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Counter-Reformation ambers: Friedrich Schmidt’s workshop in Kretinga, Lithuania
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 839-853
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kulka, Rahul (kulka, Rahul)
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1. Altar, by Friedrich Schmidt. 1678. Amber, ivory, wood, glass, silver and parchment, 29 by 20.7 by 16.5 cm. (Altonaer Museum, Hamburg; © SHMH-Altonaer Museum, permanent loan from the Federal Republic of Germany).
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10. Detail of the altar in Fig.1, showing an ivory panel carved with a kneeling saint.
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11. Detail of the casket in Figs.13 and 14, showing an ivory panel carved with the Annunciation.
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12. Detail of the altar in Fig.1, showing an ivory panel carved with the Annunciation.
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13 and 14. Casket of St Casimir (Cassetta di San Casimiro), by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. 1678. Amber, ivory, glass, wood and silver, 35.5 by 58 by 20 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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15 and 16. Small altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. 1677–78. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 59 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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17 and 18. Large altar with Crucifixion group, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 136 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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19. Detail of the altar in Figs.17–18.
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2. The rear of the altar illustrated in Fig.1 .
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20. Candlestick, one of a small-sized pair, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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21. Candlestick, one of a medium-sized pair, by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Gallerie degli Uffizi, Tesoro dei Granduchi).
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22. Altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt, c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood, height 78 cm. (Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden; from A. Rohde: Bernstein: Ein deutscher Werkstoff, Berlin 1937, fig.214).
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23 and 24. Reliquary by Friedrich Schmidt and workshop. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass, wood and silver, 32 by 49.5 by 24.2 cm. (Convento di Santa Chiara, Naples; photograph © Marco Pedicini, courtesy the Central Directorate for Religious Affairs and for the Administration of the Fondo Edifici di Culto of the Ministry of the Interior).
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25. Candlestick, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory and wood, height 28 cm. (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; © Su concessione del Ministero della Cultura – Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte).
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26. Altar, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and wood, height 31 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; photograph © 2022 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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27. Detail of the altar in Fig.28, showing a verre églomisé panel from the right side.
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28. St Casimir, by the Władysław Łazarski printing house. Early 20th-century reprint of an 18th-century woodblock print, 34 by 24 cm. (Częstochowa Museum; © Muzeum Częstochowskiego).
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29. Detail of the top of the altar in Fig.26.
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3. The interior of the altar illustrated in Fig.1.
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4. Detail of the altar illustrated in Fig.1, showing a verre églomisé panel.
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5. Detail of the altar illustrated in Fig.1, showing the inscription on the book.
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6 and 7. Details of an altar with Crucifixion group, by the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. c.1678. Amber, ivory, glass and silver, height 45 cm. (© Muzeum Bursztynu, Malbork; on permanent loan from Muzeum Okręgowe, Tarnów).
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8. Altar, attributed to the workshop of Friedrich Schmidt. After 1678. Amber, ivory and wood, 53 by 36 by 23 cm. (Ostpreussisches Landesmuseum, Lüneburg; © Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum Lüneburg, Deutschbaltische Abteilung).
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9. Detail of the left side of the casket in Figs.13 and 14.
Book Review
Il Bresciano: Bronze-Caster of Renaissance Venice
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 996-998
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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)
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Il Bresciano: Bronze-Caster of Renaissance Venice By Charles Avery. 224 pp. incl. 117 col. + 176 b. & w. ills. (Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 2020), £40. ISBN 978–1–78130–103–6. | :
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1. Doorknocker with a mask of Hypnos, dolphins and satyrs, attributed to Il Bresciano. c.1560–70. Bronze, 35.5 by 29 by 13 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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2. Detail of a paschal candlestick, by Il Bresciano. 1563–65. Bronze, height 237 cm. (S. Maria della Salute, Venice; photograph Victoria Avery).
Article
Giovanni Francesco Arrighi: a newly discovered account book
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 824-832
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Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
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1. Reliquary, by Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. 1722. Silver, height 120 cm. (S. Maria di Monserrato, Rome).
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2. Reliquary, by Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. 1727/28. Silver, height 77 cm. (Museo Diocesano, Jesi).
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3. Above Detail of Fig.4.
