Liturgical Comb Fragment

Unknown

1180–1220 · Elephant ivory · The Cloisters

Liturgical comb fragment depicting the Tree of Jesse. Tree grows from loins of Jesse, contains the Virgin and above, the Christ child with the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. Flanking the Virgin are the prophet Isaiah and Saint Fulbert, the twelfth century bishop of Chartres.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1180–1220

Medium

Elephant ivory

Culture

German

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

Purchased jointly by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Cloisters Collection) and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux de France (Palais du Louvre), 1973