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 179
celebrated gold-smith, and to whom is ascribed a crucifix enriched with precious stonesand filigrees, and two magnificent candelabra, which still constitute a portionof the treasures of the church whereof he was the pastor. About the same period—that is, in the early days of the eleventhcentury-—a… … Fig. 92.—Shrine in Copper Gilt. (End of the Twelfth Century.) It has been remarked in the preceding chapter, that the Crusadesgave a great impulse to the goldsmiths art in Europe, in consequence ofthe great demand for shrines and reliquaries intended for the reception ofthe venerated remains of…
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