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Abbreviated Latin inscriptions identify each scene. Reading clockwise from the lower left, they include scenes from both the Christmas and Easter stories. Portable altars were carried by priests when traveling and when attending the sick.
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Title: Plaque from a Portable Altar with Scenes from the Life of Jesus
Date: ca. 1160–80
Geography: Made in Cologne, Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Champlevé enamel, copper-gilt
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/16 x 2 5/8 x 1/16 in. (16.1 x 6.7 x 0.2 cm)
grouped with 17.190.410-.413: 6 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 1/16 in. (16.2 x 26.1 x 0.2 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Champlevé
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.411
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