A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Fictile Ivories In The South Kensington Museum

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...long forked beard (the nimbus wanting), holding the martyr's wreath in both his hands; his wallet hangs on his right side, he wears shoes on his sect, and his cloak is fastened beneath his beard. Neatly executed. (740.) '58. 45 SEMI-STATUETTE. German. End of 15th century. In the British Museum (from the Mafkell Collection). H. 53. in., W. 3 in. A very realistic group of the Virgin and Child, being portions of the scene of the Adoration of the Kings, carved in very high relief. The Virgin seated, with a cushion at the back of her head, around which is a gemmed nimbus; her feet rest on a large wicker basket, in front of which an ass and ox are lying. Her face is turned towards the right, as is the figure of the Infant, which she holds on her knees with both hands; He has a small cruciferous nimbus/and stretches forth His hands towards the Magi in the wanting part of the piece. The arrangement of the long flowing drapery of the Virgin is boldly disposed. Figured, Sir D. Wyatt, Notices of Carvings in Ivory, pi. opp. p. 17. Arundel Soc. (xiv. d.) (J4i.) '68. 4. STATUETTE. English? 17th century. In the Collection. L. 5s in., W. 2 in. A naked male infant carved in very deep relief lying asleep on a pillow. The tranquil repose and excellent contour of the childish body give a great charm to this piece of sculpture. J 742.) C--HEADS OF PASTORAL STAVES. '58. 137 HEAD of a Pastoral Staff." German? Sth or 9th century. Original in the Christian Museum of the Vatican. Diam. 4 in. This is of a more simple character than any of the early staves figured by Barrault and Martin in "Le Baton Pastoral," approaching, however, closely to that figured by them (p. 48, fig. 52), from the archiepiscopal Museum at Lyons. The whorl is octagonal, ...

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Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum: With and Account of the Continental Collections of Classical and Medioeval Ivories Hence the extreme value of the collection, replete as it is with information both artifiic and antiquarian, cannot be doubted and need not be dwelt upon at any great length. The fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The Victoria and Albert Museum, or South Kensington Museum as it used to be known, was founded by the British Government in 1852, out of the proceeds from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Like the Exhibition, it aimed to improve the expertise of designers, and the taste of the public, by exposing them to examples of good design from all countries and periods. 2,500 publications have to date been produced by, for, or in association with the V&A. The National Art Library, which is part of the Museum, has prepared this detailed catalogue, supplemented by a secondary list of 500 other books closely related to the V&A. The 1,500 exhibitions and displays recorded include those held in the main Museum and at its branches, the Bethnal Green Museum (now the National Museum of Childhood) and the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, and additionally those it has organized at external venues, in Great Britain and abroad. The exhibitions and publications are fully cross-referenced, and there are name, title and subject indexes to the whole work, as well as an explanatory introduction.