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Plaque from a Portable Altar: Zacharias at the Altar

c. 1100–1125
ivory
Overall: 8.6 x 7.7 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of John L. Severance in memory of J. H. Wade 1926.212
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury
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Description

This delicate ivory plaque may once have decorated a side of a portable altar. It likely depicts the angel of the Lord appearing to the priest Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, at the altar in the temple. Like the identity of the object in Zacharias’s hands, the identity of the couple accompanying the priest remains unclear.
Plaque from a Portable Altar: Zacharias at the Altar

Plaque from a Portable Altar: Zacharias at the Altar

c. 1100–1125

Germany, Rhine Valley, Cologne?, Romanesque period, 12th century

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