Roman provincial art in Aquitaine
(6th - 7th century)

Miscellaneous

	1. A typical Aquitinian sarcophagus, with Christ between Peter and Paul, early 6th c., from Castelnau-de-Guers, Dép. Hérault (Paris, Louvre).
	2. Relief from a wooden reading desk, 6th century, attributed to St. Radegunda of Poitiers (Abbey of St. Croix, St. Benoit). 10.25x7.5." Mediterranean iconography.
	3. Stone relief of the Good and Bad Thieves at the base of a monumental cross in Poitiers, 7th century (in situ). 29 x 24.75". Poitiers was a late center of Gallo-Roman classicism.
	4. Ivory diptych panel representing the Virgin and Child with two angels in "stupendes" pose, early 7th c. (Saulieu, S. Andoche, Church Treas.) 9.5" tall. Gallo-Roman figure style with Byzantine hieratic influences, perhaps through trade or refugees coming to this southern coast or perhaps Byzantine Rome's influence, which was increasingly international in character.
	5. Bronze belt buckle in the Aquitaine style, 7th c. A.D. (Troyes: Mus. des Beaux-Arts). Fantastic and interlaced animals looking back. Wide open spaces on chisled ground.