Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XV · Goldsmithing

Vol. IX (1952) · full-page plate
Above left: CHASED SILVER RELIQUARY (5th cent.) - Grado, Cathedral. Above right: SILVER PLATE found at Canoscio (Città di Castello) with inscription in honor of the martyr Agapitus (5th cent.). Below left: CROSS IN SOLID GOLD WITH GEMS AND FILIGREE (7th cent.) from the Sancta Sanctorum (rear side) - Vatican Library, Museo Sacro. Below right: SILVER SHRINE OFFERED BY POPE GREGORY IV (827-44) for reliquary of the head of St. Sebastian - Rome, Vatican Library, Museo Sacro.
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Plate XV
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Plate XV
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Plate XV
Above left: CHASED SILVER RELIQUARY (5th cent.) - Grado, Cathedral. Above right: SILVER PLATE found at Canoscio (Città di Castello) with inscription in honor of the martyr Agapitus (5th cent.). Below left: CROSS IN SOLID GOLD WITH GEMS AND FILIGREE (7th cent.) from the Sancta Sanctorum (rear side) - Vatican Library, Museo Sacro. Below right: SILVER SHRINE OFFERED BY POPE GREGORY IV (827-44) for reliquary of the head of St. Sebastian - Rome, Vatican Library, Museo Sacro.

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