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Exhibition Review
Journey into Crystal
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 65–68
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Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
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Journey into Crystal Musée de Cluny, Paris 26th September 2023– 14th January 2024 | :
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5. Object in the form of a bay leaf. France, Palaeolithic (Solutrean). Rock crystal, 5.8 by 4 by 2 cm. (Musée d’Archéologie nationale, Saint- Germain-en- Laye; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
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6. Aiguière in the form of a dragon. The Sarachi workshop, Milan, late 16th century. Rock crystal with gold and enamel, 26.5 by 31.3 by 9.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Musée de Cluny, Paris).
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7. Reliquary coffer. Northern France (?), c.1200, incorporating a tenth-century Egyptian rockcrystal vessel. Rock crystal, gilded silver and gemstones, 11.3 by 14.8 by 9.7 cm (Musée de Cluny, Paris).
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).
Exhibition Review
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 173-176
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Schwabauer, Adeline (Schwabauer, Adeline)
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Islam in Europe: 1000–1250 Dommuseum, Hildesheim 7th September 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
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5. The Silos Casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026 (AH 417). Enamel plates and fixtures, Silos, c.1150. Ivory, copper and enamel, 19 by 34 by 21 cm. (Museo de Burgos; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
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6. Senmurv aquamanile. Second third of the 12th century. Copper alloy, silver and niello, 19.6 by 16.5 cm. (Dommuseum, Hildesheim).
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7. Panel from the Ambon of Henry II, Aachen Cathedral. Before 1014. Rock crystal and chess pieces, Abbasid or Byzantine Empire, 9th or 10th century. Copper foil, quartz and agate. (Aachen Cathedral; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Book Review
Seeking Transparency: Rock Crystals Across the Medieval Mediterranean
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 967-968
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Milner, Lesley (Milner, Lesley)
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Seeking Transparency: Rock Crystals Across the Medieval Mediterranean Edited by Cynthia Hahn and Avinoam Shalem. 334 pp. incl. 56 col. + 140 b. & w. ills. (Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 2020), £60. ISBN 978–3–7861–2843–4. | :
Book Review
The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 478-480
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eug ne Boban By Jane MacLaren Walsh and Brett Topping. 348 pp. incl. 81 b. & w. ills. (Berghahn Books, New York and Oxford, 2020),  15.95. ISBN 978–1–789–20478–0. | :
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7. Human skull. Probably French, mid-nineteenth century. Rock crystal, height 25 cm. (British Museum, London).
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The crystal sceptre of the City of London
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 827-831
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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10. Unicorn Sword of Burgundy, made for Philip the Good, c.1420-30 (Hofburg, Vienna)
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11. Crown of Blanche of Lancaster. Paris, 1370-80, and London, 1402 (Schatzkammer der Residenz, Munich)
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12. Details of the enamel rose setting of the crown of Margaret of York. Paris, c.1460 (Domschatz, Aachen)
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4. Crystal sceptre of the City of London. Paris and London, 1380-1421 (The Corporation of the City of London)
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5. Base of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. London and Paris, 1419-21
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6. Crown of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. Paris, c.1380-1400
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7. Arms of England under a crystal disc in the crown of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. After 1406
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8. Arms of Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447). London, c.1430-40 (British Library, London, Royal Ms 2 BI, fol.7r)
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9. Reliquary casket. Burgundian or Paris, c.1450-70 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore)
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A ‘splendid and probably Unique Pebble’: the ‘Benetier de Charlemagne’
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 388-393
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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6. Detail of the base of St Lawrence trampling the heretic king, by Francesco Alfieri. Trapani, Sicily, mid-sixteenth century. Coral, gilt-bronze and enamel, diameter approx. 14 cm. (San Lorenzo, El Escorial).
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1. The Benetier of Charlemagne. Sardonyx bowl. Byzantine mid-tenth century, mounted on a gold and enamel monstrance foot, Spanish or Italian, before 1571, 23.2 by 26.1 cm. (Private collection; on loan to the National Museums of Scotland).
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2. Detail of the sardonyx bowl in Fig.1.
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3. The Chalice of the Emperor Charles IV. Sardonyx bowl. Byzantine, mid-tenth century, mounted in Germany in 1350. Gold, enamel and pearls, 21.2 by 14.8 cm. (Treasury of St Vitus Cathedral, Prague).
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4. The Chalice of the Emperor Romanos I. Byzantine, before 944. Sardonyx, gold, enamel and pearls, 23.7 by 18.1 cm. (Treasury, St Mark’s, Venice).
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5. Detail of the gold and enamel mount in Fig.1.
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7. Photograph of the Red Room, Halton, Buckinghamshire. 1884. (Private collection).
Book Review
Valerio Belli Vicentino 1468c.-1546
12/2001 | 1185 | 143
Pages: 763-764
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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Valerio Belli Vicentino 1468c.-1546 | author: Burns, Howard , author: Collareta, Marco , author: Gasparotto, Davide
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A Royal Tudor Rock-Crystal and Silver-Gilt Vase
06/1995 | 1107 | 137
Pages: 356-366
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Schroder, Timothy (Schroder, Timothy)
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1. The French Royal Gold Cup. Paris, Late-Fourteenth Century, with English Sixteenth-Century Additions to the Stem. Gold with Enamel and Pearls, 23.5 cm. High. (British Museum, London).
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10. The Beaufort Cup. London, 1507 08. Silver-Gilt, Originally Set with Gems, 24.2 cm. High (Christ's College, Cambridge).
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11. Detail of Fig.2, Showing One of the Vertical Enamelled Straps, with Roses and Pansies.
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12. Vase in Fig.2 Photographed with Relics.
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13. The Leigh Cup. London, 1513-14. Silver-Gilt and Enamel, 40.7 cm. High (Mercers' Company, London).
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14. Vase. Probably Venice, Fourteenth Century, the Mounts Florence, c. 1460. Jasper with Silver-Gilt and Enamel Mounts, 21 cm. High. (Museo Degli Argenti, Florence).
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15. Detail of Fig.2, Showing the Cover of the Vase with Hallmark and Maker's Mark.
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2. Vase with Mounts, Hallmarked London, 1511-12. Rock-Crystal and Silver-Gilt with Coloured Enamelling, 32.3 cm. High (S. Lorenzo, Florence), Here Photographed Without Relics.
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3. Detail of Fig.2, Showing the Cover and Finial.
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4. Drawing of the Vase in Fig.2. Italian, Sixteenth Century. Pen and Ink with Wash. (Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence).
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5. The Howard Grace Cup. London, 1525-26. Ivory with Silver-Gilt Mounts, Set with Gems and Pearls, 30.5 cm. High (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Detail of Fig. 2, Showing the Scrolling Foliage Beneath the Crystal.
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7. Detail of Fig.2, Showing One of the Putti Holding an Engraved Scroll.
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8. Detail of Fig.2, Showing the Foot of the Vase with Applied Pomegranates.
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9. The Founder's Cup. London, 1515 16. Silver-Gilt, 19.6 cm. High (Corpus Christi College, Oxford).
Book Review
Studien Zur Mediceischen Glaskunst, Archivalien, Entwurfzeichnungen, Glaser und Scherben
05/1991 | 1058 | 133
Pages: 321-322
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Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
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Studien Zur Mediceischen Glaskunst, Archivalien, Entwurfzeichnungen, Glaser und Scherben | author: Heikamp, Detlef
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