Photos, videos and docs of Stiffleaf, with the keywords: "altarpiece"

jesse tree alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:29:56 +0000

such tables could be used in series to fill up a wooden retable on an altar or as a single panel for more private devotion.

now in the v. and a.

st. james the great alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:29:31 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

c15 figure of st. james as a pilgrim. these smaller figures could fill spaces in a retable.

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trinity alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:28:57 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

such tables could be used in series to fill up a wooden retable on an altar or as a single panel for more private devotion.

now in the v. and a.

deposition alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:28:16 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

late c14 deposition from the cross. most alabasters were from retables, often used with others in a series; those with a built in frame tend to be c14

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st. christopher alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:27:22 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

probably a stand alone figure used close to a nave doorway.

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st. christopher alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:26:40 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

probably a stand alone figure used close to a nave doorway.

now in the v. and a.

thomas becket alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:25:54 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

thomas returns to sandwich from france. late c15

such tables were used in series to fill up a wooden retable on an altar.

now in the v. and a.

thomas becket alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:25:30 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

thomas meets the pope, with cardinals behind and a jester in the foreground. late c15

such tables were used in series to fill up a wooden retable on an altar.

now in the v. and a.

st. katherine alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:24:44 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

st. katherine in prison with the empress faustina and porphyrius the guard opposite christ. c15

such tables were used in series to fill up a wooden retable on an altar.

now in the v. and a.

martyrdom of st. katherine alabaster

nobody@ipernity.com (Stiffleaf) — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:24:08 +0000

Stiffleaf has posted:

katherine is beheaded before the emperor maxentius, who has a devil in his crown. her soul is gathered by an angel above the executioner, and her jailor stands behind. probably early c15.

such tables were used in series to fill up a wooden retable on an altar.

now in the v. and a.