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The Treasure of Saint Denis

Sardonyx Basin


Images

Drawings and Engravings

Adapted from Félibien, Plate IV, Item AA

Adapted from Babelon (1887), Plate LVII

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Photo of Extant Object

Paris, Bibliothèque national

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Texts

Description Gondola made of an onyx agate whose mounting is made of gold enriched with jewels

Félibien, pages 543. Translated by Jane Vadnal.


Subsequent History


Notes


Comparative material

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Bibliography

Babelon(1887), pl. LVII, pp. 211-2.

Félibien, page 543.

Louvre, no. 24, pp 156-159.

Montesquiou-Fezensac, I and II, no. 73,. III p 59-60 pl. 44-5..


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