Explore c.young's 4664 photos on Flickr!
Scheibenmonstranz | Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur
Музеи московского кремля: ОРУЖЕЙНАЯ ПАЛАТА
Jun 21, 2015 - BISHOPS CROZIERS | Bishop Crosier (Crozier), 22k Gold Plate, Jeweled, Wooden Case.
Croziers, or staffs of office in the form of shepherds' crooks, were carried by both bishops and abbots. Carved on one face of the crozier are the Virgin and St. John flanking the Crucified Christ; on the other, the Virgin holds the Christ child between two candle-bearing angels. The fine carving of the figures is complemented by such details as the delicate vine leaves around the edges of the scenes. A few ivory croziers are known from this period, but the majority were made of pieces of rock crystal and enameled and gilded copper.
One of Robin Croziers MEMO -RANDOM sheets I found on a german website today that I filled in over ten years ago. Robin was one of the best mail artists around at the time. I think his project is now in the Getty Archive.
Like the heads of many medieval croziers, which were seen in processions and during religious ceremonies, the double-sided Lamb of God (or agnus dei in Latin) inside of this volute would have been visible to clerics and laypeople standing on either side of the bishop, abbot, or abbess who carried it
During the fourteenth century, ivory carvers usually exploited the double-sided visual field within the volutes of croziers, arranging complementary devotional images back to back on either side. This attentiveness to the specifications of the crozier as a flat, double-sided picture plane is an especially noticeable feature of Parisian ivory carving of the fourteenth century (compare acc
Hand made and carved country walking sticks, including shepherds crooks, carved dogs head and carved animal walking sticks.Carved woodcock walking sticks. Bishops croziers. Engraved glass. Dog portraits painted on slate.Carved Border Terrier walking stick, Carved Springer Spaniel walking stick, Carved Lurcher walking stick, Lurcher with flat cap walking stick,Woodcock thumb stick, Rams horn crooks, Buffalo horn shepherds crooks, Hardwood crooks, Travel sticks, Two part walking sticks. stick maker.
