| Foreword | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Images in Ivory Essays | |
| I | Gothic Sculpture in Ivory: An Introduction | 2 |
| II | Ivory and Ivory Workers in Medieval Paris | 18 |
| III | Symbiosis across Scale: Gothic Ivories and Sculpture in Stone and Wood in the Thirteenth Century | 38 |
| IV | The Polychrome Decoration of Gothic Ivories | 46 |
| V | Popular Romances Carved in Ivory | 62 |
| VI | Gothic Ivory Carving in Germany | 80 |
| VII | Narrative Structure and Content in Some Gothic Ivories of the Life of Christ | 94 |
| Catalogue of the Exhibition | |
| The First Gothic Ivories (nos. 1-17) | 115 |
| Paris and Other Centers: Devotional Objects (nos. 18-50) | 147 |
| Secular Objects and the Romance Tradition (nos. 51-64) | 217 |
| New Developments in Ivory and Bone Carving (nos. 65-79) | 249 |
| Epilogue: Pastiches, Revivals, Forgeries, and Open Questions (nos. 80-93) | 279 |
| Bibliography | 308 |
| Index | 321 |