armlet personal.ornament

One of three ivory armlets.

Early: 1800 Late: 1904

Dia: 100 - 117 mm Th: 30 - 70 mm

Baird,John.Lawrence 1st.Viscount.Stonehaven

ivory

Baird,John.Lawrence 1st.Viscount.Stonehaven

Before and for a while after the Reformation, churches were decorated with paintings and stone or, more unusually, plaster sculptures depicting scenes from the Bible, particularly from the Passion. The church at Monymusk, Aberdeenshire was originally Norman and was connected with a Celtic Christian community until it was made an Augustinian Priory in the mid 13th century. The church and priory fell into ruin in the mid 16th century, before the Reformation and the church was rebuilt after the Reformation, in the early 17th century. This rare plaster sculpture is the head of the dead, crucified Christ, and came from the pre-Reformation church. It was part of a larger piece sculpted in 16th or 17th century.

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