Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . Fig. OF Ma«v of BO»gu»dv, Bruoes k in the form of a great chest or coffer, resting on the backs ofsx lions th sidesbeing elaborately panelled wrth ofarm °n the panels, and small figures in niches between ; th angles are the four evangelistic symbols standing onrllenedestals a curious mode of treatment which Vischer alsodootS on his great tomb for Archbishop Ernst of figuref, of which that of the Count is in full armour. TOMBS 211 lie on their sides facing each other
Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . Fig. OF Ma«v of BO»gu»dv, Bruoes k in the form of a great chest or coffer, resting on the backs ofsx lions th sidesbeing elaborately panelled wrth ofarm °n the panels, and small figures in niches between ; th angles are the four evangelistic symbols standing onrllenedestals a curious mode of treatment which Vischer alsodootS on his great tomb for Archbishop Ernst of figuref, of which that of the Count is in full armour. TOMBS 211 lie on their sides facing each other, with the banner curhngabove them, the staff of which he is grasping. In Germany it was not uncommon to place the memorialeffigies in a standing position against a wall or pier ; and inBamberg, Mainz and Wiirtzburg Cathedrals are a number ofsuch monuments in stone to the archbishops and bishops, andthis arrangement Vischer adopted for another figure he set up. Fig. 68.—Tomb of Charles the Bold, Bruges at an earlier date at Romhild, which was made in 1502 forCount Otto IV. of Henneberg (Plate XLVIIL). The knightis in full armour, and standing upright on a lion, holding hisbanner, the folds of which float over his head. The inscriptionis carried on a band round the figure, and at the sides of itare coats of arms, those on the dexter side having their chargescarefully reversed so as to look towards their owner. 212 DINANDERIE The tomb which Peter de Beckere set up, between 1496 and1502, to Mary of Burgundy in the choir of Notre Dame atBruges is one of the most graceful in the Netherlands (Fig. 67).The monument itself is of black marble, and over the sides, inplace of the weepers, which usually appeared in earlier altartombs, is a network of gilt copper in the form of a genealogicaltree, from the branches of which hang shields of arms, andamong which are interspersed flying angels, who act as supportersto the shields. There are altogether on
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