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Book Review
Die Gertrudisgruppe aus dem Welfenschatz: Ein sakrales Selbstzeugnis der Brunonenwitwe Gertrud d. Ä. (d.1077)
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 189–190
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Lutz, Gerhard (Lutz, Gerhard)
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Die Gertrudisgruppe aus dem Welfenschatz: Ein sakrales Selbstzeugnis der Brunonenwitwe Gertrud d. Ä. (d.1077) By Katharina Beichler. 272 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Regensburg, 2024), €86. ISBN 978–3–7954–3869–2. | :
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Western art unattributed:
2. Portable altar of Countess Gertrude of Brunswick. German, 11th century. Gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello and wood, 10.5 by 27.5 by 21 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio).
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No sorrow like unto my sorrow: Philip the Bold, the Great Cross at Champmol and the Battle of Nicopolis
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 997–1027
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Nash, Susie (Nash, Susie)
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1. David and Jeremiah on the Well of Moses (base of the Great Cross), by Claus Sluter and workshop. 1395–1404. Asnières stone with traces of gilding and polychromy, height approx.5 m. from ground level. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon; photograph the author).
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10. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the scroll held by David. (Photograph the author).
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11. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the scroll held by Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
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12. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the angel over the left shoulder of Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
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13. Mourner from the tomb of Philip the Bold. Completed by 1411. Alabaster, height 41 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; photograph the author).
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14a–d. Details of the Well of Moses showing the scrolls held by (a) Zechariah, (b) Isaiah, (c) Daniel and (d) Moses. (Photographs the author).
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15. Crucifixion, fol.17 of the Biblia Pauperum. Northern Netherlands, c.1395–1400. Illumination on parchment. (British Library, London, Kings MS 5; Alamy Stock Photo).
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16. Ring with a portrait of John the Fearless. Paris, c.1410. Gold, agate(?), jet, emerald and ruby, 2.3 by 1.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © GrandPalaisRmn; Jean-Gilles Berizzi).
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17. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the angel between Daniel and Isaiah.
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19. Jeremiah and Peter, fol.2r of the Petites Heures of Jean de Berry. Paris, c.1375–90. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Lat.18014; photograph BnF).
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2. Daniel and Isaiah on the Well of Moses (base of the Great Cross). (Photograph the author).
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20. Prophet Micah, fol.29v of the Psalter of Jean de Berry by André Beauneveu. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Fr.13091; photograph BnF).
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22a–c. Details of the Well of Moses, showing (a) David’s robe and tassels; (b) Daniel’s sleeves, robe and belt; and (c) Isaiah’s bag, belt and robe. (Photographs the author).
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23 a–c. Details of the Well of Moses, showing (a) Daniel, (b) Isaiah and (c) Jeremiah’s shoes. (Photograph the author).
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24. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the pocket and hem on David’s robe. (Photograph the author).
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25. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the pattern of Isaiah’s robe. (Photograph the author).
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27. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the pseudo-Arabic script on edge of Jeremiah’s robe. (Photograph the author).
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28. Virgin and Child with Butterflies, attributed to Jean Malouel. c.1410. Oil on cloth, 107.5 by 80.9 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
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29. Portal of Chartreuse de Champmol, by Claus Sluter and workshop. 1389–98. Asnières stone. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon).
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3. Reconstruction of two views of the Great Cross. (Drawings by Matilde Grimaldi; © the author).
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30. Detail of Fig.29, showing prophets on corbels below St John the Baptist.
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31. Detail of Fig.29, showing prophets on corbels below St Catherine.
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32 a–c. Details of the Well of Moses, showing the ermine on the robes of (a) David, (b) Jeremiah and (c) Zechariah. (Photograph the author).
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33. Trinity with the last communion and martyrdom of St Denis, by Jean Malouel and Henry Bellechose. Begun 1398, completed 1416. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 162 by 211 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph RMN-Louvre; Tony Querrec).
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34. The crosses or ‘Montjoies’ of St Denis. French, 17th century. Ink on paper. (BnF Cabinet d’Estamps, Paris, Est. coll. Lallement de Betz, Vx 16 fol.115).
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35. Fol.64 of the Grandes Heures of Philip the Bold. 1370s. (Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, MS 11035–37).
