Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 950 - circa 1000; Classification(s): sculpture, panel, carving, ivory, carved; Acquisition: bequeathed by McClean, Frank (1837-1904), 1904, Frank McClean Bequest [M.12-1904]
Description: Rectangular ivory panel. A large figure of a bishop or archbishop stands under a scalloped or shell niche facing the spectator with his right hand raised. On a desk to his left, held at the top in his left hand, is an open book inscribed in Latin 'Ad te levavi animam meam? (?Unto thee I have raised my soul?). Above, five deacons stand beneath a similar niche. Before him, three on his right and three on his left and one facing him, stand the canons, those at the sides with their mouths open about to chant. At the top and bottom is a crenalated wall and a pair of towers with round-headed windows. A finely carved border of acanthus frames the scene.
