. The industrial arts in Spain. ges. It would be difficult, considering allthings, to suppose they were imported. We can mention in the thirteenth century a specimen of Spanishsilversmiths work which illustrates the transition to the new style,and the progress in the design of the figures owing to the ItalianRenaissance—I refer to the interesting triptych at the Cathedralof Seville, known as the Tablas Alfonsinas, made by theorder of Don Alfonso el Sabio for holding relics. It is of wood,covered inside and out with silver-gilt plates; it is 2 2 inches highby 39 wide when its three leaves are o
. The industrial arts in Spain. ges. It would be difficult, considering allthings, to suppose they were imported. We can mention in the thirteenth century a specimen of Spanishsilversmiths work which illustrates the transition to the new style,and the progress in the design of the figures owing to the ItalianRenaissance—I refer to the interesting triptych at the Cathedralof Seville, known as the Tablas Alfonsinas, made by theorder of Don Alfonso el Sabio for holding relics. It is of wood,covered inside and out with silver-gilt plates; it is 2 2 inches highby 39 wide when its three leaves are open (the woodcut oppositerepresents the outside of left leaf), and is divided inside intofifteen compartments full of minute ornamentation, among whichare set a large number of capsules covered with rock crystalcontaining relics, each one with an inscription of enamelled gold,cloison7ie. Several good cameos with sacred subjects appear nearthe edge of the side leaves. The outside of this triptych is deco- GOLD AND SILVER ONE LEAF OF TRIPTYCH IN CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE. rated with twelve medallions containing the arms of Castille andAragon, and forty-eight others in which are repeated alternately the 18 SPANISH INDUSTRIAL ART. subjects of the Adoration of the Magi and Annunciation of theVirgin, which are also repousse. In the centres are eagles^which S^ Rios supposes to alhide to Don Alonsos claim to becrowned Emperor, in which case it w^as made in the year 1274.(See Mus. esp. de Antig., vol. ii. p. Z-^^ The ornamentationwhich surrounds the panels belongs to the i6th century. S. Riossuggests that the possible or probable author of this interestingobject of silversmith work was Maestro Jorge, a silversmith ofToledo, who is praised by Don Alonso in his Cantigas—he alsomentions the names of Don Lorenzo and Don Niculas as silver-smiths of Seville who worked in this period. The most important example of Spanish silversmiths work ofthe 14th century is the Retablo and Baldaquino
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