The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 176
markable for its extreme finish, is covered with a mosaic of preciousstones of different colours, in partitions of gold ; the cross being quartered GOLD AND SILVER WORK. in enamel, with silver filigree. At the back the names of the archiman-drite Nicolos are engraved. It is a work of the tenth… … Fig. 89.—Byzantine Reliquary, in Enamel, brought from Mount Athos. Tenth Century.(Collection of M. Sebastianof.) intrinsic value having indicated them to the uncivilised as fit objects ofplunder during the invasions which took place after the reign of Charle-magne, but also, as we have elsewhere…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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