File:Borradaile triptych BM 1923 1205 1.jpg

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British Museum reference 1923,1205.1
Detailed description 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.
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Author Photo: Andreas Praefcke

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