Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . £ CO. w BOX. 1153—1864. THIS box was intended and probably has been used for holding theunconsecrated wafers for mass. In this material, and of the samedate, late in the fourteenth century, such examples are uncommon. Itis possibly of Italian workmanship, and has been attributed to a Venetianartist. This, however, is very doubtful. The decoration is rich, and the style and execution of the design areextremely good. The top is ornamented merely with foliated scroll work,
Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . £ CO. w BOX. 1153—1864. THIS box was intended and probably has been used for holding theunconsecrated wafers for mass. In this material, and of the samedate, late in the fourteenth century, such examples are uncommon. Itis possibly of Italian workmanship, and has been attributed to a Venetianartist. This, however, is very doubtful. The decoration is rich, and the style and execution of the design areextremely good. The top is ornamented merely with foliated scroll work,with a plainer scroll on the flat silver mount below it. The body of thebox is divided into twelve compartments with cusped arches over each,and a carved saint in high relief occupies every spandril. The subjects inthe panels represent the different events of the Passion of our Lord ; thosewhich are shown in the etching being Pilate washing his hands, the carry-ing of the Cross, the Crucifixion, the Entombment, and the figures filling the arches are something over half an inch in height. Th
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