Miniature Altarpiece: Anna Selbdritt

A round relief of the Virgin and Child with St Anne. Below them are figures of a male and female donor at prayer desks, the man presented by St James the Greater, and the woman by St Michael. The relief is mounted in a silver miniature altar in the form of a triptych, with hinged semi-circular wings. The console is pierced with a quatrefoil diaper. The wings are decorated with foliate designs. The top has an escutcheon with the head of a cherub, topped by a figure of God the Father.

-from V&A site

Crucifixion; St. Jerome

two circular panels, hinged and folded together
Upper: Crucifixion with fainting Virgin; male and female patrons kneeling at left; above, shield of arms; below, lozenge-shaped arms for the female;
lower half: St Jerome in forest praying before crucifix; hat, cloak and lion behind, church in distance; outside: low relief, Marriage of the Virgin, Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth [NB Marks 1977 says it's St. Anne]
source: British Museum website

Mass of St. Gregory; Annunciation

Oblong carving of boxwood; square with arched top:one face with Mass of St Gregory, with two acolytes officiating before altar, on which stands Christ with instruments of the Passion; two bishops to right, two priests to left; other face with Annunciation and two men counting beads before figure of Virgin and Child, patron saint on each side; part of larger carving.

source: British Museum website

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