Wernher Triptych

The Wernher Triptych is an ivory Byzantine triptych carved in Constantinople between 900 and 1000 AD.

Wernher Triptych
Wernher Triptych
Material	Ivory
Size	18.4cm by 16.8cm
Created	900-1000 AD
Present location	British Museum, London
Registration	1978,0502.10

History

The triptych became part of the British Museum's collection in 1978, in lieu of taxes following the death of Sir Harold Wernher, son of the financier Sir Julius Wernher.^[1]

Description

In the central panel stands the Virgin Hodegetria; on the side leaves are carved an angel and two saints framed in medallions; on the left Saint Nicholas and Theodore the Martyr, on the right Saint John Chrysostom and Saint George.

See also

• Borradaile Triptych
• Harbaville Triptych