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Image: Ivory carving St. Thomas a Becket

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Description: This carved piece, dating from c.1200, depicts a scene from the life of St Thomas à Becket. It shows the four knights (Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Moreville, William de Tracey, and Richard le Breton) who were involved in the murder in 1170 of Becket in Canterbury Cathedral following a dispute with King Henry II. One knight holds an axe with which to break down the door of the Cathedral. There are two tonsured figures in the centre; the hole between them may have held a cross. The three figures to the front include an archbishop (or bishop) holding a staff and two clergymen. ?English.
Title: Ivory carving St. Thomas a Becket
Credit: https://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/ivory-carving-of-four-knights/
Permission: Public Domain via Hunt Museum
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