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 153
d the mounting of an ancient sardonyx vase, knownas the cup of the Ptolemies, which Charles the Simple had given to theabbey. Having been deposited, 1793, in the Cabinet of Medals, Paris, themounting of the cup of the Ptolemies and the chalice of Suger remainedthere until they were stolen in 1804.… … Fig. 92.—Shrine in Copper Gilt. (End of the Twelfth Century.) the cupola in the cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, and the magnificent shrine intowhich Frederick I. collected the bones of Charlemagne,—in the Louvre:a vase of rock-crystal mounted in gold and embellished with gems, presentedto Louis YII.…
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