Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 210
(Fig. 156) of the twelfth century is agood specimen of the architectural design in the Roman- METAL WORK. 191 esque metal work of this time. The reliquaries are usuallyof copper-gilt and enamelled, or are occasionally in gold.These objects have been noticed in the chapter on enamels.The larger… … Fig. 154.—Lower Boss of the Milan Candlestick ; Twelfth Century. and in the Rhenish Provinces, and were generally ofRomanesque or Gothic design even up to the sixteenthcentury. The shrine of St. Sebaldus by Peter Vischer alreadymentioned is a curious mixture of Gothic and Italian forms.The…
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