Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . se quatrefoilsare further adorned with acorn-like projections enameled inrich blue, seme with gold stars, set in calices of wrought goldleaves. At the intersection of the arms is a quatrefoil medal-lion set with cut rock crystal and designed for the receptionof a relic. The cross stands on a hexagonal stem of silver,molded and chased with a pattern of lozenges, and springingfrom it are two carved arms of silver, decorated with bandsof col
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . se quatrefoilsare further adorned with acorn-like projections enameled inrich blue, seme with gold stars, set in calices of wrought goldleaves. At the intersection of the arms is a quatrefoil medal-lion set with cut rock crystal and designed for the receptionof a relic. The cross stands on a hexagonal stem of silver,molded and chased with a pattern of lozenges, and springingfrom it are two carved arms of silver, decorated with bandsof colored enamels interrupted by roundels of mother-of-pearlframed in silver. These arms support two figures of wingedangels of silver in flowing garments and with outstretched knop is of a flattened spherical shape, pierced in a patternof flamboyant Gothic tracery, and having, around the center,lozenge-shaped facets of chased silver overlaid with translucentcolored enamel. The base is hexagonally lobed with enameledmedallions of figures of Saints, the vertical edges being piercedin a simple arcaded pattern. Heigh t. 2 •> inches.(Illustrated). No. 82. Early Fifteenth Century Florentine Cross of Enameled Gold and Silver e 83—Thirteenth Century Gilt Copper Reliquaryo Rectangular shape, with gable-shaped top on square stein andquatrefoil foot. The square body is Hanked by two squarebuttresses with five courses of pierced Gothic arcadings sepa-rated by molded string-courses and surmounted by pointedHeches. The pointed gable top is enriched by a crocketed mold-ing and surmounted by a cross, the triangular tympanum beingdecorated with a boldly engraved representation of Christ ina vesica-shaped nimbus surrounded by cherubim and supportedby two angels in flowing robes blowing trumpets. At citherside are chased sprays of vine leaves. The reliquary properconsists of four rows of circular medallions, six in each row. andone in the upper part of the stem, all covered wi
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