Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, 1st half of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, early 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Modern ink inscription, 'Ditticho che serviva forse di cartone ad un codice del 1300 di falconeria, 1848'.
Object Condition
Left wing cracked through both registers.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 362, pl. LXXXII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 436, 437 and pp. 388, 436-438; II, no. 1209 and 1210.
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