Focusing on the differences and similarities between the renowned
'Alpais' Limoges ciborium, dated to c. 1200, in the Musée du Louvre, and
examples in the British Museum, the National Museums of Scotland,
together with two electrotype copies of the 'Alpais' ciborium in the
Victoria and Albert Museum, this volume uses a cross-disciplinary
approach, based on the differing specialisations of the authors
(curators, scientists and conservators) to examine the group of ciboria.
New and previously unpublished information, analyses and conclusions are
presented that will serve to locate all the ciboria in their respective
artistic and cultural context.