Paten

Description

Silver-gilt paten with an engraved Manus Dei within a circle, set in a quatrefoil depression, part of the rim missing, from a bishop's grave, from Roy Ritchie's excavations at Whithorn Priory, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, 13th century

Museum reference

H.1992.1837

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Paten

Date

13th century

Materials

Silver-gilt

Physical description

Silver-gilt

Collection place(s)

Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Angels, Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland (12 Aug 1982 - 26 Sep 1982)
  Royal Museum of Scotland

References

Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003

Caldwell, D.H. (ed). Angels Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1982

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
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scotland galleries »
kingdom of the scots »
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