The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 151
tor. About the same period—that is, in the early days of the eleventh century—a monk of Dreux, named Odorain, who had made himself famous in Franceby his works in precious metals, executed a large nimiber of objects forKing Robert, intended for the churches the monarch had founded. It has been… … Fig. 90.—Altar of Gold, presented to the ancient Cathedral of Basle by the Emperor Henry II. Now in the Cluny Museum. remains of saints which the soldiers of the faith brought back from theirdistant expeditions (Figs. 91 and 92). The offerings of consecrated vesselsand of altar-fronts were also…
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