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The plaque depicts three saints rising from their graves (as described in the Gospel according to Saint  Matthew 27.52-53) and scrolling plant decoration on a background of rich blue. It possibly comes from a crucifix of which another part is in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. The two objects share several common decorative elements, including the use of a pseudo kufic script.","physicalDescription":"An oblong plaque, Champlevé enamel on copper-gilt. The plaque depicts three saints rising from their graves (as described in the Gospel according to Saint  Matthew 27.52-53) and scrolling plant decoration on ground of rich blue. The two end saints lift the lids of their tombs, while the central figure steps forth holding both arms aloft. The lower border is decorated with  half a verse, the sides with pseudo kufic script.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"},{"text":"copper","id":"AAT11020"}],"techniques":[{"text":"enamelling","id":"x37485"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Champlevé enamel on copper","categories":[{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Death","id":"THES48970"}],"styles":[{"text":"Romanesque","id":"AAT20768"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2008BV3855","2008BV3845","2017JU3154"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"8","id":"THES49714"},"free":"","case":"CA21","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Plaque","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Limoges","id":"x32604"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1250","earliest":"1245-01-01","latest":"1254-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"13","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"23.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"1.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"0.72","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries 2005","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"PROPOSITO FIXO CRVCIFIXVS CV[M] CRVCIFIXO","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"Fixed by precept, Christ crucified with the crucified","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Half verse running left to right along the lower border. A rhyming Latin hexameter continued from an upper plaque showing the Crucifixion.\r\nPossibly a reference to the prophecy of Christ crucified between thieves (Isaiah 53:12, Matthew 27:38 etc.)\r\n(cf. Peter of Blois, Opera omnia, p. 361:\r\nEcce latro pede post Christi vestigia fixo\r\nIntroit ad regnum crucifixus cum crucifixo)"}],"objectHistory":"A letter in departmental records from Major B. Fairfax-Lucy, reports that the plaque was previously at Charlecote Park House in Warwickshire having probably been brought to England by a member of the Lucy family. Bought by the museum from Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy in 1945.\n\nHistorical significance: An example of the finest quality Limoges enamel, the object is in brilliant condition and no similar plaque is known.\r\n\r\nAn individual version of Cufic frequently appeared on medieval enamels. Other examples include two ciboria one in the British Museum and the other in the Louvre and a reliquary chasse known as the chasse de saint Calmine. The enamels ornamented in this way are usually dated to the second quater of the thirteenth century.  An ultimate Spanish origin for the deocration seems probable, and it is possible that jewish craftsmen  were partly instrumental in in spreading the idea of using non-Christian characters. The actual patterns vary very little.","historicalContext":"Possibly from a crucifix of which another part  is in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (museum number 44.22) The Baltimore plaque depicts the Virgin Mary, scrolling plant decoration and a border of pseudo kufic script, many elements of which match the present plaque.","briefDescription":"An oblong plaque, Champlevé enamel on copper-gilt","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Spittle, S.D.T. <font -u>Cufic Lettering in Christian Art</font> (Archaeological Jornal, 1954) p. 138"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[{"text":"The Crucifixion","id":"V106"}],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"saints","id":"AAT150555"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Matthew 27.52-52 : And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the Holy City, and appeared unto many."],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD \r\nCopper, gilt and with champlevé enamel\r\nFrench (Limoges) 13th century\r\n\r\nFrom a large scale composition this was probably placed at the foot of the Crucifixion. The border is engraved with an early form of Arabic lettering known as kufic, but is not translatable.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"Plaque with the resurrection\r\nof the dead\r\nAbout 1250\r\n\r\nWith another plaque (now in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore) this may once have adorned the base of an exceptionally large crucifi x. Both have the same pseudo-Kufic (Arabic) script on the border. This plaque shows the dead rising up after the Crucifi xion,\r\nas recounted in St Matthew’s Gospel.\r\n\r\nFrance, Limoges\r\nGilded copper with\r\nchamplevé enamel\r\nInscribed in Latin, with part\r\nof a rhyming poem about\r\nthe Crucifi xion\r\nMuseum no. M.104-1945","date":{"text":"2009","earliest":"2009-01-01","latest":"2009-12-31"}},{"text":"SAINTS RISING FROM THEIR GRAVES AT THE TIME OF THE CRUCIFIXION, (ST. MATT. XXVII 52-3)\r\nChamplevé enamel on copper gilt\r\nBorder with the latter half of a verse; proposito fixo crvcifixvs cv crucifixo, and simulated inscription in the Kufic characters.\r\nFrench (Limoges); middle of the 13th century\r\nFrom Charlecote Park","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["M.104-1945"],"accessionNumberNum":"104","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1945,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP6992","2019LU9732","2019LT8333","2019LV3242"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-08","recordCreationDate":"2006-06-08","availableToBook":false}}