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 181
is, the covering of a Latinmanuscript, numbered 622 ; a cup of agate onyx (Fig. 93), bordered witha belt of precious stones raised on a groundwork of filigree ; and the beau-tiful gold chalice of St. Remy (Fig. 94), which, after having appeared inthe Cabinet of Antiquities, was restored in 1861 to… … Fig.93.—A Drinking Cup, called Gondole, of Agate ; from the Treasury of the Abbey of Saint-Denis.(Cabinet of Antiquities, Imp. Library, Paris.) of accessory embellishment, we most frequently see pearls, precious stones,with enamelled divisions which, according to the minute description…
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