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| Keywords: French - Crozier with the Annunciation - Walters 4425.jpg The volute spiral head of this crozier resembles a dragon With a long curving neck covered with blue enamel scales its grinning head bites at a leafy branch Inside are the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Gabriel in a scene of the Annunciation Gabriel's abbreviated greeting Hail Mary full of Grace Luke 1 28 appears in white enameled letters on each side of the volute On one side the greeting is misspelled In Christian symbolism the dragon represented the Devil who misled mankind while the Annunciation initiated Christ's birth and human redemption early 13th Century Medieval champlevé enamel on copper with gilding and semiprecious stones cm 28 8 15 7 1 accession number 44 25 3775 Charles Borradaile Brighton England 1895 by purchase Marcello Galli-Dunn Castello di Badia Poggibonsi Tuscany by purchase Sale Galleria Sangiorgi Rome May 1 1905 no 338 pl 33 Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters On obverse side of crozier volute in enamel text AVE MARIA GRA PLE; Transcription AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA; Translation Hail Mary full of grace On reverse side of crozier volute in enamel text AVE MARIA GRA PIEM;Transcription AVE MARIA GRATIA PIEM; Translation Hail Mary full of grace The word PLENA full is misspelled as PIEM in this inscription place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Croziers Ave Maria inscription Sculptures of the Annunciation | ||||
