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 163
st frequently made in the formof boxes set upon legs, with a hinged cover, on which wasoften placed some decorative feature which might or mightnot refer to the contents. Of such there is a good exampleat the Victoria and Albert Museum, of which we give an illus-tration (Plate XIV.). It is of… … Plate \IVRELIQUARY, IN THE V. AXD A. MUSEUM RELIQUARIES 119 another in the same museum of copper gilt, also Germantwelfth-century work, of which we give a sketch (Fig. 27).The box, which stands on claw feet, is engraved all round, andthe lid has on it a three-aisled church with tower, transept and