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36. Fols.226v–227r of the Grandes Heures of Philip the Bold. 1370s. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, MS 3-1954).
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37. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the text in Jeremiah’s open book. (Photograph the author).
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38. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the sunburst motif in tin relief moulding behind the angel between David and Moses. (Photograph the author).
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39. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the remains of painted sunbursts around circular coats of arms on the pillar. (Photograph the author)
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4. View of the Chartreuse de Champmol, by Aimé Piron. 1686. (Portfueille de la Chartreuse; Bibliotheque Municipale, Dijon).
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40. The Well of Moses, by Emile Sagot. 1839. Engraving, 42 by 36 cm. (BnF Cabinet d’Estamps, Paris, Est.H 117 558 Va21 topographie).
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41. Oak, hawthorn and hops forming the vault in tower of Jean sans Peur, Hôtel d’Artois, Paris. 1408–11. (Photograph the author).
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42. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the thistle on the corbel below Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
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43. Votive reliquary of Charles the Bold, by Gerard Loyet. 1467–71. Gold and enamel, 53 by 32 by 17.5 cm. (Cathedral Treasury, Liège).
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44. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing showing the span of the well; the original viewing distance would be outside the brick walls. (Photograph the author).
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5. View of building constructed in 1638 around the Well of Moses. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon; photograph the author).
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6. Massacre of the prisoners after the battle of Nicopolis, fol.607v of Chroniques de Froissart, Bruges, c.1460. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Fr.2646).
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7. Payment of the ransom to Bayezid, fol.267v of the Passages oultremer de Sébastien Mamerot by Jean Colombe. c.1474–75. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, S Fr.5594).
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8. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the book and scroll held by Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
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9. Pietà, by Enguerrand Quarton. c.1450. Oil on panel, 163 by 219 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © GrandPalaisRmn; René-Gabriel Ojeda).
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18. Tile showing sheep sheltering under a tree. Burgundian, c.1385–90. Glazed terracotta with engobe decoration, 13 by 13 cm. (Germolles Chateau; photograph the author).
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21. Detail of the Calvary of Philip the Bold showing Christ at the column with prophets. Paris, 1403. Gold, enamel and precious stones. (Cathedral Treasury, Esztergom; photograph Attila Mudrák).
Exhibition Review
Magic Rock Crystal
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 317-320
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Freeman, Deborah (Freeman, Deborah)
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Magic Rock Crystal Museum Schnütgen, Cologne 25th November 2022– 19th March 2023 | :
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10. Reliquary cross. Westphalia (Essen?), 1046–56. Wooden core (renewed), gold sheet, filigree, precious stones, rock crystal, silver pearls and gilt copper sheet, 41.1 by 28.4 cm. (St Nikomedes, Borghorst; exh. Museum Schnütgen, Cologne).
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11. Rock-crystal reliquary on lion’s feet. Cologne, c.1200. Rock crystal, gilt copper, gold filigree, precious stones and glass stones, 16.3 by 17.5 by 10.3 cm. (Museum Schnütgen, Cologne).
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12. Marten head. Milan (crystal) and possibly France (setting), c.1560–70. Rock crystal, gold, enamel and rubies, length 6.6 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Museum Schnütgen, Cologne).
Book Review
Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 191-192
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Alexander, Elizabeth (Alexander, Elizabeth)
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Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses By Roger Stalley. 248 pp. incl. 196 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, and Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2020), £40. ISBN 978–1–913107–09–3. | :
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9. Tall (or West) Cross, Monasterboice, County Louth, from the south-west. Early tenth century, height 645 cm. (Photograph Roger Stalley).
Book Review
Al servei de l’altar: Tresors d’orfebreria de les esglésies Catalanes (segles IX–XIII)
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 346-348
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O'Donnell, Maeve (O'Donnell, Maeve)
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Al servei de l’altar: Tresors d’orfebreria de les esglésies Catalanes (segles IX–XIII) By Lourdes de Sanjosé i Llongueras. | :
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3. The second Horseman of the Apocalypse riding a red horse and holding a chalice, from the Girona Beatus. c.975. Parchment, 40 by 26 cm. (Cathedral of Girona, inv. no.7(11), f.63r).
