Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 189
ground. The crowns are of pure gold,and are set with precious stones, such as sapphires andpearls. The rest of the treasure consists of three crosses,a large emerald stone, and several fragments of goldplates with chains attached. The stones in these crowns, like those in the Charle-magne and… … Fig. 134.—Chair of Dagobert; SeventhCentury. METAL WORK. 171 crowns of the above treasureMuseum—is the name of Beccesvinthus Rex (a.d. 649-672), and an-other has the letters form-ing the name of KingSuinthila (a.d. 621-631)(Fig. 135). Others of asmaller size were pro-bably those of Spanishqueens.…
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