Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . his curiousstoup was made it is difficult to determine, though the characterof the ornament and the name are decidedly Italian, but thestamps of the roundel and of the two panels seem to have beenvery much worn and used before for other purposes. Thestamps for the letters, which are of the same sort as those usedfor bells in northern Europe a centuryearlier, look somewhat incongruous withthe rest of the work ; and as the valueof de provincia after the name isdifficult to appreciate, it is impossibleto say
Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . his curiousstoup was made it is difficult to determine, though the characterof the ornament and the name are decidedly Italian, but thestamps of the roundel and of the two panels seem to have beenvery much worn and used before for other purposes. Thestamps for the letters, which are of the same sort as those usedfor bells in northern Europe a centuryearlier, look somewhat incongruous withthe rest of the work ; and as the valueof de provincia after the name isdifficult to appreciate, it is impossibleto say where the stoup was made. As to the figure of Buddha on avessel so evidently meant for Christianuses, Sir George Birdwood has pointedout that, although very curious andperhaps unprecedented, it may yet beaccounted for. The intimate associationof Venice and Genoa with easterntrade had spread a general knowledgeof India throughout mercantile Italy,and the appearance of Buddha on many objects imported from the East was very familiar ;moreover, Buddha had himself been introduced into the. Fig. 49.—Stoup,Eltenberg t54 DINANDERIE Calendar of Christian Saints, and was venerated under thename of S. Joasaphat. The holy water pail, which was used in certain parts of theservices within the church, was always made with a handle forthe purpose of carrying it about, and some of the earlier onesrecall the Scandinavian pails, to which we have already referred.
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