Collins, W W 1862- · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 166
arved work of the same period is found in theelaborate retablo over the High Altar, which is sur-mounted by three fine processional crosses. The balda-quino, also of wood, is covered like the retablo withplates of silver. It is a mass of precious metal, enam-elled coats-of-arms and gems, and is an… … GERONA. The Cathedral. GERONA 1058, predeceasing her husband by twenty-four years.The sacristy itself contains a remarkable piece of twelfth-century crewel work, said to be the earliest known speci-men in existence. It is covered with figures of a typesimilar to those of contemporary MSS. The…
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