A French Gothic ivory panel, dated 1330, from a casket carved with scenes drawn from courtly romances such as the Roman de la Rose and the poems of Chretien de Troyes. This side panel shows Sir Gawain and the Lion alongside Lancelot crossing the sword bridge, a well known episode of the Lancelot romance in which he crosses a blade laid across a river to reach Guinevere's captor. Held today by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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This source names Gothic directly: "A French Gothic ivory panel, dated 1330, from a casket carved with scenes drawn from courtly romances such as the Roman de la Rose and the poems of Chretien de Troyes."
Source Panel from a Casket with Scenes from Courtly Romances, Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art's own description of this casket panel names Lancelot crossing the sword bridge as one of its carved scenes.
Source Panel from a Casket with Scenes from Courtly Romances, Cleveland Museum of Art
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1. Panel from a Casket with Scenes from Courtly Romances, Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art- Cleveland Museum of Art 1978.39.c
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A French Gothic ivory panel, dated 1330, from a casket carved with scenes drawn from courtly romances such as the Roman de la Rose and the poems of Chretien de Troyes.
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