The Llandaf Diptych Medieval diptychs and triptychs were two-
and three-panel images intended to aid devotion and meditation
of Christ's life and suffering. A right hand ivory diptych panel
from Llandaf housed in the collections at Amgueddfa Cymru has
recently been reunited with its left hand panel for the first
time in over a century. Medieval ivories are known from secular
sites in Wales, such as gaming pieces from castle sites and a
small shield from Caerleon (Monmouthshire). A figurative ivory
with devotional significance has been excavated from Dolforwyn
Castle (Montgomeryshire), while a carved ivory diptych from
Valle Crucis Abbey (Denbighshire) was reported in 1866. However,
as in England, many objects of private devotion in Wales were
destroyed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; many
diptychs in museums are now incomplete, the partner panels
becoming separated in antiquity. Occasionally, missing elements
are rediscovered and reunited. One such moment occurred in 2007
during research for the O