Shaw, Henry: The decorative arts, ecclesiastical and civil, of the Middle Ages (London, 1851)

The Reliquary under notice fell to the lot of a Jeweller and celebrated
antiquary at Basse, of whom Mr. Magniac purchased it after three years
of negotiation, on account of the high price demanded. The original
jewels, of conssderable value, were then remaining, but have since been
taken out and resold to the authorities of the Cathedral, and their places
iupplied by imitations in paste.

This Foot we are told by an inscription on the sole, was made to con-
tain a foot of one of the Innocents, which was given to Basse Cathedral
by St. Columbanus. An inscription on the interior records that Osval-
dus made this work by the will of God in 1470; the bosses on the
ankles, however, are ornamented with enamels on gold, surrounded by
pearls and filigree, of a date apparently far anterior to that of the entire
work.