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The Treasury of San Isidoro de Leon, symposium, Leon, 11-12 September 2018

Posted bytomnickson2013August 6, 2018August 6, 2018Posted inSymposiumTags:León, Medieval, San Isidoro, Therese Martin, treasuriesLeave a comment on The Treasury of San Isidoro de Leon, symposium, Leon, 11-12 September 2018

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When in 1503 Vasco de Gama returns to Portugal from his second journey to India, King Dom Manuel I commissions from playwright and metalworker, Gil Vicente, a rich turriform Monstrance - or Custodia - from the spoils and riches brought back. The pious intent and imperial ambition expressed in its very materiality - made from gold payed to Dom Manuel as tribute by the King of Kilwa (in modern Tanzania) - is made unequivocal by the inscription running around its polylobed base:

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