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Border Fragment

BORDER FRAGMENTFrance, Abbey of Saint-Denis, Moses window (?)
1141-1144
Pot metal glass
29.2 x 19.0 (11 1/2 x 7 1/2)
Center spike upside down, some replacements

Provenance: Grosvenor Thomas, London; George D. Pratt, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Bibliography: EMMA (1926), 294; Louis Grodecki, “Fragments de vitraux provenant de Saint-Denis,” Bulletin monumental I 10 (1952), 53-54; MMAB (1971-1972), I 10; Medieval Images: A Glimpse into the Symbolism and Reality of the Middle Ages [exh. cat., The Katonah Gallery] (Katonah, N.Y., 1978), no. 47; Sumner McK. Crosby, The Apostle Bas-Relief at Saint-Denis (New Haven and London, 1973), 33, fig. 63; Grodecki, Les vitraux de Saint-Denis: Etude sur le vitrail au X IIe siecle, vol. r [ Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi: France, Studies I] (Paris, 1976), 129-130, pl. 202.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 26.218.5 (Medieval Department)

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Entry From: Checklist I Filed Under: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters

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