giant agapic axe wound

The Devonshire House Costume Ball of 1897.

Valentyna Chystiakova (1900—1984)

Icon of Saint Barbara the Great Martyr, created in the 18th century in the Kyiv region.

Location: the National Art Museum of Ukraine

The Ulm Münster Book-Covers (1506)

Silver and silver-gilt; relief, engraving, burnishing, applied elements, and openwork.

The British Museum, London

Pair of liturgical book covers attributed to a goldsmith working in the circle of Daniel Mauch (1477–1540).

Made for the Gospel Book and the Epistle Book of Ulm Minster.

Decorated with high-relief figures, Gothic architectural canopies, openwork tracery, angels, heraldic shields, and engraved architectural motifs.

The Gospel cover depicts the Virgin and Child, St John the Almoner, St Helena, and the Four Church Fathers: Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great.

The Epistle cover depicts St Vincent of Valencia, St Anthony the Hermit, and the symbols of the Four Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Both covers include gilded details and silver-gilt applied elements.

Recorded in the treasury inventories of Ulm Minster from 1525 onward.

The original heraldic devices may have been altered during the sixteenth century.