European enamels . MEDIEVAL ENAMELS admirable example of the influence of the Byzantinestyle on European work of the eleventh of the most remarkable pieces is a brooch con-sisting of an eagle within a broad ring. The head,body, wings, and tail are of enamel on cloisons ofgold. The enamel is partly opaque, partly trans-parent. The colours are blue, green, and opaque are mixed in with the enamel, and the wholeis set off with gold filigree. The enamels are not simply laid on the body ofthe work, but are done on separate pieces of gold,and then burnished into or let into the
European enamels . MEDIEVAL ENAMELS admirable example of the influence of the Byzantinestyle on European work of the eleventh of the most remarkable pieces is a brooch con-sisting of an eagle within a broad ring. The head,body, wings, and tail are of enamel on cloisons ofgold. The enamel is partly opaque, partly trans-parent. The colours are blue, green, and opaque are mixed in with the enamel, and the wholeis set off with gold filigree. The enamels are not simply laid on the body ofthe work, but are done on separate pieces of gold,and then burnished into or let into the ornament—in fact, treated as if each separate piece of enamelwas a precious stone. In the cathedral treasury at Treves is one of themost interesting reliquaries of the tenth century,because it illustrates all the different modes ofenamelling that are known to have been executed atthat period. It is a portable altar, richly decoratedwith gold, and, on the top, a golden receptacle forthe foot of St. Andrew. The en
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