EditorialBirth celebration of Mongolia, Diamond mine Mogols Birth celebration / Celebration au jour de naissance du Grand Mogol, etc. // Diamond mine / Mine de Diamans, aux Indes Orientales (title on object) The Indes Orientales and Occidentales and autres lieu...
Editorial" Dreikoenigsschrein", the Shrine of the Three Magi, bottom row with figures of prophets and kings made by Master Nicolas himself. Gold, enamel, precious stones.
EditorialAdoration of the Magi, with donor Emperor Otto IV at Christ's Baptism. Detail from the Shrine of the Three Magi at the high chancel of the cathedral. Gold, enamel, precious stones, cameos, antique gems (begun 1181).
EditorialEpiscopal ring with the symbols of the four evangelists, The cast and embellished ring is rectangular at the top and decorated on the four sides with the symbols of the four evangelists: the angel (John), the winged ox (Luke), the eagle (Matthew) and t...
EditorialThe Death of the Virgin Mary. Detail of the antepedium Pala d'Oro from Constantinople (ca. 1100). Gold, enamel, and precious stones Overall size: 140 x 350 cm.
EditorialShrine of Saint Maurice, a reliquary of the saint kept on the site of his martyrdom. A Christian officer in the Theban legion, he and his men were executed when they refused to sacrifice to Roman gods. A seraph with three pairs of wings. Chased silver,...
EditorialChrist enthroned, with two angels (on the gable, obverse side). Detail from the Shrine of the Three Magi at the high chancel of the cathedral. Gold, enamel, precious stones, antique gems, cameos (begun 1181).
EditorialReliquary of Saint Elisabeth. 13th century. Silver-gilt and precious and semiprecious stones and beads. Swedish History Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.
EditorialVisigothic art. VI-VII century. Torredonjimeno cross. Decorated with metal inlaid with precious stones and floral ornaments. Archaeological Museum of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialTeuderic reliquary; the inscription on the back of the gold-plated silver shrine names a couple who asked the presbiter Teuderic to have a small coffer made in honour of Saint Maurice. The center gem is a Merovingian glass-paste. Gold-plated silver, pe...
EditorialJerusalem, Plate 59, "And formed into Four precious stones....". Date/Period: 1804 to 1820. Print. Orange print, pen, black ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper (Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on mode...
EditorialAltar Frontal Depicting Scenes from the Life of Christ. Spain. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 106.7 x 236 cm (42 x 92 7/8 in.). Silk, warp-float faced broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliqu?d with ...