Dinanderie: a history and description of mediaeval art work in copper, brass and bronze (1910)
Perry, John Tavenor, 1842-1915 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, G. Allen & sons · leaf 135
their framework precious relics.They usually consisted of a small slab of fine marble, porphyry,jasper or agate set in a wooden frame, which was coveredwith plates ot copper, chased and gilt, and sometimes setwith ivory, stones, and enamels. As some of these were ofa more or less fragile character,… … PORTABLE ALTARS 103 which belono:ed to Dr. Rock, was formed of a slab of orientaljasper, about \\ inches by 9 inches, surrounded by a borderof silver niello, having at the angles figures of kings carryingofferings, at the top an Agnus Dei, and at the bottom theDove on the Ark. At the Victoria and…
