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Title: The industrial arts in Spain
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Riaño, Juan F. (Juan Facundo), 1829-1901
Subjects: Decorative arts Pottery
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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re ofOur Lord at the moment of his Resurrection, and in the lower asymbolical figure of Adam; both these figures are in high relief.Underneath may be read in two lines,— FERDINANDVS REX.SANCIA REGINA. At the back of the cross appears in the centre the Lamb of God:in the four corners the emblems of the Evangehsts. Besidesthese purely Christian symbols, the ground work is covered withfoliage, circles interlacing each other, figures of animals of dif-ferent kinds, and men struggling with wild beasts. The wholeof the ornamentation corresponds to the style of decoration ofthe moresque objects which I have already described. KingFerdinand I. died a.d. 1065, his wife Sancha a.d. 1071; anddocuments exist proving that in 1063 they gave this interest-ing work of art with other artistic objects to the Church ofSan Isidoro of Leon, where it remained until 1870, when it wasgiven up by the authorities of the church to the Museum atMadrid. The following woodcut represents the back of thecross:—-
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BACK OF CROSS OF KING FERDINAND I. ARCH^OLOGICALMUSEUM, MADRID. IVORIES, 137 These different specimens represent, in my opinion, the mostsatisfactory view of the art industry of ivory carving during theloth and nth centuries. Several other examples of orientalcarving in ivory still exist in Spain in the shrines of differentcathedrals; others of less artistic interest may be seen at theArchaeological Museum at Madrid. These caskets are for themost part not ornamented with carvings in relief, but aredecorated with inscriptions painted in gold and colours. Themost important are :— A large casket at the Archaeological Museum of Madrid, deco-rated with painting in red and green, and a fine inscription inCufic characters. A similar casket at the same museum, decorated with a designpainted in green, red, and blue; an inscription in cufic lettersruns round a band in the upper part. Made by Mohammad Ben Assarag. An ivory casket at the Real Academia de la Historia at Madrid,with an ornamentat

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