Plaque with Christ in Majesty in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Plaque with Christ in Majesty

Date: ca. 1050–1100

Geography: Region South France

Culture: South French

Medium: Cloisonné enamel on gilded copper alloy

Dimensions: Overall: 4 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 1/8in. (12.5 x 7.9 x 0.3cm)

Classification: Enamels-Champlevé

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number: 17.190.696

On View


Description:

The letters "A" and "w" at either side of the figure of Christ refer to God's proclamation in the Apocalypse (Book of Revelation): "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end." This plaque may be from a book cover or a processional cross.

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