Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 119
toConstantinople; Henry III did the same, and received a mission from theEastern court in return. Henry IV received many Byzantine gifts, agolden altarpiece, a pectoral cross of gold and pearls, a cup of sardonyx,and costly textiles. Irene, consort of John Comnenus, sent to her nieceUhhilde,… … Fig. 54. Crystal paten with gemmed mounts: Treasury of S. Marco, Venice.(Schlumberger-Hachette.) P. 552. It is not to be supposed that the influx of these splendid objects providedno stimulus to the industrial art of the West. In addition to theseimperial gifts, the wealthy and powerful pilgrims…
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