Pyx Size:L: 80 x 80cm 'The Knight and his Companions'

'The Knight and his Companions'

Cortes (1485-1547) was the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico and overthrew the Aztec Empire ruled by Montezuma

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The dark stole has a gold ring through the animal's nose

The railway lines are a danger to the unsophisticated rural worker

Pyx Size:L: 80 x 80cm 'The Knight and his Companions'Pyx, 12th century, (1843). Container for consecrated communion bread. This example was made of gilt copper with the ornaments relieved in blue and green Limoge enamel. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).