St. John Plate
c. 1480
Limewood, pine, polychrome
Diameter: 35 cm
Inv. 56.852.1
The relief depicts the head of St. John the Baptist, an image of the saint’s execution that had become an independent depiction. It became widespread as a prop in medieval mystery plays or as a devotional image.
The painting of the plate in the Christian Museum’s collection was infilled in large areas; its rim was originally silver gilt. The head was affixed with a wooden peg.
Provenance:
From the parish church of Garamszentbenedek.
Bibliography
Divald Kornél: Csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárok Bars és Túróc vármegyében. In: A Magyar Mérnők- és Építész Egylet Közlönye XLV, 1911, 539-540. –Divald 1911, 40. – Haiczl Kálmán: A garamszentbenedeki apátság története. Budapest 1913, 144. – Gerevich-1928, 218. – Genthon-1948, 152.
The painting of the plate in the Christian Museum’s collection was infilled in large areas; its rim was originally silver gilt. The head was affixed with a wooden peg.
Provenance:
From the parish church of Garamszentbenedek.
Bibliography
Divald Kornél: Csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárok Bars és Túróc vármegyében. In: A Magyar Mérnők- és Építész Egylet Közlönye XLV, 1911, 539-540. –Divald 1911, 40. – Haiczl Kálmán: A garamszentbenedeki apátság története. Budapest 1913, 144. – Gerevich-1928, 218. – Genthon-1948, 152.
