ury), with figures of carvedivory representing passages from the life of SaintGeorge upon the body of the box, and from the OldTestament upon the lid. A carved Renaissancetemple of the same material, with the Virgin andChild in its interior, is probably Italian. In the fortieth volume of Espaha… … ^J z ^ Zo ^ IVORIES in A.D. 1063 by Ferdinand the Second to thechurch of Saint Isidore at Leon. Jose Villa-amil, in his study of an ivory statuette of theVirgin, belonging to the nuns of Allariz [Boletinde la Sociedad Esparto la de Excursiones; nos. 76and ]]), mentions a carved ivory box…
Decorative arts -- Spain History
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