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Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew

c. 1160
gilded copper, champlevé enamel
Overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.462
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury
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Description

It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.
Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew

Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew

c. 1160

Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century

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