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History of early Christian art (1893)

Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 356

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m, Berks ; together with a spear, a bronzekettle, and an iron knife. It is a drinking-vessel,formed of staves and hoops, such as is not infrequently-found in Saxon graves, and is still in use in Scotland,where it is called a quaigh.* The example in questionhad the following Christian subjects… … Buckle of a belt. Daniel in the lions den, and an orante. the Baptist suggests the quarter from which camethe designs of this vessel, if not the vessel itself. Buckles for belts of bronze, in some cases platedwith silver, have been found in the Jura, Switzerland, * In the Mayer Collection at…

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