本书是Wyvern藏品的第二本目录，介绍了一组杰出的中世纪象牙雕刻和小型雕塑，它们是私人收藏中**的一批此类作品。本书包含中世纪各个时期的作品，包括早期基督教时代的罕见代表作；来自十世纪的君士坦丁堡的作坊的精美嵌板；由活跃在在十一世纪和十二世纪的意大利的**雕刻师制作的物品；还有罗马时期的几件重要作品。这批藏品中最重要的是一组优秀的哥特式象牙，其亮点是它是近几年来发现的最重要的中世纪非宗教象牙之一。这批藏品包含许多小型的琥珀，硬石，煤玉，木头和珠母层雕刻。

除了其精湛的技艺外，许多这些物件作为**的贵族或教会收藏品的一部分还有着悠久的历史。这是一次研究这些微型杰作的宝贵机会。

An outstanding collection of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands

This volume, the second catalogue of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands. The book has pieces from every period of the Middle Ages, including rare examples from the Early Christian era; spectacular panels from the workshops of tenth-century Constantinople; objects produced by the celebrated carvers active in south Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; and several important pieces from the Romanesque period. At the heart of the collection is an outstanding group of Gothic ivories whose highlights include one of the most important secular medieval ivories discovered in recent years. The collection also features a number of small amber, hardstone, jet, wood and mother-of-pearl carvings.

In addition to their virtuoso craftsmanship, many of these objects have illustrious histories as part of famous aristocratic or ecclesiastical collections. This is a precious opportunity to study these miniature masterpieces.