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Wernher Triptych

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Wernher Triptych
Wernher Triptych
MaterialIvory
Size18.4cm by 16.8cm
Created900-1000 AD
Present locationBritish Museum, London
Registration1978,0502.10

The Wernher Triptych is an ivory Byzantine triptych carved in Constantinople between 900 and 1000 AD.

History

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The triptych became part of the British Museum's collection in 1978, in lieu of taxes following the death of Sir Harold Wernher, son of the financier Sir Julius Wernher.[1]

Description

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In the central panel stands the Virgin Hodegetria; on the side leaves are carved an angel and two saints framed in medallions; on the left St Nicholas and St Theodore, on the right St John Chrysostom and St George.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ triptych / religious/ritual equipment, British Museum Collection, retrieved 10 December 2013

Further reading

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  • Evans, Helen C. & Wixom, William D., The glory of Byzantium: art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era, A.D. 843-1261, no. 80, 1997, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ISBN 9780810965072; full text available online from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries