European enamels . SHRINE OF ST. HONORATUS AT SIEGBURG. MEDIAEVAL ENAMELS rounded by the seven spirits of God. The opaquered is especially brilliant. In the same treasure is also a cover for a Codexof the Gospels (late Carlovingian). It is cloisonne,but executed with opaque enamels. At Xanten in the Stiftskirche is a portable altars were used for private celebration ofMass, and consisted of the block of stone, which isnecessary to the sacrificial character of the ceremony,surrounded by gold or gilt-copper ornament. Inthis instance enamel is largely used, and the workis of the twelf
European enamels . SHRINE OF ST. HONORATUS AT SIEGBURG. MEDIAEVAL ENAMELS rounded by the seven spirits of God. The opaquered is especially brilliant. In the same treasure is also a cover for a Codexof the Gospels (late Carlovingian). It is cloisonne,but executed with opaque enamels. At Xanten in the Stiftskirche is a portable altars were used for private celebration ofMass, and consisted of the block of stone, which isnecessary to the sacrificial character of the ceremony,surrounded by gold or gilt-copper ornament. Inthis instance enamel is largely used, and the workis of the twelfth century, but restored in the eigh-teenth. The colours are dark blue, green, white,and a light blue, made by mixing together poundedwhite and dark blue, and melting them into placetogether. It is a very interesting piece of work. At Miinchen-Gladbach there is a similar portablealtar. The stone is green marble. The enamelsare green, shading into blue and into white, lightblue, white, and yellow. All are opaque. Thefeatures of the figures are all in e
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