Quatrilobed Plaque: The Descent from the Cross

Quatrilobed Plaque: The Descent from the Cross

c. 1350–1400 · Spain, Catalonia?, 14th century

translucent enamel (basse-taille) on silver

¶ And after this, Ioseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Iesus, but secretly for feare of the Iewes) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Iesus, and Pilate gaue him leaue: he came therefore, and tooke the body of Iesus.
JOHN 19:38 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

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