Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
16th century
Medium
boxwood with leather case
Credit Line
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Object Number
M557
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Open (Length, Diameter): 124mm × 54mm (12.4 × 5.4 cm)
Description
Heaven with the Coronation of the Virgin (upper); Judgement Day (lower)
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:
Judex sapiens judicabit pplm sm et principatus sensati terribilis erit [outer upper]
Secundu judicem ppli sic et ministri ejus et qualis rector est civitatis tales inhabitant [outer lower]
In civitate D[omi]ni ibi sona jugiter organa S[an]ctor[um] ibi ?ynamonu[m] et balsamu[m] odor suavissimus cantica eor[um]
[source: The Port Folio, Jan. - March 1820]
Judex sapiens judicabit pplm sm et principatus sensati terribilis erit [outer upper]
Secundu judicem ppli sic et ministri ejus et qualis rector est civitatis tales inhabitant [outer lower]
In civitate D[omi]ni ibi sona jugiter organa S[an]ctor[um] ibi ?ynamonu[m] et balsamu[m] odor suavissimus cantica eor[um]
[source: The Port Folio, Jan. - March 1820]
Published References
Henry Pickering, Art.XX, The Port Folio, Jan.-March 1820, 157-162
Provenance
Provenance
Elias Hasket Derby, Jr. (donated to museum c. 1806)
Previous Owner(s)
Elias Hasket Derby Jr.