Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London [etc.] : T.N. Foulis · leaf 67
Records andRomances)— the young King Alfonso the Thirteenth paid a visit toOviedo cathedral, and was duly shown the relics and the jewels.Among these latter was the Cross of the Angels. Why is it so called? inquired the king. Because, replied the bishop of the diocese, it is said that theangels… … THE CROSS OF VICTORY(Oviedo Cathedral) GOLD, SILVER, AND JEWEL WORK Quisquis auferre presumpserit mihiFulmine divino intereat ipseNisi libens ubi voluntas dederit meaHoc opus perfectum est in Era dccxlvi. The other cross (PI. iii.) is more than twice aslarge, and measures just one yard in height by…
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