Panel from a Casket with Scenes from Courtly Romances
c. 1330–50 or later
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Panel from a Casket with Scenes from Courtly Romances, c. 1330–50 or later. France, Lorraine?, Gothic period, 14th century. Ivory; overall: 13 x 26.2 x 1 cm (5 1/8 x 10 5/16 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1978.39.a Two knights in mail surcoats and helms joust here with blunted lances "for courtesy," a version of the joust known as the Joust of Peace.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ivory
- Formatted Medium
- ivory
- Medium
- ivory
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13 x 26.2 x 1 cm (5 1/8 x 10 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1978.39.a
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Year in Review 1978</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, (1979).<br><br><em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, (October 14-December 9, 1981).<br><br><em>Images of the Mind</em>, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-August 23, 1987).<br><br><em>Survival of the Gods: Classical Mythology in Medieval Art</em>, Brown University Bell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, (February 28-March 29, 1987).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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