The hinge marks along the outer edge of the left-hand panel suggest that these two reliquary panels are fragments of a larger ensemble. Its incomplete state might explain why the scenes include the resurrection and the ascension (upper left), pentecost (upper right), the death of the virgin (middle left), and the last judgment (lower right), but not earlier events, such as the crucifixion. Painted inscriptions identify the saints in the arches: sts. Stephen and lawrence and sts. Vincent and peter martyr (middle right), and sts. Margaret and christina and st. Ursula and her maidens (lower left). The now-empty cavities in the frame originally contained relics. For more information on these panels, please see zeri catalogue number 39, pp. 65-67. Date: between 1360 and 1369 (Middle Ages). Place of creation: Bologna, Italy. Dimensions: Both panels height: 54.9 cm (21.6 in); width: 52.2 cm (20.5 in); Proper right panel height: 54.9 cm (21.6 in); width: 26 cm (10.2 in); Proper left panel height: 54.9 cm (21.6 in); width: 25.7 cm (10.1 in). Medium: tempera and tooled gold on panel. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Simone dei Crocifissi - New Testament and Apocryphal Scenes with Saints - Walters 37723
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