Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . two figures representing the creation ofman, and with figures on the knop against the stem, the workgenerally resembling that of his candlesticks. The crosier preserved in the museum of Angers, said to havebelonged to Robert dArbrissel, would, if that be correct, belongto the beginning of the twelfth century. But it is doubtful if itever belonged to the founder of Fontevrault, as he was certainlynever a bishop, and Fontevrault was from the first presided overby an abbess ; and if it was found in his grave
Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . two figures representing the creation ofman, and with figures on the knop against the stem, the workgenerally resembling that of his candlesticks. The crosier preserved in the museum of Angers, said to havebelonged to Robert dArbrissel, would, if that be correct, belongto the beginning of the twelfth century. But it is doubtful if itever belonged to the founder of Fontevrault, as he was certainlynever a bishop, and Fontevrault was from the first presided overby an abbess ; and if it was found in his grave in the GrandMoutier of the convent in which he was buried in 1117, itmust have been placed here rather as a mark of respect than asa sign of office. It is simple in form, the volute being occupiedwith a figure of S. Michael and the Dragon ; and we illustratea very similar one, attributed to the thirteenth century, in theVictoria and Albert Museum (Plate XXVIII.). Another abbatial crosier, that of the abbots of Clairvaux, ispreserved in the Hotel Cluny, dating somewhere in the twelfth. Plate XWIIICROSIER, IX THE V, AXD A. MUSEUM
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