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The Wilton Diptych (made c. 1395–1399) is a small portable diptych of two hinged panels, painted on both sides, now in the National Gallery, London. It...

A diptych (/ˈdɪptɪk/, DIP-tick) is any object with two flat plates which form a pair, often attached by a hinge. For example, the standard notebook and...

Epiphany, was later used in the religious imagery of the Wilton Diptych, where Richard is one of three kings paying homage to the Virgin and Child. Richard's...

possibly depicted his brother on the Wilton Diptych. Edward was born at the Château d'Angoulême, in Angoulême, then part of the Duchy of Aquitaine. His name...

Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent", heiress of Edmund of Woodstock. It may also have been a pun on his name, as in "Rich-hart". In the Wilton Diptych (National...

English priests sought the intercession of "the Virgin, protectress of her dower" on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt. The Wilton Diptych, completed around...

Eadmundi, John Lydgate's 15th-century Life, the Wilton Diptych, and a number of church wall paintings. The existence of Edmund is known from coins minted...

for Tbilisi). The Wilton Diptych from the late 1390s shows a swallow-tailed Saint George cross pennant held by an angel in between (the then reigning)...

by royalty, with the black-tipped tails left on to contrast with the white for decorative effect, as in the Wilton Diptych above. The innermost layer of...

the altar frontal.[citation needed] Orpiment was commonly combined with indigo dye to make a dark, rich green.[citation needed] In the Wilton Diptych...

examples listed on the 1397 treasure roll of King Richard II. In the Wilton Diptych, Richard's own badge has pearls on the antler tips, which the angels' badges...

Wilton, a daughter of Edgar the Peaceful, and the boy-king Edward the Martyr. With his proneness to fits of rage and his love of hunting, Edward the Confessor...

the Blue Virgin Window, Chartres Cathedral (12th c.) The Wilton Diptych (1395–1399). The Virgin Mary was traditionally shown in blue(14th c.) In the art...

profiles, then in other views. The Wilton Diptych of ca. 1400 is one of two surviving panel portraits of Richard II of England, the earliest English king for...

 1200–1259). Some of the rare surviving examples of English medieval panel paintings, such as the Westminster Retable and Wilton Diptych, are of the highest quality...

The history of the English monarchy covers the reigns of English kings and queens from the 9th century to 1707. The English monarchy traces its origins...

lazuli in its natural state Natural ultramarine The Wilton Diptych (c. 1395–1399) Unknown artist Detail from the Certosa di Pavia Altarpiece (c. 1496–1500)...

hematite. The Wilton Diptych (1395), painted for King Richard II. A violet-clad angel from the Resurrection of Christ by Raphael (1483–1520). In the 18th century...

compared to the white hart badges worn by King Richard II and by the angels surrounding the Virgin Mary in the painted Wilton Diptych of around the same date...

manuscript to the King, 1372. The Wilton Diptych 1395–99. King Richard II of England kneels. (left side of the diptych) The Wilton Diptych, painted in England...