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4. Right Crucifix, by Giovanni Giardini. c.1706. Bronze, ebony and ivory, height 230 cm. (Notre-Dame, Paris).
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5. Detail of Pietà, by Giovanni Giardini. 1688–1702. Gilt bronze on velvet, 54.5 by 33.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph Sotheby’s, London).
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6. The Agony in the garden, after Angelo de Rossi, attributed to Giovanni Francesco Arrighi. c.1700. Copper, 53 by 46.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Article
Giovanni Bandini's bronze Crucifix and candlesticks made for Urbino Cathedral
11/2016 | 1364 | 158
Pages: 870-878
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Principi, Lorenzo (Principi, Lorenzo)
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10. Detail of a candlestick illustrated in Fig.8
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11. Detail of a candlestick illustrated in Fig.8
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12. Detail of a candlestick illustrated in Fig.8
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13. Detail of Fig.9
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14. Detail of Fig.17
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15. Detail of Fig.9
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16. Detail of Fig.17
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17. Detail of the Pietà, by Giovanni Bandini. 1585-88 (Oratorio della Grotta, Urbino)
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18. Crucifix, by Giovanni Bandini. 1579-89 (S. Marco, Florence)
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19. Detail of The Last Supper, by Federico Barocci. 1590-99 (Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta, Urbino)
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8. Crucifix and a set of six candlesticks, by Giovanni Bandini. 1589-92 (Museo Diocesano Albani, Urbino)
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9. Detail of the Crucifix illustrated in Fig.8
Book Review
Art, Ritual, and Civic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy, by Nino Zchomelidse
07/2016 | 1360 | 158
Pages: 564-564
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Pace, Valentino (Pace, Valentino)
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47. Detail from the paschal candlestick. Late twelfth century (Salerno Cathedral)
Article
Power and plate: Sir Robert Walpole’s silver
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 318-324
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Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
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18. Wine cooler. Britannia standard, one of a pair, marked for the London goldsmith William Lukin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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19. Candelabra. One of a pair supplied by Paul de Lamerie (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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20. Soup tureen. Supplied as a matching pair to that made by Paul Crespin by George Wickes (Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery)
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21. Bread basket. Supplied by Paul de Lamerie (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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22. Exchequer seal salver. Britannia standard, marked by Paul de Lamerie (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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23. The Stature of a Great Man, or the English Colossus, by George Bickham the Younger (British Museum, London)
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24. Scale drawing for a silver chandelier, possibly from the workshop of Paul de Lamerie (The Marquess of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall)
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25. Two alternate designs for a silver chandelier crowned with an Earl's coronet and incorporating the Walpole family crest, a Saracen's head, ducally crowned, supplied by George Wickes
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26. A pull of the engraving of the circular Exchequer seal salver, supplied by William Lukin, engraved by Joseph Sympson (British Museum, London)
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27. 'Treasury' inkstand. Britannia standard, supplied by Paul de Lamerie
Article
The Trivulzio candelabrum in the sixteenth century: documents and hypotheses
01/2011 | 1294 | 153
Pages: 4-12
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Leydi, Silvio (Leydi, Silvio)
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12. Breastplate, attributed to Giovan Paolo Negroli. c.1540–45. Steel, brass, leather and textile, 3.05 kg. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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1. The Trivulzio candelabrum. c.1200, with additions of the mid-sixteenth century. Bronze with inlaid gemstones, approx. 5 by 4 m. (Milan Cathedral).
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10. Detail of Fig.1 showing a plain border.
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11. Detail of Fig.1 showing the Sacrifice of Isaac with ornamented border.
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13. Detail of Fig.1 showing a probable self-portrait of Giovan Antonio Busca.
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2. Detail from a mural painting at Saint-Julien, Le Petit-Quevilly (near Rouen). 1183–90.
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing part of the base of the Trivulzio candelabrum with the Coronation of Esther, David and Goliath, Virtues and Vices and signs of the zodiac.
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4. Detail of Fig.1: Coronation of Esther.
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5. Detail of Fig.1: David and Goliath.
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6. Detail of Fig.1: Temptation of Adam and Eve.
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7. Detail of Fig.1: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
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8. Detail of Fig.1 showing a dragon attacked by griffons.
