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Veiled in precious cloth: a seal bag from Westminster Abbey and its connections with Charlemagne’s shrine in Aachen
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1206–1216
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Mühlemann, Corinne (Mühlemann, Corinne)
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New, Elizabeth A. (New, Elizabeth A.)
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Payne, Matthew (Payne, Matthew)
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Wyld, Helen (Wyld, Helen)
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12. Reliquary pouch made of a samite. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk, 15 by 13 cm. (© Museum August Kestner, Hannover; photograph Christian Tepper).
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4. Microphotograph (magnification 58.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the back of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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6. Fragment used for the back (left) and front (right, rotated 180 degrees) of Fig.2. Woven before 1267 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 11.9 by 13.4 cm. (back), 10.2 by 12.3 cm. (front). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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7. Comparison of the identical pattern repeat in the ‘hare silks’ shown in Fig.6 (right) and Figs.8 and 9. The colour of the weft is modified along the length of the textile (latté).
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Edmund, Westminster Abbey. c.1244. Stained glass. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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1. Great seal of Henry III. 1267. Wax, 10 by 10.1 cm. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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10. Karlsschrein. 1215. Oak, gilded silver, gilded copper, filigree, precious stones and enamel, 204 by 57 by 94 cm. (Aachen Cathedral).
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11. Fragments from a samite found in the binding of a manuscript now in Wolfenbüttel (Lectiones bibliccae per annum) perhaps originating from Strasbourg. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk. (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Cod. Guelf. 71 Aug.2°).
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2. Inventory of the Shrine of St Edward with seal bag. 1267. Ink on parchment, 38.2 by 34.6 cm. (inventory); silk, 11.9 by 12 cm. (seal bag). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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3. Microphotograph (magnification 29.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the front of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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5. Shrine of St Edward, Westminster Abbey, London. Consecrated 1269. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Detail of Fig.9 with the starting border and left selvedge. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
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9. So-called ‘hare silk’ preserved in reliquary shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral. Probably woven before 1215 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 128 by 239 cm. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
Book Review
The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey. The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 634-635
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Donkin, Lucy (Donkin, Lucy)
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The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey. The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation By Warwick Rodwell and David S. Neal et al. Two vols, 724 pp. incl. 548. col. + b. & w. ills. (Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2019) £65. ISBN 978–1–78925–234–7. | :
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3. Shrine of St Edward the Confessor with the tomb of King Henry III behind on the left. 1240s–50s. Westminster Abbey, London (Courtesy Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Article
A Bavarian pilgrimage shrine in seventeenth-century Paraguay
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 115-125
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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10. Likeness of the statue of the miraculous Blessed Virgin Mary at Oettingen, by Libia Loth. Frontispiece from the patronage book of the Munich Archconfraternity of Our Blessed Lady of Altötting. 1650. Watercolours and gold on parchment, 13 by 20 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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11. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting. Seventeenth century. Polychrome and gilded limewood, height 67cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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13. Mission church of San Miguel, Brazil (formerly Paraguay), by Giovanni Battista Primoli. 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
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14. Double chapel combining small-scale replicas of the Gnadenkapelle of Altötting with the Church of the Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Innichen, South Tyrol. 1653. (Photograph Wilfried Wirth / Alamy Stock Photo).
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2. Gnadenkapelle, Altötting, Bavaria. Begun c.770–77; nave and ambulatory begun c.1518–19. (Photograph the author).
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4. The Virgin of Altötting standing between the Gnadenkapelle and the original Jesuit residence, from J. Irsing: Historiae D. Virginis Oettinganae, Munich 1663. Engraving, 8.5 by 12.5 cm. (Private collection).
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5. The Gnadenkapelle at Altötting during the Hungarian invasion of AD 910, frontispiece to J. Irsing: Historiae D. Virginis Oettinganae, Munich 1663. Engraving, 8.5 by 12.5 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Alten Oetingen, by Matthäus Merian. 1644. Etching, 22.8 by 31.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. The Virgin of Altötting, by the Master of Mühldorf. 1518. Pen and black ink, heightened with white bodycolour on brown paper, 22.3 by 17.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. A true likeness of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the ancient shrine of Altötting, by Raphael Sadeler. 1601. Engraving, 25.2 by 18.2 cm. (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich).
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1. The village of San Juan [. . .] on the Uruguay [River]. c.1753. Ink and watercolours on paper, 118 by 105 cm. (Archivo General, Simancas).
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12. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting. German, fifteenth or sixteenth century. Limewood with traces of polychromy, height 42 cm. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich).
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15. Copy of the Virgin of Altötting (?). Seventeenth or eighteenth century. Cedar with traces of polychromy, height 50 cm. (Museu de São Miguel, Brazil).
