Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew, c. 1160. Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: x cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.). It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.

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