Crozier head, Curl of a bishop's staff with an image of an angel killing a dragon, Curl of a bishop's staff of gilt copper and light blue enamel champlevé. The cylindrical sleeve of the staff is decorated with leaf vines and appliqued dragons. Above that an openwork nodus with dragging dragons. The crown of the staff is a dragon, with the head at the end of the spiral curl. In the curl, an angel (Saint Michael) kills a dragon with a sword, decorated with light blue glass beads, angels fighting, dragon, anonymous, Limoges, c. 1220 - c. 1230, copper (metal), gilding, h cm × w cm × d 7.


Crozier head, Curl of a bishop's staff with an image of an angel killing a dragon, Curl of a bishop's staff of gilt copper and light blue enamel champlevé. The cylindrical sleeve of the staff is decorated with leaf vines and appliqued dragons. Above that an openwork nodus with dragging dragons. The crown of the staff is a dragon, with the head at the end of the spiral curl. In the curl, an angel (Saint Michael) kills a dragon with a sword, decorated with light blue glass beads, angels fighting, dragon, anonymous, Limoges, c. 1220 - c. 1230, copper (metal), gilding, h cm × w cm × d cm × h cm × w cm × d cm d cm × w cm × d cm, × w 821 gr


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