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| Keywords: French - Choirmaster's Crozier with Saints Valerie, Martial, and Michael - Walters 5383.jpg This unusual crozier branches into two volutes containing on one side St Valerie kneeling with her decapitated head guided by a small angel St Martial the bishop who converted her to Christianity is seen on the other side celebrating the Mass At the top is the archangel St Michael; all three were patron saints of Limoges Made for a choirmaster this crozier's two volutes symbolize the two parts of the chants verses and responses that were traditionally sung by a choir of monks middle Other date century 13 Medieval gilded copper with rock crystal and semiprecious stones cm 32 8 16 2 3 accession number 53 83 37370 Dugué Paris before 1847 Sale Paris March 7 1851 no 2 Hollingworth Magniac Colworth Bedford 1851 by purchase Charles Magniac Colworth 1867 by inheritance Sale Christie's London July 2 1892 no 504 Edward Arnold London by purchase Sale London June 8 1920 no 183 Webb George Robinson Harding London by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1920 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Croziers Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
