The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 171
Fig. 86.—Votive Crown of Suintila, King of theVisigoths from 621 to 631. (Armoury Real,Madrid.) I 26 GOLD AND SILVER WORK. enduring influence he exercised over a whole historical period of art. Finally,we have observed that Charlemagne—whose object seems to have been notonly to imitate Constantine,… … Fig. 87.—The Sword ot Charlemagne. Prcser\cd in thf Imperial Treasurj- at Vienna. According to a tradition, the loss of most of the beautiful objects ofgold-work belonging to that monarch may have been owing to the circum-stance that they were disposed around him in the sepulchral chamber where…
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