artofthedarkages:“Votive Crown from the Guarazzar Treasure”A hanging crown in the Polychromatic Styl
artofthedarkages:“Votive Crown from the Guarazzar Treasure”A hanging crown in the Polychromatic Style with a cross pendilia and precious gems. Part of a larger trove of hanging crowns and jewelry found at a site (possibly a church) in Spain.Crafted from gold and encrusted with glass, pearls, sapphires, emeralds, and crystals.Made in the 600s near Toledo by the Visigothic royal court as a gift to the Church. A superb and rare example of Visigothic art. Currently at the National Museum of the Middle Ages (Musée de Cluny) in France. -- source link
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