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European enamels (1906)

Cunynghame, Henry H (Henry Hardinge), Sir, 1848-1935 · London : Methuen · leaf 116

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amels whichremain of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth cen-turies. All that can be done is to select a fewtypical specimens for detailed description. The first piece of German enamelling that deservesnotice is the shrine of the Magi, in the cathedraltreasury at Cologne. This large work is six… … SHRINE OF ST. ARNO, SIEGBURG MEDIEVAL ENAMELS Naebor, and Gregory of Spoleto. The relics of theMagi were buried in Constantinople by St. Helena.Thence, in a.d. 324, they were brought to Milan.In 1162 Frederick Barbarossa took Milan by storm,and these precious relics, being part of his plunder,he…

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