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The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages (1851)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873 · London, William Pickering · leaf 67

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aft ifiueth blood into a Chalice.It was bought about Auguft 1717, out ofa Brafiers mop in London, & is now in yepoffeffion of Mr. George Holmes, DeputyRecord Keeper in ye Tower of London. The infcriptions over the rounds are notindicated in the drawing, and the Pyx is in-complete, from the top… … The wood-cut on the previous page reprefents an interefting Reliquaryof the twelfth century, flill preferved in the Cathedral of Neroli, nearCafa Mare, in Italy. It is made of brafs, gilt, and ornamented with arepetition of the letter R, the top enclofing the relic being of glafs. Itis faid to…

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