The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 186
crosses are of the form which inheraldry is called croix patde ; but theydiffer in size and in the ornaments withwhich they are enriched. We have already stated that thekings and grandees of the Merovingianperiod displayed in their plate and insome of their state-furniture a richnessof gold-work… … Fig-. 86.—Votive Crown of Suintila, King of theVisigoths from 621 to 631. (Armoury Real,Madrid.) I 26 GOLD AND SILVER WORK. enduring influence he exercised over a whole historical period of art. Finally,we have observed that Charlemagne—whose object seems to have been notonly to imitate…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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