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GOLD METAL DEPICTION OF A KNIGHT PROBABLY INTENDED TO EMBELLISH THE BELT OF A LOMBARDY FIGURE – DATABLE AFTER DOPO 675 – NATIONAL MUSEUM, BERN

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The Lombard art of metal work is attested to by these ornamental gold Stabio foil figures found in a tomb discovered : on the left is an elegant floral motif; on the right a vivacious portrayal of an animal. According to Baserga that ornament was applied to the belt, and …