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| Keywords: Borradaile triptych BM 1923 1205 1.jpg The Borradaile Triptych ivory Constantinople ca 900 “1000 AD bequeathed by C Borradaile Motives Central panel carved with the Crucifixion the Virgin and St John and above the half-length figures of the archangels Michael and Gabriel; on the left leaf from top to bottom St Kyros; St George and St Theodore Stratilates; St Menas and St Prokopios; on the right leaf St John; St Eustathius and St Clement of Ankyra; St Stephen and St Kyrion On the reverse are two inscribed crosses and roundels containing busts of Sts Joachim and Anna in the centres with Sts Basil and Barbara and John the Persian and Thekla at the terminals Room 40 own own photograph 2011-06 Photo Andreas Praefcke Photos by User AndreasPraefcke Room 40 British Museum 10th-century carved ivory triptychs Medieval ivory in the British Museum Byzantine ivory Reliefs of the Crucifixion of Christ in England | ||||
