Plate LVI · Crystal
Vol. IV (1950) · full-page plateAbove left: STATUETTE OF THE VIRGIN SET IN A ROCK CRYSTAL, engraved and mounted with Byzantine enamels (12th-13th cent.) - Venice, Basilica of St. Mark, Treasury. Above right: ROCK CRYSTAL DISH with figures of the Flood and Noah's ark (16th cent.) - Florence, Museo degli Argenti. Below: ROCK CRYSTAL CASKET with scenes from the Life of Christ. Work by Valerio Belli (1532) - Florence, Museo degli Argenti.


