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Ivory Altar Panels, 12th century
Museo Diocesano, Salerno, Southern Italy
A detail of the guards - NT 04 The Magi Before King Herod


Photo by Emilio
Salerno Ivories
Museo diocesano, Salerno



The guards behind the throne are referenced as figure 603B in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
603A to 603E. Ivory altar-back, A - Guards at the Tomb, B - Herod's Soldiers, C - Sacrifice of Isaac, D - Guards at the Crucifixion E - Massacre of the Innocents, 1100-1150 AD, Sicilian or south Italian, Cathedral Museum, Salerno (Car).
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