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The arts and crafts of older Spain (1907)

Williams, Leonard, 1871- · London [etc.] T.N. Foulis · leaf 188

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tingr boxes datincr from the sameperiod are that of Santo Domingo de Silos atBurgos, and several which are in the NationalMuseum at Madrid. The box which is preservedat Burgos is made of ivory, and measures thirteeninches and a quarter in length by seven inchesand a half in width and height. The… … o >< o> u.« IVORIES . . .Mn the year four hundred and seventeen (a.d.1025). It is the work of his servant Mohammed-ibn-Zeiyan. May God glorify him. There is also in the provincial museum ofBurgos a handsome ivory diptych which wasformerly at the convent of Santo Domingo deSilos. It bears…

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