Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 496
, dat-ing to the eleventh century, preserved in Paderborn. Of particularbeauty is the portable altar in the Collegiate Church of Melk (Fig.280), executed between 1056 and 1075, the sides of which are orna-mented with ivory reliefs. Another altar, now in Frankfort-on-the-Main, though surmounted by… … Fig. 280.—Portable Altar in the Collegiate Church of Melk. Of greater importance are the numerous crucifixes of this period,both those standing upon the altars and those intended to be removedfrom place to place. In the costly enamelled gold crucifix with theLatin inscription of Queen Gisela of…
Art, Medieval
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