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The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 179

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celebrated gold-smith, and to whom is ascribed a crucifix enricbed with precious stonesand filigrees, and two magnificent candelabra, which still constitute a portionof the treasures of the chuxch -whereof he was the pastor. About the same period—that is, in the early days of the eleventhcentury—a… … Fig. 92—ïhrine in Coppor Gilt. (End of the Twclfth CenturjN) It has been remarked in the preceding chapter, that the Crusadesgave a great impulse to the goldsmiths art in Europe, in conséquence ofthe groat demand for shrines and reliquaries intended for the réception ofthe venerated remains of…

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