The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 195
s, the covering of a Latinmanuscript, numbered 622 ; a cup of agate onyx (Fig. 93), bordered witha belt of precious stones raised on a groundwork of filigree ; and the beau-tiful gold chalice of St. Eemy (Fig. 94), which, after having appeared inthe Cabinet of Antiquities, was restored in 1861 to… … Fig.93.—A Drinking Cup, called Gondole, of Agate ; from the Treasury of the Abbey of Saint-D((Cabinet of Antiquities, Imp. Library, Paris.) of accessory embellishment, we most frequently see pearls, precious stones,with enamelled divisions which, according to the minute description ofTheophilus,…
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