Log in to see this item in other languages
Ivory figure: St Thomas Becket
This carving from walrus ivory depicts the scene leading up to the murder of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 by followers King Henry II. One knight holds an axe with which to break down the door of the Cathedral. There are two tonsured figures in the centre; the hole between them may have held a cross. The three figures to the front include an archbishop (or bishop) holding a staf…
Creator
- The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- Cantebury Cathedral
- Medieval Reading Culture
- Books
- Medieval
- St Thomas à Becket
- Reading Culture (devotional)
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- ivory (material)
- carvings (visual works)
- religious objects
- religious visual works
- Ivory
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- Cantebury Cathedral
- Medieval Reading Culture
- Books
- Medieval
- St Thomas à Becket
- Reading Culture (devotional)
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- ivory (material)
- carvings (visual works)
- religious objects
- religious visual works
- Ivory
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- 2021
- 2021
Temporal
- 1101-1200
- Medieval
- 1101/1200
Places
- England
Provenance
- Models are created using Shining3D’s Einscan Pro 2X laser scanner and ExScan Pro software. They are then processed using Meshlab and Blender. ; Laser scanning; Mesh processing
Identifier
- share3d:1035
- share3d:1035
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- Share3D
- Ireland
Relations
- The Hunt Museum - Essential Guide (2002)
Year
- 2021
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-02-16T09:58:38.158Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-09-11T14:48:51.577Z