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[edit]Atelier of the Boxes: Writing Tablet and Lid
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Writing Tablet and Lid |
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English: During the Middle Ages, paper and parchment were expensive, and many people took advantage of less permanent forms of written communication. One side of an ivory tablet was coated with wax; then a message was incised in the wax with a stylus (which looks like a large pin) and protected by an ivory lid. The little box would be sent to the recipient, who smoothed the wax and responded. The sliding cover depicts three ladies in the town, looking over its walls at two embracing couples seen to the left. The bottom of the box shows the same town at greater distance, a tent with two more lovers, a hawking expedition, and a hermit reading outside his rustic cell. Several writing boxes are known from the same, otherwise unidentified workshop. |
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| Date | between 1340 and 1360 (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ivory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H: 3 11/16 x W: 2 1/8 x D of tablet and lid together: 7/16 in. (9.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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71.283 |
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| Place of creation | north France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962. Images of Love and Death in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. 1975-1976. The Medieval Garden. Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence; Dumbarton Oaks, Washington. 1983. Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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| current | 20:16, 25 March 2012 | | 1,269 × 1,800 (239 KB) | File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Atelier of the Boxes (French, ca. 1340-ca. 1360) |title = ''Writing Tablet and Lid'' |description = {{en|During the Middle Ages, paper and parchment were expensive,... |
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