The Three Magi Before King Herod, Ivory Altar Panels, 12th century, Museo Diocesano, Salerno, Southern Italy

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Ivory Altar Panels, 12th century
Museo Diocesano, Salerno, Southern Italy
NT 04 The Three Magi Before King Herod

A detail of the guards

The Three Magi Before King Herod, Ivory Altar Panels, 12th century, Museo Diocesano, Salerno, Southern Italy

Salerno Ivories
Museo diocesano, Salerno
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The guards behind the throne are referenced as figure 603B in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
603A to 603E. Ivory altar-back, A - Guards at the Tomb, B - Herod's Soldiers, C - Sacrifice of Isaac, D - Guards at the Crucifixion, E - Massacre of the Innocents, 1100-1150 AD, Sicilian or south Italian, Cathedral Museum, Salerno (Car).

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