Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 196
Fig. 140.—Luindach or Case of Molaise s uospels. (S.) The ornamentation is of an extraordinary beauty, both invariety of style and pattern and in the execution. It isriveted or fastened with pins and held by means of slenderbars to the foundation. METAL WORK. ^11 -^^ … Fig. 141. —The Crozier of Clonmacnois. (S.)VOL. II. N 178 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. The Ciimdachs or book-cases used as covers for thebooks of the Gospels were also important works of theIrish goldsmiths art. The illustration of the book-case orshrine for the cover of Molaises Gospels is a unique example…
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