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 57
ndinavianmythology. The great dragon which now crowns the belfry of Ghent,and which previously served as the vane to the belfry ofBruges, has been cited as an example of the fondness of theNorsemen for draconic forms ; and though it may be regarded 36 DINANDERIE as a great specimen of Dinanderie,… … Fig. 16.—Sanctuary Ring, Durham over all from head to tail. It was once fixed over Sta. Sophiaor one of the gates of the Palace of Bucoleon at Constantinople,and was brought home by some returning Brugeois, to whomBaldwin IX, had given it in 1204. It is said that originallyit belonged to a Viking…
