Image copyright: Museo Catedralicio de Ourense, Spain
Made: c.1105, Spain, commissioned by Abbot Pierre (1090-1118) for Cellanova Abbey
Current Location: Museo Catedralicio de Ourense, Spain
Dimensions and Materials: 18 x 26 x 4cm; green porphyry, silver gilt, wood
Iconography: Evangelist symbols, saints or apostles
Inscriptions: ESSE DECET CLARAM VITAM VENIENTIS AD ARAM OFFERAT VT MITEM POPVLI PRO CRIMINE VITE / OBB ONOREM SCI SALVATORIS CELLENOVENSIS RVDESINBVS AEPIS[COPVS] PETRVS ABBAS ME IVSSI[T] FIERI
Bibliography: Budde 1998; Favreau 2003
Sarah C. Luginbill 
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