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Two Composite Panels Including Shields with the Five Wounds of Christ

TWO COMPOSITE PANELS INCLUDING SHIELDS WITH THE FIVE WOUNDS OF CHRISTEngland, Cheshire (?)
15th century, second half and later
Pot metal, white glass and silver stain
A: 50.5 x 33.3 (19 7/8 x 13 1/8); B: 51.0 x 33.0 (20 1/8 x 13)
Quarries surrounding shields were added; shields are from different windows

Provenance: Grosvenor Thomas, London
Bibliography: Friedley (1913), 46-50, ill.; Cram (1915), 1:71.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 12.210.1 W and Z (Medieval Department)

Inscription: A. […]ER CAPVT TVV I VERSV TE DICENS (stopgap)

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