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9. Detail of Fig.1 showing a female caryatid attacked by snakes.
Article
Eighteenth-century Roman silver for the chapel of St John the Baptist in the church of S. Roque, Lisbon
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 528-535
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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20. Baldachin, by Felice Sciffone, Agostino Ancidoni and Lucino Celladini; altar frontal, by Antonio Arrighi; and altar set (six candlesticks and cross), by Angelo Spinazzi, Giovanni Felice Sanini, Tommaso Politi and Francesco Antonio Salci. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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21. Detail of altar frontal in Fig.20. c.1744–50. Silver and lapis lazuli, 112 by 230 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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22. Candlestick, by Giuseppe and Leandro Gagliardi. c.1744–49. Gilt silver, 285 by 105 by 105 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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23. Chalice, by Antonio Gigli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 29 cm. high. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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24. Set of three altar canons, by Antonio Vendetti. c.1744–50. White and gilt silver, 49 by 53 by 9.5 cm.; 42 by 33 by 6 cm.; 42 by 33 by 6 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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25. Pair of cruets and salver, by Antonio Gigli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 17.8 by 12 by 6.3 cm. (cruets); 21.2 by 27.5 cm. (salver). (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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26. Basin and ewer, by Vincenzo Belli. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 28.5 by 14 by 13.5 cm. (ewer); 42.5 by 54 by 4 cm. (basin). (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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27. Host box, by Francesco Smitti. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 8 by 9 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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28. St Prosper reliquary, by Carlo Guarnieri. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 89 by 43 by 35 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
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29. St Felix reliquary, by Carlo Guarnieri. c.1744–50. Gilt silver, 81 by 30 by 34 cm. (Museu de S. Roque, Lisbon).
Article
‘Beautiful in form and execution’: the design and construction of Andrea Riccio’s Paschal candlestick
10/2009 | 1279 | 151
Pages: 666-672
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Cristanetti, Simona (Cristanetti, Simona)
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Pincus, Debra (Pincus, Debra)
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Serres, Karen (Serres, Karen)
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Smith, Dylan (Smith, Dylan)
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Sturman, Shelley (Sturman, Shelley)
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10. Detail of Fig.8, left side of the Adoration of the Magi relief on the second register.
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11. Detail of Fig.8, centaurs on the sixth register. Photograph courtesy of Davide Banzato.
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12. Detail of Fig.8, showing the opening at the top of the head of one of the satyrs on the third register. Photograph courtesy of Davide Banzato.
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13. Detail of Fig.8, cast-in join visible at the corner of the Scene of sacrifice before the statue of the risen Christ relief on the second register.
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14. Detail of Fig.8, a standing female figure on the fourth register, with evidence of planishing. Photograph courtesy of Davide Banzato.
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15. Detail of Fig.8, diamond-shaped cast-in join behind one of the satyrs on the third register.
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16. Detail of Fig.8, incisions on the medallions worn by the griffins on the fourth register.
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17. Detail of Fig.9, attachment points of a putto, joined at the back and bottom, on the fifth register.
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18. Detail of Fig.8, putti drum, showing the undecorated internal collar and the joining shells.
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19. Detail of Fig.8, cross mark on the foot of a female sphinx (eighth register) and corresponding cross on the upper surface of the putti drum (seventh register).
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5. Choir of the Basilica del Santo, Padua, showing, at left, the Paschal candlestick.
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6. Diagram of the choir of the Basilica del Santo, Padua, showing the original placement of Riccio’s candlestick and Donatello’s high altar in grey and present arrangement in black.
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8. Paschal candlestick, by Andrea Riccio. 1507–16. Bronze, 3.92 m. high. (Basilica del Santo, Padua). The divisions between the separately cast sections are delineated in white. Photograph courtesy of Davide Banzato.
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9. Detail of Fig.8, fifth register. Photograph courtesy of Davide Banzato.
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7. Roman candelabrum. Julio-Claudian period(?) Marble, 2.40 m. high. (Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican Museums, Vatican City).
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Translating the Gloucester Candlestick
10/1984 | 979 | 126
Pages: 635
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Stratford, Neil (Stratford, Neil)
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