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 174
ble for its extreme finish, is covered with a mosaic of preciousstones of different colours, in partitions of gold; the cross being quartered GOLD AND SILVER WORK 129 in enamel, with silver filigree. At the back the names of the archiman-drite jS^icolos are engraved. It is a work of the tenth… … Fig. 89—Byzantine Reliquary, in Enamel, brought from Mount Atlios. Tenth Century.(Collection of M. Sebastianof.) intrinsic value having indicated them to the uncivilised as fit objects ofplunder during the invasions which took place after the reign of Charle-magne, but also, as we have elsewhere…
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