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The rest of the triptych alomost certainly had wings containing standing angels. \nSuch ivory plaques were normally arranged in diptychs or triptychs. Diptychs consisted of two tablets hinged together, while triptychs were two tablets hinged on either side of a central tablet.  The smaller ones were probably held in the hand and opened like a small book, while the larger ones would have stood open on a table or altar. The small size of the panel suggests that it was used for private devotion.\nThe Gothic Triptych was to all intents and purposes a sub-branch of the tabernacle polyptych, with a shallower central panel and two, rather than four, hinged wings. The subject matter was the same, dominated by single images of the standing Virgin and Child and scenes from the infancy of Christ. Triptychs – like diptychs – are better suited to the needs of a travelling clientele, who would wish to take these small portable altars with them as aids to prayer. Some of them were intended to be carried in cases, usually of cuir bouilli (boiled leather).\r\n\r\n","physicalDescription":"The centre panel of an ivory triptych with traces of colour and guilding. The Virgin is seated on a backless throne, beneath a trefoil arch with a cusped and crocketed gable. She wears a crown over her veil and a long open mantle over a belted gown, and holds the stem of a flower in her right hand and the standing Christ-Child on her left knee. The Child is holding a book in his left hand, wears a long tunic and rests his open right hand on the Virgin's chest. The Virgin held a spray of lilies or bunch of flowers (now broken away) in her right hand.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"},{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Elephant ivory with traces of colour and gilding","categories":[{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2012FV7576","2012FV7574","2006AE3913","2017JU1960"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"DU1","shelf":"DR9","box":"3"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Panel","id":"x47676"}],[{"text":"Triptych","id":"AAT178234"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1320-1330","earliest":"1315-01-01","latest":"1330-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Mrs Gilbertson in memory of her husband, Canon Gilbertson","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"14.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"at front including restoration","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"at centre base","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"In the collection of Canon Lewis Gilbertson, Rector of St. Martin's Church, Ludgate Hill, London, by 1923. Bequeathed by Mrs Gilbertson (d. 1940) in memory of her husband Canon Gilbertson, in 1940.","historicalContext":"A diptych in the Royal Ontario Museum, showing a seated Virgin and Child (left leaf) and the Crucifixion (right leaf) seems to be by the same workshop. This was formerly in the collection of Lord Lee of Fareham.","briefDescription":"Panel, Ivory, central panel from a triptych, of the Virgin and Child, French (Paris School), ca. 1320-1330","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Randall, Richard H, Jr. <u>The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections.</u> New York, 1993, cat. no. 61"},{"reference":{"text":"Longhurst, Margaret H, ‘Some war-time additions to the ivory collections at South Kensington’, in: <u>Burlington Magazine</u>, LXXIX, 1941","id":"AUTH332637"},"details":"p. 22","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Williamson, Paul and Davies, Glyn, <u>Medieval Ivory Carvings, 1200-1550</u>, (in 2 parts), V&A Publishing, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014","id":"AUTH332632"},"details":"part 1, pp. 190, 1","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Williamson, Paul and Davies, Glyn, <u>Medieval Ivory Carvings, 1200-1550</u>, (in 2 parts), V&A Publishing, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, part 1, pp. 190, 1, cat. no. 60"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Mary (Virgin Mary)","id":"N480"},{"text":"Christ Child","id":"N4624"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"gables (architectural elements)","id":"AAT2296"},{"text":"arches","id":"AAT994"},{"text":"columns (architectural elements)","id":"AAT1571"},{"text":"book","id":"AAT28051"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["A.29-1940"],"accessionNumberNum":"29","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1940,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LW2203"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-30","recordCreationDate":"2004-01-12","availableToBook":false}}