. Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . of the Spanish cathedrals, and the brassrailings of the Netherlands ; so that the bronze screens ofCharlemagnes church and period at Aix-la-Chapelle are pro-bably unique, although at the time of their setting up theremay have been similar railings at Ravenna. This bronze work,of which we give a sketch (Fig. 25), runs all round the opentriforium, and, except where a space has been made to admitthe marble throne, appears to have been undisturbed since itwas first placed there. The designs vary in every bay
. Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . of the Spanish cathedrals, and the brassrailings of the Netherlands ; so that the bronze screens ofCharlemagnes church and period at Aix-la-Chapelle are pro-bably unique, although at the time of their setting up theremay have been similar railings at Ravenna. This bronze work,of which we give a sketch (Fig. 25), runs all round the opentriforium, and, except where a space has been made to admitthe marble throne, appears to have been undisturbed since itwas first placed there. The designs vary in every bay, andthe whole of the work is most beautifully finished. Paxes, which did not come into general use before the thirteenth century, were at first made in wood and later in 99 lOO DINANDERIE the precious metals, with highly enriched decorations andenamels ; but during the period of transition were very occa-sionally made in enamelled bronze. There is one in the HotelCluny, perhaps of twelfth-century manufacture, of copper gilt,having on it an enamelled figure of our Lord under a ??-llir llhi Fig. 25.—Bronze Railings, having His right hand raised and His left hand holding abook. Hand-warmers, which were twin hemispheres of metalmade to contain live charcoal, were used by the priests duringthe services to warm their chilled hands. They are to be foundmentioned in church inventories under the descriptive nameof pomme de cuivre, and when made in bronze they were fre-quently gilt and richly ornamented with open work in foliage
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