Work of Art Record 24131

Record No

24131

Collection

The Jane Hayward Database of Medieval Art

Location

Germany, Augsburg: Church, St. Ulrich and Afra

Date

10c. - 11c.

Subject Headings

Equestrian

Notes

Ivory Comb of St. Ulrich.

Horseman with lance attacking fallen man wearing helmet and armor?, armed with club and shield. Said to have been found in the tomb of St. Ulrich of Augsburg.

Augsburg, Rathaus, Suevia Sacra (1973) , pp. 109-110 (70); pls. 55 (reverse); 56 (obverse)

Lasko, P., "Comb," Relics of Saint Cuthbert (1956), pp. 347, 355 no. 21; pl. XXI

Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Rom und Byzanz (1998) , cat. 59; pp. 198-199; color figs. p. 198

Return to List