Ivory Book Cover with Scenes from the Life of Jesus

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Title Ivory Book Cover with Scenes from the Life of Jesus
Location Country Italy (origin)
Style Period Late Antique and Early Christian Art
Subject Religious Art; Illuminated Manuscripts
Creation Date second half of 5th Century CE
Form illuminated manuscript
Medium ivory with central figures of gilded silver cellwork inlaid with garnets, frame: wood covered in silver with foliate pattern
Dimensions 14-3/4 x 11-1/8"
Repository Tesoro del Duomo di Milano, Milan (Italy)
Source Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art, by Jeffrey Spier. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007.
Work ID 15938
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6jt32xt
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 41705
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jt32xt