Inv. G 30 LM
Geisberg 1914: France, after 1300.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Kärnten 2009: France (Paris?), c. 1300.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, c. 1330.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (hair, along the hems, architectural details, star above the Virgin's head); green (arches, cross, garments, trefoils).
Provenance
From the Benedictine monastery of Liesborn.
Bibliography
Das Landesmuseum der Provinz Westfalen in Münster, dir. by M. Geisberg, ed. by B. Meier (Berlin, 1914), I: Die Skulpturen, pp. 104-105 (with ill.), no. 249.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 136, 217; II, no. 535.
Liesborn: Kunst und Geschichte der ehemaligen Abtei, exhibition catalogue, Liesborn, 1965, no. 5 (H. Eickel).
H. Appuhn, 'Das Altarkreuz von Ermelinghof', in Westfalen 54 (1976), pp. 1-22 (pp. 10, 12, 13, fig. 11).
G. Sitar, M. Krokev, H. Kempkens, Macht des Wortes: Benediktinisches Mönchtum im Spiegel Europas, exhibition catalogue, Kärnten, 2009, II, pp. 149-150, no. 9.7.
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