Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

@samuel j wrote:

Magnificent, what workmanship. Gold leaf or some format of thin layer overlaid on timber carving..?

It is all metal work wityh the metal being gold, gilt silver or gilt copper.

In all some 41 palliotti or golden altars from the period bewteen 1150 and 1250 survive in Scandanavia. Of these, 32 are from Denmark, 5 from Norway, 3 from Iceland and 1 from Sweden. The Danish altar pieces are concentrated in Jutland.

In addition to these, the next greatest concentration is in the Italian peninsula: the Pala d’Oro in St. Mark’s in Venice, the Palliotto of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan, the Palliotto of the Cathedral of Monza, the Palliotto of the Cathedral of Pistoia, the Palliotto of the Cathedral of Città del Castello.

To this must be added the Golden Altar of the Munster of Basel. And the Pala of the of the Order of the Golden Fleece currently kept in Vienna.