PRE-ROMANESQUE SCULPTOR, French
(active 990s in Paris)

Pastoral staff

990s
Ivory
Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris

The picture shows the handle of the pastoral staff in the form of a "tau" (Greek "T"). The staff belonged to Abbot Morard who was in office between 990 and 1014 in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris.




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