number: 2139 (1963)
Description:
Used by church dignitaries if on a journey and out of reach of church for mass. Richly carved with images of the apostles within arcades on the long sides. At one end is a representation of the Crucifixion with St John and the Virgin, and at the other, Christ in Majesty with symbols of the Evangelists.
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