Drawings Medieval ivory horn
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.41
Artist/Designer/Maker
Howard, Henry - Attributed To
Production date
Pre 1839
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Pen
Ink
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 242mm
Width: 210mm
Width: 210mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Ivory Hunting horn now at Greystoke Castle
about two feet in length, bought at Roterdam [sic] 1830, which came from Germany, this from the style of its workmanship (which is in slight relief) I conceive to be as early a date as the horn at Aix la Chapelle, and that given to Orlando at Toulouse. There is a spirited representation of a Dog hunting the Ibex, this is repeated on both sides of the horn, and the other part represents a hunter spearing a Stag.
about two feet in length, bought at Roterdam [sic] 1830, which came from Germany, this from the style of its workmanship (which is in slight relief) I conceive to be as early a date as the horn at Aix la Chapelle, and that given to Orlando at Toulouse. There is a spirited representation of a Dog hunting the Ibex, this is repeated on both sides of the horn, and the other part represents a hunter spearing a Stag.
Inscription content
Archæologia Vol. XXIX. p368.
References
Reference (free text)
Henry Howard, 'The Hunting Horn of Charlemagne - Epitaph of the Empress Fastrada at Mentz - The Sword of Charlemagne - The Hunting Horn of Roland - Hunting Horn at Greystoke Castle', Archaeologia 29 (1842): 368-70.
