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| Keywords: French - Wax Tablet with the Coronation of the Virgin - Walters 71203.jpg Three angels hold a cloth of honor behind the Virgin and two others swing censers at the sides while she is crowned The scene is placed beneath a canopy of three trefoil arches The panel is recessed on the reverse to receive wax for writing It was attached to other panels with two holes in the right side for cords and a hole in the center of the left side for securing the other tablet or tablets Although wax tablet covers are usually decorated with secular scenes a number of others exist with religious subjects which suggests that wax notebooks were used by the clergy as well as the laity late Other date century 14 Medieval ivory H 3 11/16 x W 2 3/8 D 3/16 in 9 3 x 6 x 4 cm accession number 71 203 40456 Léon Gruel Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore purchased or shipped in 1914 Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
