Gothic Ivories Project | Hunting horn (oliphant) (Side)

Hunting horn (oliphant) (Side)

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

17.190.379

Horn;silver gilt (mounts)

Height: 305mm
Width: 76mm

Register 1: Inscriptions including initials and monogram 'IHS'. Apostles including saint Peter holding a key; saint Philip with a cross; saint Paul holding a sword; saint Jude (Thaddeus) with a halberd.
Register 2: Unidentified saints under arches, including a saint holding a chalice. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 3: Foliated decoration. Inscription around the opening: '/m.ense/ac/heu//s//me/spuo/a'. Lower inscription: 'Manamodeum', 'MaimaiaBldeum' (some letter forms unclear).

Museum's opinion 2012: France, 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.

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