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Description Vase made of rock crystal on decorated with gold and jewels. On it are writen these two verses
Hoc vas sponsa dedit Anor Regi Ludvico,
Mitodolus avo, mibi Rex sanctsque Sugerus
This shows us that that Queen Elinor (of Aquitaine) gave this vase to King Louis VII, her husband, who presemted it to Abbot Suger.
Félibien, pages 543. Translated by Jane Vadnal.
Click here to see other liturgical vessels in the Treasure of Saint-Denis.
Conway (1915), p 142. Click here for text.
Félibien, page 543.
Louvre, no. 27, pp 168,172
Montesquiou-Fezensac, I and II, no. 75, III, p. 63-4, pl 47-8.
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Created by J Vadnal, July, 1998