Plaque with the Symbol of the Evangelist Mark, ca. 1100, Made in Conques, France, French, Copper: cut and gilt; champlevé and cloisonné enamel: black, lapis and lavender blue, turquoise, green, red, white, pinkish white., Overall: 4 x 2 7/16 x 1/8in. (10.1 x 6.2 x 0.3cm), Enamels-Champlevé & Cloisonné, This plaque, part of an ensemble including four plaques with the symbols of the evangelists and a central roundel with the crucifixion, probably from a book cover, can be securely attributed to the celebrated pilgrimage abbey of Saint Foy at Conques, France's richest surviving repository of medieval goldsmith's work.

Plaque with the Symbol of the Evangelist Mark, ca. 1100, Made in Conques, France, French, Copper: cut and gilt; champlevé and cloisonné enamel: black, lapis and lavender blue, turquoise, green, red, white, pinkish white., Overall: 4 x 2 7/16 x 1/8in. (10.1 x 6.2 x 0.3cm), Enamels-Champlevé & Cloisonné, This plaque, part of an ensemble including four plaques with the symbols of the evangelists and a central roundel with the crucifixion, probably from a book cover, can be securely attributed to the celebrated pilgrimage abbey of Saint Foy at Conques, France's richest surviving repository of medieval goldsmith's work

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