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Historical Archive: Stavelot Triptych Mosan, c.1156-1158, probably made for Abbot Wibald of Stavelot inner triptychs Byzantine parts, late 11th-early 12th century; frames probably Mosan wood, gilded copper and brass, enamel, vernis brun, and gems; wings open: 48.4 x 66 cm (19 x 26 inches) Morgan Library and Museum, New York, AZ001 full with people for scale with person for scale full, oblique angle from right left wing: vision of Constantine left wing: battle of the Milvian Bridge left wing: baptism of Constantine left wing, top, with vernis brun flattened dome left wing, upper part with baptism and battle left wing, upper part with baptism left wing, center part with battle left wing, lower part with vision and column bases left wing, upper part with column capitals right wing: Helena questions the Jews right wing: finding of the three crosses right wing: testing of the True Cross right wing, top, with vernis brun flattened dome right wing, upper part with testing right wing, center part with testing and finding right wing, lower part with finding and questioning right wing, lower part with questioning right wing, lower part, column bases center panel, upper part with upper Byzantine triptych center panel, lower part with lower Byzantine triptych center panel: both Byzantine triptychs upper Byzantine triptych, full upper Byzantine triptych, left wing, center part fragment of border ornament Crucifixion: upper Byzantine triptych, center panel Jesus and John: upper Byzantine triptych, center panel Mary from the Annunciation: upper Byzantine triptych, back of right wing lower Byzantine triptych, full, photographed level with base lower Byzantine triptych, full, photographed level with top lower Byzantine triptych, center panel Archangel Gabriel: lower Byzantine triptych, center panel Archangel Michael: lower Byzantine triptych, center panel Constantine: lower Byzantine triptych, center panel Helena: lower Byzantine triptych, center panel Saint Theodore: lower Byzantine triptych, upper right wing Saint Demetrius: lower Byzantine triptych, lower right wing Saint Matthew: lower Byzantine triptych, back of upper left wing; flower below probably later Saint Luke: lower Byzantine triptych, back of lower left wing full triptych center panel, upper right border full triptych center panel, gem setting on left full triptych center panel, gem setting on right left wing and center panel, center parts with enamel medallion and borders left wing and center panel, upper parts with enamel medallion, upper Byzantine triptych, and borders left wing and center panel, upper parts with enamel medallions, Byzantine triptychs, and borders center panel and right wing, upper parts with upper Byzantine triptych and borders center panel and right wing, upper parts with borders and hinge center panel and right wing, upper parts with enamel medallions, Byzantine triptychs, and borders center panel and right wing, center parts with borders center panel and right wing, lower parts with border, hinge, and column base