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The significance of the heraldry has not been established: the coat of arms include those of France, Clermont-Nesle, Châtillon-sur-Marne, Flanders, Brabant, Visconti, Bourbon, Burgundy and Courcy. On the lid are figures enthroned under Gothic canopies, of the Virgin and Child and Pope Felix, which have been heavily restored; the band of foliate scrolls round the base of the lid and the scattered designs, though apparently based on earlier work, are probably contemporary; some of the gilded copper mounts are modern.","physicalDescription":"Casket of wood covered with twnety-two illuminated shields of arms much defaced; the arms include those of France, Clermont-Nesle, Châtillon-sur-Marne, Flanders, Brabant, Visconti, Bourbon, Burgundy and Courcy; on the lid are figures enthroned under Gothic canopies, of the Virgin and Child and Pope Felix; the band of foliate scrolls round the base of the lid and the scattered designs, though apparently based on earlier work, are probably contemporary; some of the gilded copper mounts are modern.\nThe arms are distributed over the panels of the lid and the sides of the coffer from the dexter to sinister, as follows:\nTop of lid:\n1. (Azure) semy of fleur-de-lys or; FRANCE, as bourne until the middle of the reign of Charles VI, about 1400\n2. Gules (semi trefoils and) two barbel or; CLERMONT-NESLE\n3. Same (?) as 1.\nFront of lid:\n4. (Gules) three pales vair and a chief or with a martlet sable in the canton; CHÂTILLON-SUR-MARNE, for Gaucher, Lord of Châtillon, Constable of France 1302, Count of Porcéan or or Château-Porcien in Champagne, d. 1329, and his decendants the lords of La Ferté-en-Ponthieu, Marigny, etc.\n5. Or a lion rampnat sable; Flanders. \n6. Obliterated, but porbalby same as 4.\nBack slope of lid:\n7-9. Obliterated.\nDexter (left) slope of lid:\n10. Sable or lion rampant or; BRABANT.\nSinister (right) slope of lid:\n11. Obliterated\nFront of box:\n12. Obliterated, except inbase: (Argent) the tail of a snake ondoyant in pale azure; VISCONTI, impaling (azure semy of fleur-de-lys or; France ancient?): Isabelle, youngest daughter of John II of France, consort, 1360-72, of Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti, Count of Vertus, later Duke of Milan.\n13. Obliterated.\n14. (Azure) semy of fleur-de-lys or a bend gules; BOURBON; for Robert of France, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvoisis, d. 1318, and his descendants the Dukes of Bourbon, throughout the fourteenth century. \n15. same as 12.\n16. Bendy or and azure a bordure gules; BURGUNDY ancient-the ducal line extinct in 1361.\n17. Obliterated.\n18. Same as 4 or 22; CHÂTILLON.\nDexter (left) Side of box:\n19. Barry or vair and (gules); COUCY (?).\n20. Gironny...and gules.\nSinister (right) side of box:\n21. Obliterated, except in base the trace of a lion rampant or.\n22. same as 4; CHÂTILLON, but the difference in the chief was apparently that of the branch of Dampierre: two lions counter-passant sable, the tail of one of which is perhaps still traceable. \n\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"},{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"},{"text":"gilt copper","id":"x34723"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Wood covered with painted ivory plaques; gilt copper mounts","categories":[{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2006AD1412","2017JX8432","2017KC2598"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"10 (VA)","id":"THES49099"},"free":"","case":"CA16","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Casket","id":"AAT39006"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Sicily","id":"x29142"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1150","earliest":"1145-01-01","latest":"1154-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"18.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"36.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"20.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"2","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought in 1871 from the Webb collection. ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Casket, wood covered with painted ivory plaques, with gilt copper mounts, Siculo-Arabic, 12th-13th century, with French paintings of the second half of the 14th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<font -u>List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1870, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition.</font> London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 31"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Longhurst, Margaret H. <font -u>Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory.</font> London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part I, p. 57"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cf. Galán y Galindo, Angel. La arqueta de Don Martín, \"el Humano\" en la Real Academia de la Historia. <font -u>Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia.</font> 2004, Tomo 201, Cuaderno 3, pp. 471-497"}],"production":"Siculo-Arabic with French paintings of the second half of the 14th century","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Mary (Virgin Mary)","id":"N480"},{"text":"Jesus Christ","id":"N2525"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"shields","id":"x31101"},{"text":"arms","id":"AAT40237"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["369-1871"],"accessionNumberNum":"369","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1871,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN5820","2019LR1028","2019LT5806","2019LU5704"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-30","recordCreationDate":"2003-12-30","availableToBook":false}}