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3. Bavarian infantry colour showing the Virgin of Altötting, the Gnadenkapelle and the holy linden tree. 1624–31. Silk, 233 by 290 cm. (Armémuseum, Stockholm).
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7. The Virgin of Altötting. Early fourteenth century. Limewood, height 64 cm. (Gnadenkapelle, Altötting).
Exhibition Review
Kings and Scribes: The Birth of a Nation. Winchester Cathedral
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 858-860
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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10. Detail from the Winchester Bible, showing Noah’s Ark (photograph John Crook).
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11. The Morley Library, Winchester Cathedral (photograph Robin Jones).
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9. Installation view of Kings and Scribes: The Birth of a Nation at Winchester Cathedral, 2019, showing fifteen mounted sculptures from the Great Screen (1447–86).
Book Review
Worlds Within: Opening the Medieval Shrine Madonna, E. Gertsman
03/2016 | 1356 | 158
Pages: 205-206
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Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
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53. Shrine Madonna. Lower Rhenish (probably Cologne), c.1300 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Book Review
The Shrine of St Peter
04/1957 | 649 | 99
Pages: 128
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Haynes, D. E. L. (Haynes, D. E. L.; Haynes, Denys Eyre Lankester)
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The Shrine of St Peter | author: Perkins, John Ward , author: Toynbee, J. M. C.
Article
Decorative Projects of Sebastián de Herrera Barnuevo
02/1956 | 635 | 98
Pages: 40-46
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Wethey, Harold E. (Wethey, Harold E.; Wethey, H. E.; Wethey, Dr.)
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10. Model for the Shrine of the Virgin, Probably by Pedro de la Torre. Wood, 195.6 by 104.1 cm. (Chapel of the Trinity, Toledo Cathedral.)
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11. Altar of San Isidro, by Herrera Barnuevo. Pen and Wash, 41.3 by 29 cm. (National Library, Madrid.)
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12. Detail of Fig. 11. [Altar of San Isidro, by Herrera Barnuevo]
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13. Detail of Fig. 11. [Altar of San Isidro, by Herrera Barnuevo]
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14. Detail of a Project for an Altar, by Herrera Barnuevo. Pen and Wash, 43.5 by 29.2 cm. (National Library, Madrid.)
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15. Ceiling Decoration, by Herrera Barnuevo. Pen, 22.7 by 26.4 cm. (British Museum, London.)
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16. Decorative Cherub, by Herrera Barnuevo. One of a Pair of Drawings. Pen and Wash, 8.9 by 5.7 cm. (National Library, Madrid.)
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17. Decorative Panel, by Herrera Barnuevo. Pen and Wash, 20.1 by 6.2 cm. (National Library, Madrid.)
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6. Shrine of the Virgin, by Herrera Barnuevo. Pen and Wash, 39 by 20.9 cm. (Prado Museum, Madrid.)
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7. Reliquary for the Heart of St Theresa, by Herrera Barnuevo. Pen and Wash, 34.1 by 29.2 cm. (Academia de San Fernando, Madrid.)
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8. Shrine of the Virgin, by the Silversmiths, Virgilio Fanelli and Juan Ortiz de Revilla. Gilded Silver, Height c. 4 Metres. Dated 1655-74. (Sagrario, Toledo Cathedral.)
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9. Chest, by Herrera Barnuevo. Pen and Wash, 24.1 by 28.9 cm. (Uffizi, Florence.)
Article
The Italian and Mosan Shows in the Light of the Great Art Exhibitions
05/1953 | 602 | 95
Pages: 151-157
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Swarzenski, Hanns (Swarzenski, Hanns; Swarzenki, Hanns)
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2. One of Two Fronts of Mosan Reliquary of Ste Ode. Wood, 57.8 by 38.1 cm. (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.)
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3. Christ in Mandorla. Ivory Carving. (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.)
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4. River of Paradise. Bronze (Museum, Besançon.)
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5. Bronze Censer. (Museo di Castello Sforzesco, Milan.)
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8. Plaque with Misericordia. (Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille.)
Article
The Shrine of St. Alban: Two Illustrations
05/1933 | 362 | 62
Pages: 237-239+241
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Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
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A-The Shrine of St. Alban, from "The Life of St. Alban" by Matthew Paris (Trinity College, Dublin). The Shrine of St. Alban: Two Illustrations
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B-The Shrine of St. Alban, from "The Lives of the Offas" (British Museum). The Shrine of St. Alban: Two Illustrations
Book Review
Forgotten Shrines of Spain
06/1927 | 291 | 50
Pages: 341
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Beck, Egerton (Beck, Egerton; B., E.; Beck, E.)
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Forgotten Shrines of Spain | author: Byne, Mildred Stapley
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