A FIGURE OF A SAINT HOLDING A BOOK.
IN ENCRUSTED ENAMEL. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
ETACHED from its ancient setting, the original applica-
tion of this enamelled plate can only be matter of conjesture.
It was formerly in the Debruge colledtion, in the catalogue
of which, it is stated to have been a portion of a reliquary,
but, we think it more probable that it formed the centre of a book cover.
There is great elegance in the attitude of the figure, and considerable
richness is produced by all the thin lines of metal dividing the colours
being delicately pounced.
Our first wood-cut is a very elegant ciborium of silver gilt, from the
cathedral of Sens, in France. This cathedral poisesses an interefi: for every
Engliih traveller, from its containing in its treasury, besides a number of
IN ENCRUSTED ENAMEL. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
ETACHED from its ancient setting, the original applica-
tion of this enamelled plate can only be matter of conjesture.
It was formerly in the Debruge colledtion, in the catalogue
of which, it is stated to have been a portion of a reliquary,
but, we think it more probable that it formed the centre of a book cover.
There is great elegance in the attitude of the figure, and considerable
richness is produced by all the thin lines of metal dividing the colours
being delicately pounced.
Our first wood-cut is a very elegant ciborium of silver gilt, from the
cathedral of Sens, in France. This cathedral poisesses an interefi: for every
Engliih traveller, from its containing in its treasury, besides a number of