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 64
ity of shrines in gold and silver work which do not date further backthan the eleventh or twelfth century represent tombs, chapels, and evencathedrals. This symbolic shape continued in use to the time of theRenaissance, but with successive modifications suggested by the architecturalstyle of each… … Figs. 23 and 24.—Stall and Reading-desk in carved wood, from the Church of Aosta (Fifteenth Century). stones, were lavished on their construction ; the chaser and enameller embel-lished with figures and emblems, with incidents taken from Holy Writ andfrom the lives of saints, the shrines in which…
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