Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze (1910)
Perry, John Tavenor, 1842-1915 · London : G. Allen & Sons · leaf 241
. The brass eagle of S. Marks has had,like several other lecterns we have mentioned, many adven-tures. It was brought to Venice from Corfu in 1669 bythe captain of the ship Speranza, who appears to havesaid it came from Rhodes. It is a fine piece of work,standing some 6 feet high, the shaft being… … Fig. 53.—Lectern, SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Veniceto say, unless it belonged to one of the churches of Candia. \ LECTERNS 163 A more interesting eagle, on account of the novelty of thetype, is in the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, of which wegive an illustration (Fig. 53). The eagle is…
