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 57
represented the apostles surrounding Christ; thus their number ought to betwelve. Placed around the dead, they signified that the Christian finds lightbeyond the grave. To the faithful they typified the day which shines brightlyin celestial Jerusalem. The worship of relics, established in the early… … Fig. 22.—Censer of the Eleventh Century, recalling the shape of the Temple of Jerusalem, in copperrepousse. (Formerly in Metz Cathedral, now at Treves.) Owing to the care bestowed on some of these by St. Eloi, as early as theseventh century, they had become real marvels of intrinsic richness…
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