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The ‘Martinoff Drawings’: a quest for Russian art at the South Kensington Museum
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1006-1015
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Hardiman, Louise (Hardiman, Louise)
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1. Copy of decoration in a sixteenth-century manuscript of the Gospels in the Patriarchal Library, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 39.3 by 26.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no.M.10.b: 8881).
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10. Detail of The mitre of the Patriarch Job (1586–1605) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 30.5 by 21.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8854).
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11. Detail of Two pairs of eyeglasses, and cases for same, of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 35.5 by 25.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8858).
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12. A saccos (dalmatic) of the Metropolitan Dionysy, made by order of Tsar Ivan Vasilievich (1530–1584) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, 16th century (second half), by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 38 by 26.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8873).
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2. Detail of Church of the Holy Trinity, Ostankino, near Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 36.9 by 24.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8845).
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4. Detail of The Panagia of the Patriarch Job (1586–1605) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 25.4 by 36.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8842).
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5. Detail of A halo from the image of the Virgin in the sacristy of the Convent of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Staraya Russa, Novgorod, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 35.5 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum; London; no.M.10.a: 8861).
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6. Detail of The Pastoral Staff of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658), in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 28.5 by 35.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8855).
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7. A censer at the Convent of the Blessed Virgin, Serpukhov, Province of Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 37 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no.M.10.a: 8849).
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8. Detail of The klobouk (headdress of the Greek friars), of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658), in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 33 by 22.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8853).
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9. A sash of the Patriarchs, in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 36.8 by 22.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8877).
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3. Reliquary or triple cross, after a seventeenth-century original at the Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow, at the time of reproduction. c.1881. Electrotype, 32.4 by 16.5 by 3.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Die Zisterzienser: das Europa der Klöster. Edited by by Gabriele Uelsberg, Lothar Altringer, Georg Mölich, Norbert Nussbaum and Harald Wolter-von dem Knesebeck
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1067-1068
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Giovanni Francesco Arrighi: a newly discovered account book
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 824-832
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Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
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1. Reliquary, by Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. 1722. Silver, height 120 cm. (S. Maria di Monserrato, Rome).
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2. Reliquary, by Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. 1727/28. Silver, height 77 cm. (Museo Diocesano, Jesi).
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3. Above Detail of Fig.4.
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4. Right Crucifix, by Giovanni Giardini. c.1706. Bronze, ebony and ivory, height 230 cm. (Notre-Dame, Paris).
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5. Detail of Pietà, by Giovanni Giardini. 1688–1702. Gilt bronze on velvet, 54.5 by 33.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph Sotheby’s, London).
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6. The Agony in the garden, after Angelo de Rossi, attributed to Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. c.1700. Copper, 53 by 46.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Article
Relocating the Cloisters Cross
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 381-383
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Munns, John (Munns, John)
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20. Cross, by an unknown sculptor, probably German (The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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21. Crucifixion, fol.86 of the Stammheim Missal. Hildesheim (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, MS 64)
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22. Detail of Fig.20
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23. Detail of The personification of Wisdom with God the Father and the Old Testament prophets, fol.11 of the Stemmheim Missal (see Fig.21)
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24. Detail of Fig.20
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25. Detail of The Nativity, fol.92 of the Stammheim Missal (see Fig.21)
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26. Detail of The women at the tomb, fol.111 of the Stammheim Missal (see Fig.21)
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27. Detail of Fig.20
Short Notice
Crosses from Mount Athos in the Gambier-Parry Collection
03/1967 | 768 | 109
Pages: 172-174
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Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
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92. Cross carved in cypress wood with scenes from the Life of Christ and mounted in silver-gilt with semi-precious stones and pastes. Greek (Mount Athos) and Slav (Sombor), early eighteenth century. Including mount, 44.4 by 22.9 cm. (Gambier-Parry Bequest, Courtauld Institute Galleries.)
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93. Cross carved in cypress wood with scenes from the Life of the Virgin and from the New Testament mounted in silver-gilt with pearls and semi-precious stones. Greek (Mount Athos), eighteenth century. Mount,? seventeenth or eighteenth century, possibly Venetian. Including mount, 20.3 by 9.6 cm. (Executors of the Gambier-Parry Estate.)
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