Double-sided lirurgical comb with scenes of Henri II nominating Thomas Becket archibishop of Canterbury in 1162 and his martyrdom in 1170

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Double-sided lirurgical comb with scenes of Henri II nominating Thomas Becket archibishop of Canterbury in 1162 and his martyrdom in 1170

Artist : Anonyme

Model : Saint Thomas Becket

Relationship with : Henri II Plantagenêt

Date : approx. between 1200 and 1210

Material : Ivory
Acquisition : Anonymous gift (1988)
Art gothique

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Moyen-Age 1
Ground Floor

Item 32 on 211
Objets d'Art
Object of worship (Peigne liturgique)

Vitrine : V04

Area related
Canterbury (England)

Description

Liturgical combs were used in preparing the priest to the mass. The calssicizong naturalism of the figures and the floral ornament are important featutes of English Gothic art around 1200.

Item(s) related

Louvre Museum :
Suger

Assassinat et ensevelissement de saint Thomas Becket
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approx. from 1175 to 1200

Martyr et glorification de saint Thomas Becket
Châsse
Anonyme
approx. from 1180 to 1220

Metropolitan Museum of Art :
Moyen-Age 1

Reliquary casket with scenes of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
Châsse
Moyen-Age
Anonyme
approx. from 1173 to 1180

Pilgrim's badge depicting the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury
Médaillon
Moyen-Age
Anonyme
approx. from 1350 to 1400

The California Palace of the Legion of Honor :
Middle Age

Reliquary (châsse) representing the Entombment of Christ and the Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket
Reliquaire
Anonyme
approx. from 1200 to 1210