Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum (1878)
Victoria and Albert Museum, Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · London : Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode ... and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 72
Thedetails of the offerings made to the bafilica of St. Peters inRome by pope Symmachus (498-514) are preferved in thepages of Anaftafius Bibliothecarius in the ^ Liber pontificalis.Not only was the high altar plated with filver, but all theornaments and utenfils for the public fervice thereon… … 6. Abyssinian Chalice, p. 373. The amount of thefe offerings by pope Symmachus, ex-tradled by dAgincourt, from the Liber pontificalis ^^amounted to one hundred and thirty pounds of gold and 90 Hift. de IArt, i. p. 99. Ixvi IntroduEiion. feven hundred of filver. But the fplendour of the churchesof…
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