Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . rom its centre rises an orb, which workson a pivot, supporting an eaglewhose extended wings bear abook-rest beautifully worked inopen tracery. At S. Nicholas,Tournay, is an eagle dated 1483,and at Chievres, near Ath, isanother dated 1484 ; but perhapsthe most beautiful as well as oneof the earliest is that of NotreDame, at Tongres, to whichwe have already alluded. It issigned by Joses of Dinant, whowas working on another piece inthe same church in 1360, andin its arrangements it is is supported b
Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . rom its centre rises an orb, which workson a pivot, supporting an eaglewhose extended wings bear abook-rest beautifully worked inopen tracery. At S. Nicholas,Tournay, is an eagle dated 1483,and at Chievres, near Ath, isanother dated 1484 ; but perhapsthe most beautiful as well as oneof the earliest is that of NotreDame, at Tongres, to whichwe have already alluded. It issigned by Joses of Dinant, whowas working on another piece inthe same church in 1360, andin its arrangements it is is supported by a triangularbase resting on three lions, andfrom this rises a three-sidedturret, with flying buttresses,carrying a globe on which isan eagle with outstretched wingstrampling on a monster, and theledge of the book-stand is formedof two salamanders. The lectern of Ardenne hasa winged lion holding a book-desk in its front paws ; but thebest of these variations from theeagle type is to be found inthe lectern of S. Germain at Tirlemont. As will be seen by our illustration (Fig. 52), the. Fig. -Lectern, S. Germain,Tirlemont
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