. International studio. CAXESSA COLLECTION, NEW YORK sented, on the back the figures of St. Peter andSt. Paul. They are standing under trefoiledGothic arches and they are incised on an enam-elled background. The nimbi are in blue enamelwith golden circles. The front of the seat showsthe same incised and enamelled foliage but with-out figures; and on top of the seat on the sides and. VIRGIN AND CHILD FORMING A RELIQUARYCANESSA COLLECTION, NEW YORK A Thirteenth-Century Reliquary in the back is a cresting with keyhole pattern andunderneath in the centre is an opening for therelics. Only a small g
. International studio. CAXESSA COLLECTION, NEW YORK sented, on the back the figures of St. Peter andSt. Paul. They are standing under trefoiledGothic arches and they are incised on an enam-elled background. The nimbi are in blue enamelwith golden circles. The front of the seat showsthe same incised and enamelled foliage but with-out figures; and on top of the seat on the sides and. VIRGIN AND CHILD FORMING A RELIQUARYCANESSA COLLECTION, NEW YORK A Thirteenth-Century Reliquary in the back is a cresting with keyhole pattern andunderneath in the centre is an opening for therelics. Only a small group of seated Virgins formingreliquaries and executed with the same techniqueare known. The method employed just beforethis consisted in covering a wooden statuettewith a thin coating of silver, and this method,which was already known in the Carlovingianperiod, was used until the end of the thirteenthcentury. Some masterful examples are still ex-tant. Among them, and of the most beautifulworkmanship, are two French reliquaries in theTreasury of the Abbe of Roncevaux* which areof the late thirteenth century. The technique ofthe reliquary we are dealing with in this articledoes not seem to have been in use before thethirteenth century. At that time the goldsmithworker became skilful enough to produce workindependently and he was no longer merely anaccessory to the sculptor, t
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