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Title
Tablet with Inscription Commemorating the Foundation of an Oratory
Date
1296
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 38 x W 21.6 x D 6 cm
Accession number
5802-1859
Work type
Panel
Inscription description
VENERABILIS PATER DOMINUS THOMAS / DEI GRATIA PISTORIENSIS EPISCOPUS FECIT FIERI HOC ORA / TORIUM AD HON OREM DEI ET GLORIOSE/ VIRGINIS MARIE ET BEATI THOME APOSTLI / AD MCCLXXXXVI (translation: The Holy Master Thomas, thanks be to God, bishop of Pistoia, had this oratory made, to the honour of God and to the glory of the Virgin and of Saint Thomas the Apostle, 1296 AD)