MAKE A MEME View Large Image Brescia Casket before 1928.jpg en The Brescia Casket or Lipsanotheca in Italian often just the Lipsanoteca is an ivory box perhaps a reliquary from the late 4th century which is now in the Museo di Santa Giulia at San Salvatore in Brescia ...
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Keywords: Brescia Casket before 1928.jpg en The Brescia Casket or Lipsanotheca in Italian often just the Lipsanoteca is an ivory box perhaps a reliquary from the late 4th century which is now in the Museo di Santa Giulia at San Salvatore in Brescia Italy It is a virtually unique survival of a complete Early Christian ivory box in generally good condition The 36 subjects depicted on the box represent a wide range of the images found in the evolving Christian art of the period and their identification has generated a great deal of art-historical discussion though the high quality of the carving has never been in question At some point it was dismantled and the panels displayed laid out flat on a board forming a cross shape with a frame The box was restored and re-assembled in 1928 Autore Alinari Fratelli 1852/ fotografo principale Luogo e data della ripresa Brescia BS secondo quarto XX Materia/tecnica albumina/carta Misure 24 x 30 Note La Lipsanoteca รจ stat ripristinata nella sua forma di cofanetto nel 1928 Collocazione Milano MI Raccolte Grafiche e Fotografiche del Castello Sforzesco Civico Archivio Fotografico RI 2727 2012-12-24 00 12 03 http //www lombardiabeniculturali it/fotografie/schede/IMM-3a010-0004073/ Alinari Brothers Custom license marker 2012 12 24 PD-Old Italy URAA date Photo taken before 1929 Uploaded with UploadWizard Lipsanoteca Brescia Fotografia Alinari
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