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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 497

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itus in Rome. An improvement in the style of decoration is alsoevident in the Easter candlesticks, and, finally, in those for the can-dles used at the altar. These latter were almost exclusively ofcopper, ornamented chiefly at their base, either in gold and enamelor by intertwined animal forms… … Fig. 281. -Altar Candlestick at/ Klosterau onthe Inn. GERMANY. 46l silo, before described, was maintained until the end of the eleventhcentury; after that time the cup became wider, the handle beingadopted only in exceptional cases. The decoration, which had be-fore been exclusively of enamel, was…

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