Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 133
se portablealtars in enamel, of the German school, thirteenth century,is shown at Fig. 98. The earliest Champleve enamel of theLimoges school is that of the monument to GeoffreyVOL. II. I 114 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. Plantagenet, who died in 1151. It is now in the Museumof Le Mans (Fig. 97). At Limoges… … Fig. 96.^—Crown of Charlemagne. other St. Stephen with St. Nicholas, both having Limousinlegends. In the same museum are Champleve enamels asbook-covers of the Gospels, croziers, plaques, and gemeLlions. The latter is the name given to certain hand-basinsused for religious purposes. In the Louvre…
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