EditorialSo called reliquary letter " A" of Charlemagne, workshop of Abbot Begon III. According to legend, Charlemagne gave reliquaries with letters of the alphabet to all monasteries he patronized. Two angels with censers. Gold, gilded silver, enamel...
EditorialOpera singer Clarisse Sainte-Foy as the milkmaid Denise in Les Deux Gentilhommes by Justin Cadaux, Theatre de l'Opera Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes ...
Editorial" Arm of Saint George", a silverwork with reliquies of Saint Georges, a monk of Conques in the 9th century, who became bishop of Lodeve in 877. Partly gilded silver on a wooden core, H: 58 cm.
EditorialOpera singer Clarisse Sainte-Foy as the milkmaid Denise in Les Deux Gentilhommes by Justin Cadaux, Theatre de l'Opera Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes ...
EditorialA hexagonal reliquary, composed in the 16th century from the remains of 7th and 8th century goldwork. In the center, a 7th century fibula. The bottom band is formed of large cabochons connected with ornaments which date it to the 9th-11th century. H: 38 cm.
EditorialThe Abbey of Conques was destroyed by the Sarrazins and rebuilt by King Louis le Debonnaire in the 12th century. It became a place of pilgrimage because of the relics of Saint Foy which were deposed there.
EditorialOpera singer Clarisse Sainte-Foy as the milkmaid Denise in Les Deux Gentilhommes by Justin Cadaux, Theatre de l'Opera Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes ...
EditorialLa Majeste de sainte Foy-statue of a saint, a young woman who died a martyr in the early 4th century. 9th century, with gothic additions; gilded silver, copper, enamel, rock crystal and precious stones, cameos; wooden core. H: 85 cm.
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