Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . Plate XXIIIASCHAL CANDLESTICK, ESSEN CANDLESTICKS—LIGHT-HOLDERS 139 period. At Essen, however, we see a seven-branched candle-. FiG. 37.—Paschal Candlestick, Magdeburgstick of great interest with a more authentic history, of which 140 DINANDERIE we give an illustration (Plate XXII.). It was made for the Abbess Mechtildas, the sisterof Otho II., in 998 ; and thesimplicity of its design and theornament in the knops suggestthat it may have been madeunder the direct influence of theByzantine workers brought in
Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . Plate XXIIIASCHAL CANDLESTICK, ESSEN CANDLESTICKS—LIGHT-HOLDERS 139 period. At Essen, however, we see a seven-branched candle-. FiG. 37.—Paschal Candlestick, Magdeburgstick of great interest with a more authentic history, of which 140 DINANDERIE we give an illustration (Plate XXII.). It was made for the Abbess Mechtildas, the sisterof Otho II., in 998 ; and thesimplicity of its design and theornament in the knops suggestthat it may have been madeunder the direct influence of theByzantine workers brought intoGermany by the Empress Theo-phano. The seven-branchedcandlestick in the Cathedralof Magdeburg, though equallysimple in form, may belong tothe thirteenth century (Fig. 37).One of the finest seven-branched candlesticks in thenorth of Europe is to be foundin the Church of S. Leonardat Leau, It is executed inthe finest brass, and standssome 16 feet in height ; froma hexagonal base supported bythree lions and three dogs risesa massive shaft, with a per-forated lectern attached to it,immediately above which isa small branch for a candleand a statuette of S. these are the six largerbranches for lig
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