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Ecclesiastical
THE Holy Scriptures furnish us with at account of the jewels which distinguished the ephod of Aaron. This is described as having a front…
Ecclesiastical: Roman
Other gems, remarkable for their magnitude, were consecrated by engraving upon them the head of some particular deity. The most renowned…
Ecclesiastical: Suger
In the twelfth century the jewellers' and goldsmiths' art was fostered in France by Suger, Archbishop of St. Denis. He proposed always, as…
Ecclesiastical: Henry
The princely splendour of Thomas a Becket, in the reign of Henry II., the profusion of jewels worn by himself and his attendants on his…
Ecclesiastical: Richard
The list of sacred ornaments which composed the furniture of the Chapel Royal in the reign of Richard II., includes a "portepax tout d'or"…
Ecclesiastical: Alban
The shrine of the protomartyr at St. Alban's Abbey, although by no means so rich as the one raised by kingly munificence, was a splendid…
Ecclesiastical: France
The most splendid shrine of which England could boast in olden times was that of Thomas a Becket, in Canterbury Cathedral, of which not a…
Ecclesiastical: Erasmus
When the pilgrims were assembled before the shrine, the prior, or some other great officer of the monastery, came forward, and with a white…
Ecclesiastical: Paul
Dugdale has preserved from olden days two lists of relic treasures in old St. Paul's, which fill about two pages and a half in folio…
Ecclesiastical: Cathedral
The most remarkable works of the jeweller's art in connection with religious usages are more rare in France than in Germany or Italy; as…
Ecclesiastical: Loretto
The story of the holy House of Loretto is engraved on brass in several languages upon the walls of the church at Loretto. Among others…
Ecclesiastical: Mount
Queen Christina of Sweden completed her renunciation of all the pomps and vanities of the world at Loretto, by laying down at the foot of…
Ecclesiastical: Divine
One of the most magnificent shrines ever known was the old Constantinople Cathedral (now the Imperial Mosque St. Sophia), which was…
Ecclesiastical: Indian
Another remarkable Indian shrine is the Taj, Agra, built by the Emperor Shah Jehan, as a mausoleum for the Empress Mumtazi Mahal, or…
Ecclesiastical: Mahmud
In one of his expeditions into Hindostan, Mahmud the Gaznevide, one of the greatest of the Turkish princes, levelled many hundred temples…