Magdeburg Ivories
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magdeburg-ivories-163-17152963
title:
Magdeburg Ivories
text:
The Magdeburg Ivories are a set of 16 surviving ivory panels illustrating episodes of Christ's life. They were commissioned by Emperor Otto I, probably to mark the dedication of Magdeburg Cathedral, and the raising of the Magdeburg see to an archbishopric in 968. The panels were initially part of an unknown object in the cathedral that has been variously conjectured to be an antependium or altar front, a throne, door, pulpit, or an ambon; traditionally this conjectural object, and therefore the
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description:
Set of 17 ivory panels illustrating episodes of Christ's life
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_Ivories
date created:
2019-01-26T17:51:16Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T15:01:31Z
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13
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16