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Paris, Louvre MR 127 |
Description
Vase made of agate whose whose foot, handle, and lid are made of gilded vermeil decorated with pearls. It is a present from Abbot Suger, as can be seen by the two verses written on it:
Dum libare Deo gemmis debemus & auro
Hoc ego Suggerius offero vas Domino
Félibien, pages 542. Translated by Jane Vadnal.
Click here to see other liturgical vessels in the Treasure of Saint-Denis.
Conway (1915), 142. Click here for text.
Félibien, page 542.
Crosby(1981), p. 112.
Louvre, no. 29, pages 177-82.
Montesquiou-Fezensac, I and II, no. 27, III, p. 41-2, pl 22.
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Created by J Vadnal, July, 1998