Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 134
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… … Fig- 97-—Champleve Enamel of Geoffrey Plantagenet. vessel used for similar purposes is t\\Q fyx. Both are smallround boxes in which the sacred wafers were kept, and ii6 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. were used for carrying the sacrament to the sick. Ciboriawere also in the forms of doves or little towers…
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