A CHALICE. MONG the most beautiful speci-mens of ornamented Chalices mustbe placed the subject of our pre-sent plate, which is preserved atAsesi, in Italy. It is of silver uilt,and the stand is richly adornedwith enamel and niello work, re-presenting figures of saints, &c.The date of its… … rhe second is as follows : c.ncoas. jrb»j&»3<!B . D(E. se-fuis. .f €e3£. Nicholas IV. was pope from 1288 to 1292; so that theChalice before us is an authentic monument of Italian artin the latter half of the thirteenth century. We are notaware that there is any other account of an artist of…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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