Tag Archives: christianity

Ivory book cover from the Fejervary collection

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Geoff Barker

This photograph shows the front of a German book cover carved from ivory in the 10th century. at the time of Westwood’s publication it was… More

Ivory diptych with scenes from the life of St Paul

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Geoff Barker

This photograph is of a leaf from a diptych carved from ivory in Italy between 400 and 600. Ivory diptychs consisted of two leaves joined… More

Psalter of Princess Melisenda

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photograph is of the back of the cover of the Psalter of the Princess Melisenda, who was the daughter of King Baldwin of Jerusalem.… More

Ivory Plaque of Christ

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photograph is of a plaque carved from ivory in Italy between 400 and 800, and which was in the British Museum in London. It… More

Ivory pyx box from the Kunstkammer in Berlin

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photograph shows a cylindrical pyx box carved from ivory in Italy between 300 and 500 AD which was once in the Kunstkammer in Berlin.… More

Italian ivory casket from Biblioteca Queriniana in Brescia

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photograph was taken in 1876 when this 5th or 6th century Italian ivory casket was in the Biblioteca Queriniana in Brescia. It has a… More

Plaque from the chair of St Maximinus

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photograph is of a plaque that once formed part of the chair of St Maximinus. It is an Episcopal Chair in the Sacristy of… More

Cast from ivory book cover in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photo-mechanical print is one of the 24 Woodburytypes pasted into J. O. Westwood’s 1876 publication, ‘Fictile [casts of] Ivories in the South Kensington Museum’.… More

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.