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This plaque shows the Transfiguration, while the other (Mus. no. 255-1867) would show Christ healing the Leper and the Blind. \nDuring the period 900-1200, ivories were produced all over Europe, often in monasteries and ecclesiastical or royal courts. The pieces were used for liturgical purposes. Ivory carvings appeared on book covers, reliquary caskets, antependia (the panel in front of an altar) and religious icons. This was probably originally from a book cover.\r\nThe Transfiguration shows the moment when Christ made known his divine nature to his apostles Peter, James and John, in the presence of the Old Testament patriarchs Moses and Elijah. It took place on Mount Tabor in Galilee.\nMelzak convincingly connected the plaques with the Later Metz ivory panels of the border of the 'Cathedra  Petri' in Rome and dated them to 870- 80. Iconographically the scenes of the healing of the leper and the healing of the blind man may be compared with those on the contemporary plaques in Berlin and Würzburg and products in Metz.","physicalDescription":"The Transfiguration, panel in two compartments. Above Christ in a mandorla standing between Moses and Elias; below, the three adoring disciples point and cower in fear. 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While the term 'the blind' has been used in this record, it has since fallen from usage and is now considered offensive. The term is repeated in this record in its original historical context.\r\n\r\nPurchased from Webb, £25.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Book cover, ivory, The Transfiguration, Carolingian, France, Lorraine (Metz), ca. 870-880","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lasko, Peter. <u>Ars sacra: 800-1200.</u> Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972, pp. 78-9 and plate 68"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1867. <font -u>Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1.</font> London: Printed by George E. 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