Ivory
Plaque with Saints
11th or 12th century
Musée
National de l'Age Médiévale, Paris
The inscription on the top roundel is S[ANCTUS] LAVRENCIUS, Saint
Lawrence. He is tonsured
and wears a dalmatic, with narrow sleeves and a collar, and a
stole. In his right hand is a short rod.
The middle roundel has St. Pantaleon, carrying a rod and book, in a
looser garment. A layman, he is not tonsured.
Below is S[ANCTUS] GREGORIRIUS P[A]P[A], Pope St. Gregory, tonsured and
in a
chasuble
with a Y-shaped orphrey.
More of St. Lawrence
More of St. Pantaleon
More of Pope St. Gregory
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke